Avocent reports that its first-ever digital signage product has won an innovation award at IBC (International Broadcasters Convention) in Amsterdam this week. The Linux-powered MPX1000 HD Multipoint Extender distributes audio and HD video content from one or more sources to up to eight synchronized… (more…)

IBM has published the following new technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its DeveloperWorks and AlphaWorks websites. 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. (more…)

Book publisher Prentice Hall has agreed to share a chapter from Christopher Hallinan's just-published Embedded Linux Primer with LinuxDevices readers. (more…)

Shenzhen, China-based Embest is shipping a small ARM9-based SBC (single-board computer) based on a Samsung S3C2410X processor clocked up to 266MHz. The SBC2410-II comes with Linux, and targets handheld devices, human-machine interfaces (HMIs), data distribution devices, and medical, security, and… (more…)

Venerable silicon vendor Zilog demonstrated a Linux-based reference design for POS (point-of-sale) and financial transaction devices, at the CARTES security show in Paris this month. The “Zilog ECOSystem” runs Linux in a secure partition, sequestered from the payment network by VirtualLogix's VLX Real-Time Virtualization… (more…)

The CE Linux Forum is seeking session proposals for its annual Embedded Linux Conference, set this year for Apr. 17-19 in San Jose. Presentations should be technical, not marketing-oriented, and should relate to using Linux in consumer electronic products or else be of broad interested to most embedded developers. (more…)

Swiss board-maker Digital-Logic is shipping a pair of low-cost EPIC form-factor SBCs (single-board computers) that support Linux, among other OSes. The MSEP800L is based on a Geode LX800, while the MSEP855L is based on an Intel Pentium M, and both offer ISA and optional PCI expansion. (more…)

Al Gore will deliver the keynote address at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC), set for April 1-5 next year in San Jose. The former U.S. vice president and author of An Inconvenient Truth is expected to announce that he invented embedded systems. (more…)

[Updated Dec. 15] — Sony's Linux-based, WiFi-equipped Mylo (“my life online”) multifunction handheld, now shipping, is based on an ARM9-based i.MX21 SoC (system-on-chip), confirms Freescale. (more…)

The OpenVZ project, which maintains open source kernel patches aimed at enabling a single Linux system to host multiple “virtual server” environments, has added a virtual Ethernet device feature, along with a feature said to let admins migrate virtual servers between physical hosts without disrupting users or eating storage, among other touted advantages. (more…)

QLogic will market a version of its high-performance 64-bit compiler for the MIPS architecture. The PathScale Compiler Suite for MIPS will enable MIPS chips from Broadcom and SiCortex to benefit from faster, easier-to-build software, in the ultra low-power HPC (high-performance computing) and embedded multicore product… (more…)

Freescale, Celestica, and Wavesat are jointly demonstrating a Linux-based reference design for WiMax CPE (customer premises equipment). The design features Freescale's PowerQUICC II Pro MPC8323E processor, Celestica's production-ready WiMax gateway “Solution Accelerator,” and Wavesat's Evolutive WiMax DM256… (more…)

Ituner subsidiary Mini-Box.com is shipping four new highly modular Via-based barebones mini-ITX PCs. The Mx00-series devices are available with or without PCI card headroom, and with or without media PC LCDs and IR receivers. (more…)

Freescale is sampling an inexpensive PowerQUICC II network processor (NPU) with integrated hardware security engine (HSE), dual gigabit Ethernet interfaces, and USB 2.0. The MPC8313E targets residential gateways, 802.11n access points, piracy-protected media servers, line cards, intelligent NICs, and network storage devices, and an ultra-low power derivative will support printers. (more…)

DB4objects is beta-testing a new version of its flagship GPL-licensed object database for Java and .NET objects. Db4o 6.0 is said to eliminate performance constraints found in earlier versions, with reduced memory usage and greater determinism. (more…)