Enea and its partners will hold one-day seminars for network equipment providers (NEPs) this fall, in North America, Europe, and Japan. The seminars will showcase open architecture products and technology, and describe how telecom equipment makers can “outsource their platform design and accelerate application software development,” Enea says. (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…)

Mercury Computer Systems is shipping a Linux-based software development kit for IBM's Cell BE and “other multi-core processors.” The company says its MultiCore Plus SDK can complement components of the IBM's Cell SDK, while enabling users to maximize resource usage and application performance. (more…)

Wind River failed to meet a deadline for reporting its second-quarter earnings, and could be dropped from the NASDAQ stock exchange, according to an Associated Press (AP) report. However, the company will likely be able to state its results in time to avoid expulsion, the wire service noted. (more…)

Sony's Linux-based “Mylo,” expected this month, will include a Skype client designed as a “turnkey software bundle” for standalone (PC-free) Linux-based communication devices, according to Trinity Convergence, which says it supplied voice- and video-over-IP (VoIP) middleware used in… (more…)

Austrian JTAG tools vendor Ronetix is shipping an eCos-based embedded development “Starter Kit” that includes a small ARM9-based CPU module, a baseboard, and a JTAG emulator, The kit also comes with GNU tools, the open-source eCos operating system, and an Eclipse-based IDE (integrated development environment). (more…)

A small company has begun building its line of tiny, gumstick-sized single-board computers (SBCs) into miniscule packaged PCs that displace around 68 cc of volume and come with Linux pre-installed. (more…)

Pearson Technology has selected a 22-page book chapter on Busybox to help it launch a new line of downloadable book excerpts on hot topics. The chapter, available now for $10, is excerpted from Embedded Linux Primer by Christopher Hallinan, due for release in 2007. (more…)

Novell will reportedly launch a “real-time” version of Linux in October. SUSE Linux Enterprise Edition Real-time (SLERT) will be available only with a “consulting engagement,” and will target “soft” real-time applications tolerant of interrupt latencies as slow as 27 microseconds, according to a story at CNET. (more…)

Neuros Technology is offering Linux hackers first dibs on beta units of its next-gen DVR (digital video recorder). The Linux-powered device can record MPEG-4 video from cable or broadcast TV, DVDs, etc., and transfer it to portable media players, or serve as a network music player. (more…)

Fast-food chain McDonald's is reportedly piloting Linux-based electronic signage at a location in Chicago. The Golden Arches at Archer and Rutherford is using content-managed digital signage for menu-board promotion, dining- and play-room adver-tainment, and customer information collection, according to an article at… (more…)

American Arium has revised its hardware-assisted debugging software for ARM-architecture processors. SourcePoint 6.3 mainly adds support for ARM11 ETMs (embedded trace macrocells), when used with the company's flagship HS-1000 JTAG probe. (more…)

Standard Microsystems Corp. (SMSC) is sampling a highly integrated chip claimed to be the industry's first “network multimedia co-processor.” The LAN9131 essentially adds a dedicated, Linux-based data-plane computer to existing and new device designs, enabling them to stream multiple high-definition (HD) channels… (more…)

Embedded Linux specialist SDG Systems is shipping a Linux-ized version of a ruggedized, “military-grade” PDA from Tripod Data Systems (TDS). SDG's Linux port for the Recon-X is based on a 2.6.15 kernel, and includes technical and warranty support. (more…)

Intel and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) claim to have jointly built the world's first electrically pumped hybrid silicon laser using conventional chip-fabrication technologies. (more…)