Ibase Technology is shipping an “ultra-compact” signage computer with independent HDMI outputs supporting 1080p resolutions. The SI-28 Signature Book 2 runs either a dual- or quad-core AMD Athlon, and offers an ATI E4690 GPU, gigabit Ethernet, four USB ports, and wireless options, says the company. (more…)

With the news of Intel's impending acquisition of Wind River still reverberating, we asked rival Linux distribution and tools firm MontaVista Software to offer its perspective. (more…)

Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs) is shipping an Android version of its Linux-compatible OKL4 hypervisor. “OK:Android” is an off-the-shelf, paravirtualized version of Android that enables Android to run as a guest operating system (OS) in a secure “hypercell” alongside another phone OS, says the company. (more…)

At this week's Computex show, Intel demonstrated Moblin running Android apps in a simulator. Meanwhile, Android phones were confirmed by Acer and Garmin-Asus, Acer announced an Android version of its Aspire One netbook (pictured), and Asus provided a brief glimpse of an Android netbook, reports say. (more…)

[Updated: 9AM] — Intel announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wind River Systems, one of the top providers of embedded Linux distributions and tools. Intel plans to acquire Wind River for $11.50 per share in cash, or about $884 million, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. (more…)

Google demonstrated an early version of Android 2.0, codenamed “Donut,” at the Google I/O developer conference, and handed out free unlocked Android Dev Phones (pictured), says eWEEK. (more…)

Application stores and services will drive the smartphone market in the coming years, say reports from Ovum and In-Stat. According to Ovum, mobile apps will help make the Linux/Java-based Android the fastest growing smartphone OS by 2014, giving it an 18 percent share of a $406.7 million market. (more…)

Pixel Qi is showing off LCDs that work in both color and monochrome e-paper modes, and are claimed to require less than half the power of an ordinary display. Separately, E Ink, supplier of displays for Amazon's Kindle, says it has been acquired for $215 million by its primary supplier. (more…)

SanDisk has begun shipping a “next-generation” line of SSDs (solid state disks) for netbooks and ultra-thin notebooks, says eWEEK. Designed in collaboration with Ubuntu sponsor Canonical, the pSSD P2 and S2 have begun shipping along with netbook-geared 8GB and 16GB and SD cards, says the story. (more…)

The Genivi Alliance of car manufacturers and suppliers, which is aiming to establish open source standards on In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems, has added three new members with close ties to embedded Linux. (more…)

[Updated: Jun. 3] — Canonical, Xandros, Linpus, and Red Flag announced versions of their Linux distributions based on the open source Moblin v2 stack for Intel Atom-based netbooks. Novell, meanwhile, demonstrated its previously announced Moblin v2 version of SUSE Linux on Acer and MSI netbooks. (more…)

The LiMo Foundation announced the completion of its second-generation R2 specification for its LiMo (Linux Mobile) Platform. The spec offers new location-based services (LBS), multimedia, personal information management (PIM), and security features for LiMo smartphones, plus support for OMTP's BONDI web-app… (more…)

Embedded Alley (EA) announced it is has completed its port of the Linux/Java-based Android platform to the MIPS architecture. The Embedded Alley Development System for Android-based Devices initially targets devices ranging from set-top boxes (STBs) to industrial equipment running the MIPS-based RMI Au1250 processor. (more…)

RealNetworks has extended the Moblin version of its RealPlayer streaming media player to support a variety of netbook-oriented processors and Linux distributions. RealPlayer for Mobile Devices will be offered with Ubuntu, as well as fast-boot “instant-on” distributions from Xandros, Phoenix Technologies, and DeviceVM… (more…)

Via subsidiary WonderMedia Technologies has announced an ARM9-based system-on-chip (SoC) aimed at “smartbooks,” digital picture frames, media players, and other devices. The Prizm 8510 includes an ARM926EJ-S core, a programmable digital signal processor (DSP), gigabit Ethernet, and a wide variety of interfaces,… (more…)