[Updated: Feb. 18, 2009] — Xandros has ported its desktop Linux distribution — used in the pioneering Asus Eee PC netbook — to two ARM-based netbook platforms. The ports are part of a larger push to support ARM-based devices, including 3G-enabled MID-like devices and even smartphones, says the company. (more…)

TI (Texas Instruments) plans to begin sampling its next-generation mobile applications processors in the second half of the year, it announced. OMAP4 chips will feature dual, SMP-capable ARMv7-based cores, along with C64x DSPs, multi-format hardware accelerators, a “programmable” graphics engine, and an “image signal… (more…)

A company specializing in featurephones and PNDs (portable navigation devices) based on Windows CE has taken a turn toward the Linux-based Android phone stack. At Mobile World Congress (MWC) this week, Intrinsyc launched three tools aimed at helping OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) quickly integrate Android Linux phones. (more…)

Foreword — Glenda Dorchak joined embedded and real-time virtualization specialist VirtualLogix in January, taking over the CEO role. Dorchak has 30 years of tech industry management experience, most recently at Windows Mobile device specialist Intrinsyc, and plans to focus the company on high-growth… (more…)

LG Electronics is collaborating with Intel on a new line of mobile Internet devices (MIDs) based on the latter's energy-efficient “Moorestown” processor. Due to ship in 2010, the MID will run a Linux-based, MID-focused Moblin V2 distribution that will add cellular voice capability, says Intel. (more…)

[Updated: Feb. 17, 2009] — MontaVista will demonstrate a Linux distribution for mobile Internet devices (MIDs). The “Montabello” stack builds upon its Mobilinux distribution with MID-focused middleware and applications, and offers extended battery life, fast boot-up, and “seamless”… (more…)

Foreword — Glenda Dorchak joined embedded and real-time virtualization specialist VirtualLogix in January, taking over the CEO role. Dorchak has 30 years of tech industry management experience, most recently at Windows Mobile device specialist Intrinsyc, and plans to focus the company on high-growth… (more…)

Qualcomm has announced four mobile chipsets, three with Scorpion cores based on ARM Ltd.'s ARMv7 architecture. The ARM11-based MSM7227 targets sub-$150 smartphones, listing specific support for Google's Android, while the Scorpion-based MSM8260, MSM8660, and MSM8270 target high-end devices with HD video, the company says. (more…)

Taiwanese network-appliance integrator AR Infotek has announced a Linux-ready network security appliance with a cryptographic security engine. Based on an Intel Pentium M EP80579 (“Tolapai”) SoC clocked up to 1.2GHz, the Teak 3020 sports four gigabit Ethernet ports and dual USB ports. (more…)

Esmertec, a Swiss firm specializing in Android and Java virtual machines, is acquiring Purple Labs, a French vendor of mobile stacks compatible with the LiMo Platform. In a stock deal worth about 19.7 million shares, the two European companies will be renamed as “Myriad Group AG.”

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[Updated 1234545906] — As most any user can tell you, Linux systems think of time in terms of the number of seconds since Jan. 1, 1970, the beginning of the so-called “UNIX Epoch.” For most readers, that number will reach 1,234,567,890 this Fri. the 13th. Psych! (more…)

Location-based services (LBS) software vendor Telmap announced it has ported its mobile navigation software to Linux and the Moblin distribution for mobile Internet devices (MIDs). Telmap will demonstrate “Telmap Navigator” running on Intel Atom-based Moblin MIDs at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. (more…)

Garmin and AsusTek (Asus) have announced a jointly developed smartphone that offers Garmin's “Nuvi” location-based services (LBS) features and runs Linux. The Nuvifone G60 offers a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 4GB of flash, GSM and HDSPA connectivity, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 3-Mpixel camera with geotagging. (more…)

In Barcelona next week, VirtualLogix will demonstrate its VLX virtualization stack running Android and a baseband RTOS on an ST-Ericsson reference design with a single ARM9 core. The company also recently announced a new CEO, Glenda Dorchak, formerly of Windows CE phone and PND specialist Intrinsyc. (more…)

The EPA may re-consider its exemption of “Data Acquisition Mode” (DAM) states from the sleep-mode requirements associated with its Energy Star ratings. So it told noted cryptographer Martin Hellman, who informed the EPA his Linux-based Sony HDTV consumed 150 times its advertised standby power budget. (more…)