Developments in computing, consumer electronics, and networking are combining to lead to an explosive new market that will enable audio and video content to be transported around the home, reports In-Stat/MDR. The high-tech market research firm says that the development of whole new product categories such as media adaptors and networked DVD players, in addition to the continued development of networking… (more…)

TimeSys will hold a series of Webinars, starting today, that explore the use of the 2.6 Linux kernel in embedded devices. Most Webinars in the series are vendor-neutral, although some apply specifically to TimeSys development tools. (more…)

This interview with Yoshinobu Ushiyama, CEO of Lineo Solutions, is the third in LinuxDevices.com's CEO/CTO interview series. It addresses the growing momentum behind Linux in the Consumer Electronics (CE) market, and how the CE Linux Forum (CELF) can unify the market. (more…)

Motorola has launched an embedded Linux powered A-76x-series smartphone in the China marketplace, with VPN capabilities and productivity software targeting enterprise customers. In addition to phone features, the A-768 offers a PDA, browser, MP3 music playback, full-motion video recording, speaker phone, finance… (more…)

Foreword: This interview with Yoshinobu Ushiyama, CEO of Lineo Solutions, is the third in LinuxDevices.com's CEO/CTO interview series. It addresses the growing momentum behind Linux in the Consumer Electronics (CE) market, and how the CE Linux Forum (CELF) can unify the market. (more…)

The Mozilla Foundation has revised and renamed its development browser, and added enterprise features to its developmental email client. New versions of the “Firefox” (formerly “Firebird”) and “Thunderbird” browser and email clients are available now for download. (more…)

The market for networked home control devices is expected to reach $900M by 2008, when 20 million units will ship, according to market research key findings from ABI. As technology, connectivity, and automation permeate the home, appliance makers will build in networking capabilities, enabling their products to be controlled centrally from a “residential gateway.”

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Rick Lehrbaum, founder and editor-in-chief of LinuxDevices.com, will offer his perspective on “Embedded Linux and the Embedded Linux Market” at an SD Forum meeting February 10, in Palo Alto, Calif. Lehrbaum's presentation is also available online, for those unable to attend in person. (more…)

The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has published a position paper that indicates Linux customers will likely ignore SCO Group's legal threats until a court decision is rendered in the litigation brought by SCO Group against Novell on copyright ownership. (more…)

The SCO licensing campaign — which has been all bark and no bite since its introduction by way of threatening letters to the Fortune 1500 last summer — lost a wheel last month, and is now headed for the wall. (more…)

According to an article in the EE Times, defense contractor and jet fighter plane developer Pratt & Whitney is using real-time Linux to test a new “F135” engine slated to debut in the F-35 “Joint Strike Fighter” aircraft. (more…)

MontaVista Software ended its 2003 fiscal year with revenue growth of 77 percent over the previous year, it says, producing 500 design wins for the year and becoming cash-flow positive in the fourth quarter of 2003, ahead of plan. By the end of 2003, MontaVista Software had experienced 15 consecutive quarters of growth, and had increased revenue 12-fold since 2000, despite a challenging global economy, it… (more…)

Arabella Software has ported Linux to Motorola's MPC885 PowerQUICC family of communications processors, and has released free and commercial Linux reference designs based on Motorola's MPC885ADS evaluation board. (more…)

Nokia announced today that it has started the process of enabling the transfer of Psion's shares in the Symbian embedded operating system to Nokia. Upon completion of the transaction, Nokia estimates that its share in Symbian will increase to approximately 63.3% from the current 32.2%. (more…)

IBM has published the following eight technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its developerWorks Website. They cover a range of interesting (though not necessarily embedded) technical topics. Some require free registration. Enjoy . . .

• Basic use of pthreads — Threads strike fear into the hearts of many programmers. UNIX's process… (more…)