Embedded Linux enabled engineers at Zultys to incorporate an astonishing range of functions and features in the new Zip 4×5 phone. Alongside VoIP features impressive in their own right, the 4×5 offers an integrated VPN router, switch, firewall, and analog phone. (more…)

VIA has released under the GPL a software development kit (SDK) and sample Red Hat Linux 9 application exploiting the Padlock Advanced Cryptography Engine (Padlock ACE) embedded in newer VIA processors. VIA says its PadLock ACE technology uses an advanced PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) public key model and AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption to enable the creation of ultra-secure pathways between… (more…)

Mobile game tools vendor Fathammer has released an update to its suite of tools and APIs, which enable games written on Windows to be deployed on embedded Linux and other platforms. Version 2.0 of X-Forge better supports current and future device capabilities, including hardware 3D acceleration, Fathammer says. (more…)

Wind River will integrate third-party real-time debug and analysis tools with Workbench, its Eclipse-based development suite for embedded Linux and VxWorks (formerly, “Wind Power IDE 2.0). ScopeTools, from Real-Time Innovations (RTI) will be the “first significant tools” integrated with Workbench when it arrives later this Spring, according to Wind River. (more…)

MontaVista has turned to debug and visualization tools specialist Real-Time Innovations (RTI) for three real-time debugging plugins for its Eclipse-based DevRocket embedded Linux development environment. RTI's StethoScope, ProfileScope, and MemScope will ship Q2, 2004, for MontaVista Linux Pro 3.1 on x86 and PPC, with other architectures, MontaVista OSes, and ScopeTools to follow. (more…)

VoIP hardware and software specialist Zultys Technologies has launched a new embedded Linux based phone for remote or home-office workers. The new Zip 4×5 incorporates a VPN router, firewall, and 4-port switch, as well as a normal analog phone for emergency calls. The 4×5 also supports Bluetooth, voice activated dialing, and other leading-edge features. (more…)

A USB-connected and -powered data acquisition box with GPL-licensed Linux drivers and firmware, developed at the University of Stirling, UK, is being marketed through the Institute for Neuronal Computational Intelligence and Technology (INCITE), a club that helps university researchers commercialize their… (more…)

Novell appears to be interested in rounding out its Linux portfolio by partnering with or acquiring an embedded Linux vendor. However, it's too early for the company to reveal specific details of its embedded Linux strategy, Novell officials say. (more…)

HP has announced it will partner with Novell to certify and support Novell's SuSE Linux on select HP Compaq client systems. HP cites thin clients as the most promising growth area for Linux on the desktop, and identifies Asia, India, and South America as the most promising growth markets. (more…)

Sysgo ELinOS v2.2 was selected as the top embedded Linux development system for 2003 by readers of the German magazine Elektronik in an annual reader survey. Sysgo claims that ELinOS is the “best selling” embedded Linux development environment in Europe. (more…)

Lineo Solutions will release a uLinux Consumer Electronics Edition (CE Edition) board support package (BSP) for a new Renesas audio board targeting handheld terminals, point-of-sale (POS) devices, and industrial applications. The BSP features a hard real-time kernel that will be contributed to the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) source tree. (more…)

Next week's Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) at San Francisco's Moscone Center will feature over 400 embedded technology exhibits, including 14 chosen as finalists for the Best of Show award by sponsor CMP Media. The finalists were chosen from among 34 entries for their embodiment of innovative technology in end-user applications. (more…)

FSMLabs says it is integrating the multi-language Visual SlickEdit development workbench into its RTLinux Pro Developer Kit 2.0, with SlickEdit becoming the Kit's default IDE (integrated development environment). FSMLabs expects Visual SlickEdit's project support, code navigation, code completion, and remote debugging support to simplify hard real-time Linux programming. (more…)

Mobile phone software specialist Openwave and embedded Linux provider MontaVista have renewed their commitment to jointly develop and market Openwave's mobile phone app stack and graphical application framework on MontaVista's embedded Linux OS. The companies hope to integrate their technologies more tightly, and cultivate the third-party software ecosystem needed to deliver complete Linux-based mobile… (more…)

O'Reilly's new Pocket Linux Guide is a 191-page guide to Linux. Can a book that short tell you what you need to know to get started working on a Linux system? (more…)