General Micro Systems is shipping what it claims is “absolutely the fastest” Mini-ITX motherboard. Powered by Pentium M processors at up to 2.3 GHz, the P620 Hawk is crammed with interfaces and expansion buses, and may also be the first Mini-ITX mobo to offer PMC expansion. (more…)

Targeting low-end to mid-range mobile phones and handheld devices with communications capabilities, Kaleido Phone Library from Digital Airways provides customizable modules that accelerate MMI (man-machine interface) development for Nucleus and Linux platforms. A middleware “foundation layer” for MMI development, KPL is an extension to the Kaleido (more…)

Ulticom Inc. has introduced Signalware for MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 3.1, a complete software development and deployment environment based on SS7, the standard global telecommunications protocol. Previously available only on Solaris and Red Hat Linux, Signalware addresses messaging, switching, location, mobility, and payment services for Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) (more…)

A new family of wireless IP security devices from SofaWare Technologies is based on Linux, Check Point firewall and VPN technology, and Cavium's Nitrox Soho Secure Communication Processors (SCPs). The [email protected] 400W security appliances feature a built-in 802.11b/g access point tightly integrated with firewall (more…)

American Arium has introduced a Linux development kit based on Cogent's recently introduced CSB637 single-board computer and Arium's own hardware-assisted debugger. The LC-500C637 kit targets developers of low power, high-performance devices such as an intelligent front panels, networked building controllers, medical monitors, or industrial Ethernet-to-machine interfaces, (more…)

Viosoft has announced Linux support for Intel's Mainstone board-level evaluation platform for the PXA270 processor. The Arriba Embedded Linux Edition for the Intel PXA270 addresses the main challenge with developing applications and drivers for multimedia processors: the ability to debug a live system at high speed, according to Hieu Tran, (more…)

Arabella Software, a specialist in turnkey Linux support for Freescale's PowerQUICC family of processors, has announced support for Embedded Planet's EP885 and EP8248 single-board computers (SBCs), which are based on the latest PowerQUICC offerings equipped with security engines. (more…)

The Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware developed at Saarland University in Saarbrucken, Germany, is platform- and network-agnostic, enabling it to crash through previous barriers to distributed multimedia. At CeBIT next month, NMM will strut its stuff as representatives of the university's Computer Graphics Lab demonstrate the extraordinary flexibility (more…)

Nexvision is putting Linux to work in a new single-board computer that is geared toward managing wireless IP networks in homes, factories, and buildings of all sorts. Based on a 200 MHz Samsung S3C2410A microcontroller, the SBC has a wireless GSM/GPRS interface on-board, (more…)

Ding, ding! It's the end of Round Two in the ongoing knock-down, drag-out battle between Windows and Linux for the hearts and minds of developers building gadgets like smartphones, PDAs, firewall devices, and consumer entertainment equipment. At the moment, the contest remains too close to call. (more…)

The total number of USB-enabled devices will rise to 2.1 billion by 2009, up from 705.7 million last year, with the fastest growth in the communications sector, according to a report from In-Stat. The market research firm reports that USB has now thoroughly penetrated all categories of electronic products (more…)

i3 micro technology claims that its new Mood 130 is the first high-performance IP set-top box to provide video streaming for under $99. Housed in a very compact (6.69 x 4.21 x 1.10 inch) enclosure and running embedded Linux, the Mood 130 provides “triple play” services (more…)

McObject has announced the impending release of eXtremeSQL, a high-performance implementation of the popular SQL database programming language for use with eXtremeDB, which is an in-memory database for intelligent Linux devices. According to the company, eXtremeSQL serves the real-time enterprise Linux software market by greatly simplifying database programming. (more…)

The XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V7.0 for Linux is an optimizing compiler that IBM says provides high compile and execution performance, parallel programming APIs, memory management debug routines, and runtime dynamic linking. A follow-on to VisualAge C++ V6.0 for Linux, it is intended for machines using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (more…)

AMD has released a pair of ETX form-factor reference designs based on its low-power, Geode SC1100/SC1200 x86-based system-on-chip processors. The DBSC1100 and DBSC1200 (pictured) support Linux and are suitable for use in applications such as set-top boxes, thin clients, and information appliances, according to AMD. (more…)