A Japanese embedded Linux development firm will market a Swedish embedded SQL database for the Japanese market. The partnership between Lineo and Mimer Information Technology includes plans for Lineo to distribute Linux versions of Mimer's SQL Embedded database. (more…)

Sunlink International has announced a Windows CE-based PMP (personal media player) with a built-in “pico projector.” The battery-operated, index card-sized “SunView Mobile PMP” features an adjustable-focus FLC (ferroelectric liquid crystal) projector claimed capable of casting a 54-inch VGA (640×480) image up to two meters (6.5… (more…)

Diamond Systems has announced an SBC that represents a novel variation on the four-year-old EPIC form-factor. Intended for data acquisition (DAQ) applications, the Neptune offers a choice of three ETX-format CPU modules, along with PC/104-Plus expansion and 32 analog inputs with automatic calibration, says Diamond. (more…)

Linux desktop distribution vendor Xandros and Web content management firm Viyya Technologies have announced they will jointly market integrated, Linux-based software for “netbook” and Mobile Internet Device (MID) devices. (more…)

Adobe hopes to make its Flash technology as ubiquitous on devices as PCs. Under an “Open Screen Project,” it will remove restrictions on Flash file formats, open Flash server protocols, and give away the player along with the APIs needed to port it to new devices. (more…)

A value-added reseller of mobile computers and PDAs has ported Linux to a ruggedized, “military-grade” PDA. SDG Systems is offering the “Nomad” from Tripod Data Systems (TDS) pre-installed with Angstrom Linux and Qtopia PDA Edition, and bundled with a toolsuite and build environment based on OpenEmbedded. (more…)

MontaVista Software announced that its Carrier Grade Linux distribution supports P.A. Semi's “PWRficient” dual-core 2GHz PowerPC processor. The news comes only a week after Apple revealed plans to acquire P.A., a fabless semiconductor firm.

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