Carsten “Rasterman” Haitzler has adapted his Enlightenment window manager to low-powered, small-screen devices like mobile phones. The Linux desktop graphics pioneer has released a pared-down widget set, along with ports and video demonstrations of E17 on OpenMoko's NeoFreerunner phone and Palm's Treo650… (more…)

The Eclipse Foundation has updated its integrated development environment (IDE) for mobile Java application developers. Eclipse Mobile Tools for Java (MTJ) 0.9 aims to help developers target specific devices, including Linux phones from Motorola, which next month will release Motodev Studio for Java 2.0 based on MTJ, the Foundation says. (more…)

Kontron added Intel's Atom N270 CPU to its series of ETX computer-on-modules (COMs). Touted as a “long life” product with a seven-year life, the ETX-DC accepts 2GB of RAM, has an optional TPM (trusted platform module), and runs Linux, says Kontron. (more…)

Adobe today released version 10 of its Flash Player, coordinating the launch across desktop Linux, Windows, and Macintosh operating systems. And, it reiterated its commitment to work with the Open Screen Project, an effort that could eventually make Flash as ubiquitous on Linux devices as PCs. (more…)

Iomega is shipping a new home-oriented “StorCenter” network-attached storage (NAS) system. The Iomega StorCenter ix2 comes in 1TB ($300) and 2TB ($480) versions, with gigabit Ethernet, dual USB ports, optional Bluetooth, and a new homegrown Linux implementation that incorporates RSA security and file-sharing software. (more…)

Kernel patches supporting three new Feroceon-architecture system-on-chip (SoC) families from Marvell have been merged into the mainline Linux 2.6.27 kernel. The patches cover the low-power, dual- and single-core MV7x SoCs, as well as Marvell's Kirkwood (88F6000) SoC and upcoming Loki (88RC8480) SoC. (more…)

In November, Asus will ship a $400 Windows-based “nettop” that includes an integrated touchscreen and Linux-based “Express Gate” quick boot technology. The “Eee Top” reportedly has a 15-inch display, 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and a gigabit Ethernet port. (more…)

The tenth-annual Linux.conf.au conference will host an Open Source in Mobile Devices & Embedded System Miniconf. The Open Mobile Miniconf is scheduled on January 19-20, prior to the Linux.conf.au show, which will be held at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia, Jan. (more…)

The Linux Foundation's community manager, Brian Proffitt, today announced a “beta” release of version 4 of the Linux Standards Base (LSB 4). Designed to foster application portability across compliant Linux distributions, LSB 4.0 adds tools for developers, including new shell script and application checkers. (more…)

Australia's top airline carrier has reportedly chosen Linux in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems for four planes. The report says Qantas will deploy Panasonic's new EX2 IFEs, which Panasonic says use fiber channel backbones to deliver movies, news, shopping, and other services to up to 600 passengers. (more…)

Nokia's Qt Software (formerly Trolltech) announced a design win with LG-Nortel using its Qt Extended development software to create Linux-based phone interfaces. Qt also announced a distribution agreement with IT consultancy TietoEnator on using the Qt application framework, and announced a “Pimp My… (more…)

Texas Instruments (TI) announced a triple-core digital signal processor (DSP) that can run paravirtualized Linux using VirtualLogix's VLX virtualization software. The single-die TMS320C6474 integrates three TMS320C64x+ cores running at 1GHz each, and targets DSP farms in communications infrastructure, medical imaging, military communications, and industrial vision inspection. (more…)

Axiomtek announced an EPIC format single-board computer (SBC) targeting digital signage, DVR (digital video recorder), and gaming applications. The EP850 supports Intel's 45nm Core 2 Duo T9400 processor, accepts 4GB of DDR3 RAM, includes two gigabit Ethernet ports, and has a PCI-104 expansion slot, says Axiomtek. (more…)

Intel CEO Paul Otellini (pictured) reportedly told the Associated Press that Linux will dominate sales of mobile Internet devices (MIDs). Meanwhile, ABI Research predicts that by 2013, Linux will outsell Windows by two to one in the combined market for MIDs, netbooks, and UMPCs. (more…)

Kontron is shipping a CompactPCI (CPCI) board with Intel's 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo T9400. Targeting telecom/datacom applications, the Linux-compatible Kontron CP6016 offers up to 16GB of RAM, five gigabit Ethernet ports, six SATA II ports, and a PMC/XMC (PCI Mezzanine Card/Switched Mezzanine Card) site, says Kontron. (more…)