Adobe released a 64-bit alpha Linux version of its Flash Player 10 media software, and announced a partnership with ARM on an ARM11 version of Flash 10. Other Adobe news includes AIR 1.5 for Linux, upgraded media servers, and a new design tool called Flash Catalyst. (more…)

[Updated Dec. 3] — The USB Implementers Forum will today unveil USB 3.0, said to be ten times faster than USB 2.0. One of the first USB 3.0 announcements came from MCCI Corp. and Synopsys, which said they would together produce USB 3.0 compliant semiconductor IP and Linux-ready GPL'd drivers. (more…)

[Updated Nov. 26] — As netbooks and MIDs proliferate, more Linux device developers are using software and tools from the Intel-sponsored Moblin.org project. Aimed at developers, the free tools let most anyone with a little configuration and compiling experience easily build their own Linux… (more…)

WinSystems announced an EPIC-format, extended-temperature single board computer (SBC) that runs Linux. Aimed at industrial applications, the EPX-855-G is equipped with an Intel Celeron-M clocked at 1GHz (fanless) or 1.8GHz Pentium (fan), and can operate at temperatures ranging from -40 to 158 degrees F. (more…)

Bredex GmbH announced a new version of its Linux-compatible GUIdancer automated GUI test-tool. Version 3.0 of the Eclipse-derived GUIdancer adds a new modeling perspective for model-based testing, plus an observation mode for creating reusable keywords from a running application, says the company. (more…)

Yellow Dog Linux distributor Terra Soft has been acquired by fellow Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE) specialists Fixstars Corp. Terra Soft, whose Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) distribution supports both PowerPC and Cell BE platforms, will be recast as a subsidiary called Fixstars Solutions, says… (more…)

[Updated Nov. 26] — Mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and other small form-factor systems based on Intel Atom processors and the Intel-sponsored Moblin.org Linux stack are finally starting to arrive. (more…)

Texas Instruments (TI) is demonstrating a tiny video projector that could prove small enough to embed in devices such as mobile phones. The 10-lumen “Pico” projector uses TI's DLP (digital light processing) technology, and is shown rendering a Linux desktop playing 24-bit RGB video at 60Hz. (more…)

Performance Technologies (PT) is shipping two communications controllers that use the AMC (advanced mezzanine card) form factor. The Linux-ready AMC304 and AMC305 enable PT's ATCA (AdvancedTCA) and MicroTCA systems to interface with leased T1/E1/J1 lines, while the AMC305 provides time-division multiplexing (TDM) transmission… (more…)

It appears that Debian 5.0 (aka “Lenny”) will soon take its big binocular eyes out into the wider world. The Debian project has completed the first release-candidate of Lenny's installer, which features much-improved support for ARM-based devices, along with much faster installation from “live” CDs. (more…)

Canonical announced it will port Ubuntu Desktop Linux to the ARMv7 architecture. Targeted at netbooks, the Ubuntu ARM distribution could set the stage for Intel to lose the “software advantage” that has enabled x86 to shrug off attacks from other architectures for the last 30 years. (more…)

MontaVista has confirmed that its Linux stack is in new music phone from Motorola. Leaked details on the EM35 reveal a slider version of the EM30 music phone, making it perhaps the last of Motorola's in-house Linux phones, with Android and possibly LiMo phones to follow. (more…)

The number of digital TVs, gaming consoles, and set-top boxes equipped with embedded web browsers will grow from 60 million in 2008 to 214 million by 2013, forecasts ABI. The research firm lists the open source Webkit rendering engine and CEA-2014 UI standard among key emerging technologies shaping the market. (more…)

An Estonian embedded design house has developed a data-collection barcode scanner and PDA with an OLED display. Billed as the first OLED-equipped mobile terminal device, Artec's Triskan TS8 Professional Mobile Terminal runs embedded Linux on an ARM processor, and includes Bluetooth and GSM/GPRS, with optional WiFi. (more…)

[Updated 1:45PM] — Digi International will update its RJ-45 jack-sized Connect ME device server. Available in December with Linux cross-development tools, the Digi Connect ME 9210 offers a faster ARM9 processor and serial data rates, while adding a serial peripheral interface (SPI), I2C, and cryptography hardware. (more…)