AKCP has used embedded Linux to build a data center security monitor that can track both physical and network-related events. The CameraProbe8 has an integral low-light pan-and-tilt camera, and supports up to eight environmental sensors. It also runs network service monitoring software. It is manageable via secure SNMP or HTTP. (more…)

Datasound Laboratories Ltd. has made a five-year production commitment to its single-board computers (SBCs) based on 386SX processors, which include PC/104, ISA slot, and “Tiny Module” versions. (more…)

Opera Software has optimized its web browser for IP-STBs (Internet protocol set-top boxes) and other embedded Linux systems with television displays. Opera's “TV Rendering” (TVR) technology cleans up pixelation and problematic colors, it says, to bring a “full Web” experience to IP-STB and iTV (Internet television) users. (more…)

IGEL Technology has updated its embedded Linux thin client OS with new multimedia capabilities and security features. IGEL says its Embedded Flash Linux now supports the latest, more multimedia-capable version of the Citrix protocol, along with single sign-on Kerberos authentication. (more…)

Yet another NEP (network equipment provider) will ship networking equipment platforms pre-installed with Carrier Grade Linux. Diversified Technology will offer MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) on its Targa AdvancedTCA line and on its PlexSys PICMG 2.16 platforms. (more…)

MontaVista has signed a deal with a network equipment provider (NEP) that supplies standardized hardware/software platforms to telecommunications equipment manufacturers (TEMs). The deal will enable Continuous Computing to ship MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) pre-installed on platforms for VoIP… (more…)

DataRescue SA has revised its interactive disassembler, debugger, and binary analysis tool, adding a Linux hosted console version and better support for ARM and other embedded architectures, including custom processors. IDA Pro version 4.7 can be used to analyze Linux or Windows binaries for fragmented functions and other dissembling code. (more…)

Intel has released a Linux port of its VoIP-oriented media processing software, intended to enable network equipment manufacturers (NEPs) to build media processing appliances for small- and medium-sized businesses using commodity x86 server platforms without media coprocessors or telephony boards. (more…)

A new $800 Linux-based wireless webpad will be available direct to consumers next year from Pepper Computer. The “Pepper Pad 2” provides basic digital home computing capabilities, including web browsing, email, IM, writing/editing, games, and multimedia functions. (more…)

Developers attending next week's Embedded Systems Conference in Boston will have the opportunity to see Trusted Computing components and applications in action, and learn how to design secure systems and devices using Trusted Computing specifications, in a special Embedded Security Seminar hosted by the Trusted Computing Group. (more…)

SMSC has introduced its second-generation 10/100 Mbps “non-PCI” Ethernet controller, designed for use with simple embedded processors that lack a PCI bus. The LAN9118 targets devices that stream multimedia over Ethernet, such as IP set-top boxes and home gateways. It is available with Linux drivers. (more…)

Pepper Computer has revised its simplified Linux-based wireless webpad for digital homes, and will offer the device direct to consumers. The Pepper Pad is intended to provide basic digital home computing functions, including web browsing, email, IM, and collecting and organizing photos, music, and videos. (more…)

Continuous Computing has ported its high-availability middleware for “hot standby” servers to Linux. UpSuite High Availability (HA) is application-transparent, for easy installation and maintenance, the company says, and is optimized for Xeon and Pentium processors on AdvancedTCA, CompactPCI, and… (more…)

DeviceForge has published an intriguing story about a next-generation USB Flash drive standard being co-developed by arch-rivals M-Systems and SanDisk. The standard appears to be an API enabling applications to use the embedded controllers found in USB “thumb” drives such as the M-Systems DiskOnKey and other USB Flash devices. (more…)

The first Linux-based mobile phone for the US market is now available through Dobson/Cellular One, according to Wildseed Ltd. Wildseed's Linux-based fashion phone is available now to Dobson/Cellular One's GSM/GPRS subscribers, Wildseed says, along with 23 “SmartSkins” that bring unique, interchangeable… (more…)