Performance Technologies (PT) is shipping a Linux environment and development kit for its intelligent shelf management (ISM) cards for high-availability systems. NexusWare ISM includes a 2.4.x-based kernel designed specifically for PT's CPC7301 intelligent shelf management (ISM) card, along with a software stack and tools. (more…)

O'Reilly has published a book about the National Security Agency's (NSA's) security-enhanced Linux. “SELinux: NSA's Open Source Security Enhanced Linux,” by Bill McCarty, targets typical sysadmins wanting to understand and maintain SELinux-based distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, expected Q1, 2005. (more…)

A Chinese Linux smartphone company has won a prestigious industry award in Hong Kong. E28 received a Technological Achievement Award in the 2004 Hong Kong Awards for Industry, for a Linux-based smartphone reference design expected in January. (more…)

Equator is shipping a hardware/software reference design based on an SoC (system-on-chip) with both RISC-like and DSP-like instructions. The “Babelfish” platform runs Linux 2.6 on a BSP-15 SoC, and targets IP-STBs (set-top-boxes), PVRs (personal video recorders), and digital media adapters. (more…)

According to an article at DeviceForge.com, the VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA) has released a comprehensive new roadmap that details key VMEbus technologies being developed or in planning. VITA claims the 25-year-old standard represents the embedded computing industry's most successful bus standard, and that VMEbus “shows no signs of slowing (more…)

WIN Enterprises is shipping a Pentium M SBC (single board computer) aimed at Internet and network appliance applications. The IP-06049 sports 10 gigabit- and four 10/100-Ethernet ports, up to 8GB of DDR RAM, and a network security coprocessor that offloads packet processing and public key computations. (more…)

IBM has published the following 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 . . . (more…)

Sleepycat has updated its venerable open source database, adding high availability (HA) and performance features such as in-memory replication. Berkeley DB 4.3 targets software for telecommunication and enterprise datacenter infrastructure demanding 99.999% carrier-grade availability. It runs on Linux and most every other OS. (more…)

MontaVista and RTI have made good on their commitment to ship three of RTI's real-time performance analysis and debugging tools as plugins for MontaVista's Eclipse-based embedded Linux tools framework. StethoScope, ProfileScope, and MemScope are now available as DevRocket plugins, on the x86 and PowerPC architectures. (more…)

The world's tenth-largest company, and second-largest oil company, chose a Linux-based PIN-pad entry device (PED) for its UK and Ireland gas stations. Shell selected Trintech's Smart 5000 PED because the hybrid card reader supports both magnetic swipe/signature authentication and the new generation of chip-and-PIN smart cards. (more…)

Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has accepted venture capital (VC) firm Voyager Capital as its first VC member. The firm appears interested in investing in open source companies in Oregon. The OSDL has long associated closely with VC firms, especially those developing businesses in the Pacific Northwest. (more…)

Via has released a free utility to help Linux developers using 2.6 or higher kernels create VPN gateways and client-server software that exploits cryptographic acceleration in newer Via processors. The PadLock VPN utility works with the PadLock ACE (advanced crytography engine) embedded in the Nehemiah architecture core. (more…)

The world's tenth-largest company, and second-largest oil company, chose a Linux-based PIN-pad entry device (PED) for its UK and Ireland gas stations. Shell selected Trintech's Smart 5000 PED because the hybrid card reader supports both magnetic swipe/signature authentication and the new generation of chip-and-PIN smart cards. (more…)

[Updated Nov. 12, 2004] — According to an article published at WindowsForDevices, Microsoft was ranked first in revenue in the 2003 embedded computing market by Venture Development Corp (VDC). However, Microsoft lost almost as much money as it brought in, in 2003's embedded market. (more…)

Via Arena has published an article about PCI Express (PCIe) that discusses the new standard's history, technology, and market potential. PCIe radically increases PCI bus bandwidth, enabling support for multiple gigabit Ethernet interfaces, multiple SATA 150 drives, and next-generation graphics cards. (more…)