IBM has published the following new technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its DeveloperWorks website. They cover a range of interesting (though not necessarily embedded) technical topics, primarily related to Linux and open source system development. Some require free registration. Enjoy . . . ! (more…)

Conexant Systems is shipping a 68 square millimeter single-chip 802.11b/g radio designed for battery-powered handheld device applications. The CX53121 targets mobile phones, VoIP handsets, cameras, MP3 players, gaming consoles, and GPS gadgets, and supports Linux, according to the company. (more…)

TimeSys will offer several educational webinars this month, on topics of general interest to embedded developers. It will also launch a series of “training” webinars available to subscribers (including trial subscribers) of its “LinuxLink” online services. (more…)

Embedded boardmakers Advantech, Ampro, and Congatec have joined forces to promote a new computer-on-module (COM) standard for x86-based embedded devices. XTX, which offers one of several alternative upgrade paths to the popular ETX COM standard, adds PCI-Express, SATA, and LPC capabilities within an essentially ETX-compatible… (more…)

Nokia's open source Maemo project has released a beta version of its next-generation SDK (software developer kit). The Mistral SDK beta aims to help developers port applications to Maemo 2.0 prior to the debut of Tablet OS 2006 for the Nokia 770 later this quarter. (more…)

Atmel will ship in June the world's first ARM9-based microcontroller (MCU) to support small-footprint RTOSes (real-time OSes), it claims. The AT91SAM9260 is the first of Atmel's SAM9 MCU line, aimed at providing an upgrade path to SAM7 MCU customers in real-time control markets. The SAM9 MCUs support embedded Linux and Windows CE. (more…)

At an event honoring top technology innovations from Massachusetts companies in Boston June 7, Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder of the MIT Media Lab and chairman of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, was inducted into the MITX (Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange) Innovation Hall of Fame. (more…)

Taiwanese IC (integrated circuit) design house DataStor used embedded Linux to create a home network-attached storage appliance reference design. The NAS Gear design is based on a 200MHz ARM9 processor, supports drives larger than 500GB, and features an integrated blue LCM (liquid-crystal module). (more…)

IBM and St. Jude Medical used embedded Linux to build a device that lets cardiac care clinicians retrieve and analyze data from implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and pacemakers, and make programmatic changes to them. (more…)

Intervideo is demonstrating mobile digital TV (DTV) technology that supports Linux devices this week, at Computex in Taipei. The company says its iMobi DTV technology enables device manufacturers to add mobile TV capabilities tomobile phones, PDAs, automobile entertainment systems, portable media players, and other devices. (more…)

The market for mobile phones continued to expand rapidly in Q1, but it is becoming more fragmented, ABI Research reports. One important segment that manufacturers ignore at their own peril is the emerging market for ultra-low cost handsets, according to ABI's most recent market update report. (more…)

Vision Objects is shipping a mobile and embedded device version of its handwriting recognition SDK (software development kit). MyScript Builder Embedded 1.2 supports a wide range of European, American, and Asian languages, and targets PDAs, Internet tablets, and smartphones running Linux, Symbian, or… (more…)

VIA has expanded its licensing agreement with ARM to include two ARM9-based processors, the companies have announced. The ARM926EJ-S and ARM968E-S processors will help VIA and its subsidiaries improve products aimed at mobile phones, while driving expansion into set-top boxes, telematics, and personal media players, VIA says. (more…)

IBM and St. Jude Medical used embedded Linux to build a device that lets cardiac care clinicians retrieve and analyze data from implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and pacemakers, and make programmatic changes to them. (more…)

Jaluna has joined Intel's communications partner program, and demonstrated unmodified versions of Linux and various RTOSes (real-time OSes) running simultaneously on Intel's Core Duo architecture. The demonstration leverages Jaluna's OSware real-time virtualization technology, along with Intel Virtualization Technology hardware built into Core Single and Core Duo chips. (more…)