Access/PalmSource has released an SQL-based filesystem for embedded devices under the LGPL (Lesser General Public License). Libsqlfs implements a POSIX-style hierarchical filesystem as an SQLite database file, and was originally developed to provide a registry of system and application configuration data for mobile phones, according to Access. (more…)

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…)

Advantech's eAutomation group has added a new model to its UNO line of fanless industrial computers. The 1U-high UNO-2668 boasts eight isolated serial ports along with three LAN ports, and supports Linux and other embedded OSes, according to the company. (more…)

Three Los Angeles-area Linux user groups are soliciting embedded Linux speakers for their fifth annual conference and expo. SCALE 5x (Southern California Linux Expo) is set for Feb. 11-12, at the Westin Hotel near LAX. It is organized by the USC, Simi/Conejo, and UCLA Linux user groups (LUGs). (more…)

SSV is shipping a version of its Linux-based industrial device server with a USB interface. The IGW/920 (Industrial Gateway 920) comes with Linux 2.6 preinstalled, and can be used to remotely control or monitor devices with serial or USB interfaces, SSV says. (more…)

A small, U.S.-based professional services and consulting company specializing in embedded Linux development reports that it has hired two well-known open source developers. Pantelis Antoniou, formerly of Intracom, and Tom Rini, previously of MontaVista Software, will join Embedded Alley. (more…)

“New media” advertising specialist HumWare Media Corp. has agreed to acquire Audio Video Interactive (AVI), a vendor of Linux-based digital signage devices said to be used by clients that include Best Buy, Nike, Radio Shack, Samsung, and Verizon. (more…)

Applied Data Systems (ADS) is sampling a pair of single-board computers (SBCs) aimed at embedded video-over-IP (VIP) applications. The NetCast Streamer can digitize and stream A/V signals at DVD quality, while the NetCast Player can decode streams for NTSC or PAL playback. (more…)

Italian start-up Mazatech is offering a technology preview of a commercial library for hardware-accelerated 2D vector graphics. The company's AmanithVG library implements most of the Khronos Group's OpenVG specification, using a pair of 3D APIs, also from the Khronos Group. (more…)

Intel has made it easier for Linux users to get the most from its new, fourth-generation graphics architecture. The company's Open Source Technology Center has announced immediate availability of free, open-source software drivers that support the 2D/3D graphics features of the 965 Express Chipset, the first chipset supporting the new architecture. (more…)

[Updated Aug. 22, 2006] — In September, Sony expects to ship a Linux- and Qtopia-based handheld device featuring WiFi connectivity, an Opera web browser, and a variety of text- and voice-messaging clients and media players. (more…)

[Updated Aug. 12] — Lenovo recently made headlines by adding Linux as a pre-installed OS option on its top-of-range T60p. (more…)

By 2011, 446 million people could be watching TV on their cell phones, according to IMS Research. Given adequate service quality, the market research firm expects 50 percent year-over-year TV phone growth, fueled by both TV-over-cellular and broadcast-based services such as DVB-H. (more…)

Axiomtek will soon ship a PICMG-compliant SBC (single-board computer) supporting “mainstream” LGA775-pin Pentium D, Pentium 4, and Celeron D processors. The SBC81202 runs Linux, and is suitable for a wide range of industrial application environments, according to the company. (more…)

Several distributors of Via mini-ITX boards appear to be stocking a new embedded model with dual LAN ports and four serial ports. The Epia EK is powered by Via's two-chip Luke CoreFusion chipset, clocked at 800MHz or 1GHz. (more…)