Thin Multimedia Inc. (TMI) will demonstrate its PAL-format MobileTV software stack for Linux on a digital TV receiver chipset from Siano, at the CTIA Wireless 2007 show next week in Orlando, Fla. Additionally, the company says it will collaborate with Siano on a “multi-standard, integrated mobile TV” product. (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…)

Venture Development Corporation (VDC) has published a new market research report aimed at sizing total expenditures on embedded software development, including labor costs for software development and testing. The report also considers outsourcing and how globalization might limit market growth over time. (more…)

Meshcom Technologies of Finland is readying a mesh networking driver aimed at Linux- and Windows-based device vendors. MeshDriver 1.0 will be commercially available to vendors wishing to build products that form self-healing mesh networks optimized for throughput and performance in fixed and mobile network environments, the company said. (more…)

Linux server and workstation integrator Pogo Linux has launched a line of Linux-based appliances that combine iSCSI SAN (storage-attached network) with typical NAS (network-attached storage) functionality. (more…)

In an effort to cut costs and boost margins, Motorola will reportedly use its Linux/Java based mobile phone operating system across “all mid- and high-tier devices.” The beleaguered communications company will fall $1 billion short of analyst expectations this quarter, due to a slump in its mobile phone business. (more…)

NXP (formerly Philips semiconductor) will soon ship what it claims to be the “world's smallest” WLAN SoC (system-on-chip). The 5-mm-square BGM220 integrates RF, baseband/MAC, and ARM7-based processing functions, features “ultra low power consumption” optimized for handheld applications, and is supported with Linux drivers, according to the company. (more…)

Opera Software reports that Linux and the Opera browser are being used by a non-government organization combatting HIV AIDs in Malawi. The Baobab Health Partnership runs Opera in fullscreen “kiosk” mode on low-powered, Linux-based network terminals used to register new patients and track… (more…)

China consumed 15 million smartphones in 2006, up from 10 million units in 2005, resulting in more than doubling of smartphone revenues, according to Chinese market research firm CCID Consulting Company. Symbian controlled 63.2 percent of the market, followed by Linux (30.3 percent) and Windows Mobile (5.4 percent). (more…)

Axiomtek is shipping a 1U rack-mountable network appliance platform targeting small- and medium-sized businesses. The NA-820 provides seven gigabit Ethernet ports, supports Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and is available with support for Linux 2.4 and 2.6, according to the company. (more…)

A small, Linux router distribution for x86 has added QoS (quality-of-service) management features claimed capable of classifying packets regardless of port. The 1.0.beta4 release of Zeroshell now includes QoS software from the open source “L7-filter” project, along with a QoS management interface. (more…)

Digium's Linux-based, GPL-licensed “software appliance” marks a major step in the development of the open-source IP PBX (Internet protocol private branch exchange), according to a detailed, informative review. (more…)

Trango will demonstrate its hypervisor virtualization technology running on a single-core ARM mobile phone chipset from NXP, next week at the CTIA Wireless Association show in Orlando, Fla. The two companies will also team up on a demo at the Embedded Systems Conferences in San Jose, Calif. the following week. (more…)

McObject says its in-memory database was selected by Soma Networks for use in a line of Linux- and VxWorks-based WiMAX base stations. The eXtremeDB-HA (high availability) database will provide real-time, fault-tolerant storage and retrieval of network traffic routing data in Soma's FlexMax Mobile WiMAX… (more…)

Red Bend Software says its firmware over-the-air (FOTA) client has been licensed by Motorola for use in forthcoming Linux-Java phones. The vCurrent Mobile client will enable efficient, reliable, and cost-effective software update delivery to enhance the user experience beyond… (more…)