A new, smaller telecom board standard from PICMG appears to be gaining momentum in Europe. About 30 vendors will gather in Munich, Germany on Nov. 20th for a conference devoted especially to MicroTCA systems and their AdvancedMC expansion boards. (more…)

Embedded Alley will present five sessions at this week's CELF conference in Linz, Austria. Additionally, the California, Ohio, and Russia-based embedded Linux service provider reports having staffed up to 25, following an August acquisition of mobile Linux device power management specialist Nomad Global Solutions. (more…)

Cellular base stations can now harness digital signal processors (DSPs) for general-purpose control-plane functions as well as signal processing, according to VirtualLogix. The company has ported its VLX-NI virtualization layer and Linux kernel for network infrastructure equipment to Texas Instruments DSPs used in base stations and other networking data-plane applications. (more…)

A British embedded software training firm is adding a new course called Graphics for Embedded Linux. Feabhas Limited will hold the three-day, X-Window flavored class at its Bracknell, Berkshire campus. (more…)

On Oct. 30, the Software Freedom Law Center, acting on behalf of the two principal BusyBox developers, and Monsoon Multimedia jointly announced that an agreement has been reached to dismiss the GPL enforcement lawsuit, which had been filed by the SFLC. (more…)

Atheros has announced a new “game-changing” WiFi chip said to cut power consumption drastically on mobile devices. The Atheros AR6002 “Radio on Chip for Mobile” (ROCm) draws “near-zero” power when in standby, and 70 percent less power than previous WiFi technologies when active, the company claims. (more…)

An ultra-low-cost Linux-based mini-laptop has received four stars and an Editor's Choice award in a recent Laptop Magazine review. The Asus Eee PC (3EPC) 701 ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) was praised for its clutter-free desktop, fast start-up, and — considering the price — generous… (more…)

Google is set to announce products and/or strategies for the mobile phone market, according to reports. The search giant reportedly hopes to extend its broad portfolio of network-based applications and services beyond the public Internet, and onto the private networks run by wireless carriers. (more…)

Adlink has introduced a pair of “server class” computer-on-module (COM) products based on the ETXexpress (aka COM Express) form-factor. The IW400 and DW400 — using the Pentium M and Celeron M, or Core Duo and Core 2 Duo, respectively — run embedded Linux, according to the company. (more…)

Wind River is adding symmetric multi-processing (SMP) to VxWorks, its legacy RTOS (real-time operating system), while deepening its partnership with fabless multiprocessor chip vendor Cavium Networks. Wind River's VxWorks 6.6 is slated to run in SMP mode by year's end, with additional optimizations planned for Cavium's “Octeon” multiprocessor. (more…)

Crossbeam Systems has started shipping a massive chassis-style, “unified threat management” (UTM) system based on an open Linux OS. The X-Series UTM server runs the company's Linux-based “XOS” OS, and targets highly scalable firewalls and other security applications for large data centers and service… (more…)

iRiver is readying a Linux-based media recorder/player comprised of a detachable mobile unit and tethered docking station. The Unit2's base station offers a DVD/CD player, TV tuner, and PC-style I/O, while the detachable display features a 7-inch WVGA (800×480) touchscreen, WiFi, and USB. (more…)

Motorola's interest in buying half of Symbian stack-provider UIQ represents a diversion rather than a U-turn away from Linux, writes mobile phone market analyst Andreas Constantinou in an informative blog post. (more…)

A German embedded Linux OS supplier has announced a joint marketing agreement with a French embedded Linux services provider. The agreement is between Sysgo, the Klein-Winternheim, Germany based vendor of the ELinOS Linux distribution and PikeOS real-time add-on, and Systerel, a real-time application development service provider in Aix-en-Provence, France. (more…)

DSM AG, of Munich, has announced three compact computers aimed at the embedded market. The “Booksize” PCs are based on mini-ITX motherboards packaged in a rugged metal enclosure, and can be fitted with either hard drives or solid-state disks (SSDs). (more…)