CAC Media has joined the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF), and along with partner Video Without Boundaries (VWB) hopes to license its embedded Linux based MediaReady Convergence Software Suite for home entertainment devices to consumer electronics (CE) device manufacturers. (more…)

Home communications specialist D-Link worked with Intel to build an innovative “Central Home Drive” (CHD) that leverages embedded Linux and Universal Plug-n-Play (UPnP) technology to create a network-attached repository for shared multimedia files in the home that works out of the box in heterogeneous… (more…)

Wireless security specialist Certicom Corp. announced the latest version of its cross-platform cryptographic toolkit, Security Builder Crypto, which now includes FIPS-validated algorithms and support for more than 30 platforms including Linux. (more…)

Radisys unveiled two processor boards and an integrated system at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Jose, CA this week. According to Radisys, the trio of new products — all designed to do heavy lifting in telecom/datacom applications — include: the industry's first dual processor Processor PMC (PrPMC) based… (more…)

MontaVista Software has pledged support for new development platforms announced by Intel for its IXP2XXX and IXP4XX network processors. Intel's IXDP2401, IXDP2801 and IXDP2851 development platforms will target access, edge and metro/core device development, and MontaVista will support them “soon after they become available.” (more…)

Wiscore Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan) announced support for incorporating the Xilinx Spartan-II XC2S200 FPGA into uClinux/ARM7-based embedded systems and devices. The support consists of an “FPGA daughter board” that plugs into the expansion connector of Wiscore's (more…)

In a move meant to speed high-function Linux-based phones to market and provide a viable alternative to both Symbian and Windows for high-function mobile devices, Openwave Systems has ported its graphical application framework for wireless mobile apps to MontaVista Software's Consumer Electronics Edition (CEE) Linux operating system. (more…)

MPEG-4 specialist Envivio has teamed with set-top box provider STiNO Media AG and embedded Linux distributor TUXIA on an end-to-end MPEG-4 interactive TV (iTV) solution using the open architecture of Linux and MPEG-4 standards. (more…)

Pengutronix has released version 0.3.24 of the userland build system PTXdist, a GPL licensed tool for customizing Linux and the GNU userland to create embedded systems such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs), data loggers, and firewalls. (more…)

Security software specialist Intoto has announced Q4, 2003 availability of iGateway SecureICP integrated communications platform (ICP), an all-in-one software solution for OEMs building integrated access devices (IADs), IP PBXs, voice gateways, and media gateways based on Intel's IXP4XX processors. (more…)

Digital Pioneer has put embedded Linux to work inside an innovative, next-generation payment terminal for parking lots, to solve the problems of reliability, theft, vandalism, and weather damage — common (and potentially expensive) headaches with parking payment meters. (more…)

Intel today disclosed key technical details of next-generation Intel XScale processors for cell phones, PDAs, and other wireless devices. The upcoming processors, code named “Bulverde,” will add several new features that will help enable wireless devices to capture higher quality pictures, extend battery life, and deliver fast multimedia performance. (more…)

Updated Sep. 17, 2003 — Century Software has released source code for its PIXIL product line under the GNU General Public License (GPL), and launched a website in support of the release. (more…)

Portus has selected embedded Java specialist ProSyst OSGi software to develop and trial household connectivity solutions in the Singapore Connected Home Project, an effort to install next-generation Internet access, remote control, and surveillance features in over 300 homes. (more…)

Embedded Java and OSGi specialist ProSyst has rev'ed its mBedded Server (mBS) to version 5.2, calling its offering an open, modular, scalable, and Java-based service delivery platform capable of interconnecting smart devices, providing and deploying services and information or entertainment content, and enabling remote control,… (more…)