LynuxWorks announced that its Linux distribution was used in a new high-speed industrial camera system from Accu-Sort Systems. The AccuVision 6010 Long-Range Camera System (AV-6010) is designed as a line-camera scanning and sortation system for postal routing, warehouse, and other distribution environments,… (more…)

Freescale Semiconductor is shipping a product development kit (PDK) for its ARM11-based i.MX31 system-on-chip (SoC). The kit includes a CPU module, a “Personality” (peripherals) module, a debugging device, and board support packages (BSPs) for either Linux or Windows CE. (more…)

Trolltech announced that its graphical framework for Linux device development was used by Roku in the on-demand movie streaming device it recently built for NetFlix. (more…)

Freescale Semiconductor has announced a pin- and software-compatible successor to its Linux-compatible PowerQUICC line of network processors. Based on one to eight e500 cores clocked from 400MHz to 1.5GHz, the power-efficient “QorIQ” processors will be fabricated with 45nm process technology, and offer built-in support for virtualization. (more…)

Enea announced version 2.0 of its Linux-based Enea Accelerator Platform for IP-based services built on carrier-grade infrastructure. The soup-to-nuts platform now offers support for “fine-grain in-service software upgrades” for mixed-application version upgrades, says the Swedish software company. (more…)

Wind River will enter the virtualization software market, focusing on networking, consumer electronics, and industrial automation, it said. The company will in August begin beta-testing a hypervisor and tools aimed at letting customers flexibly deploy Linux, VxWorks, and other RTOSes symmetrically or asymmetrically on one or multiple physical processor cores. (more…)

Linux will be a top OS in MIDs (mobile Internet devices), suggests a report from Forward Concepts. The report, aimed at quantifying MID-related opportunities for chip makers, identifies TI and Qualcomm as well-positioned in an emergent market expected to reach 40 million unit shipments globally within four years. (more…)

Opengear has integrated uninterruptible power supply (UPS) monitoring tools in its uClinux-based remote access equipment. Opengear's console servers (pictured at left) now include tools derived from the open source Network UPS Tools (NUT) project, says the company. (more…)

MontaVista Software has signed up a value-added distributor to expand its sales and support organization in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Asia) region. Its deal with embedded supplier ANTYCIP will especialy strengthen MontaVista's presence in France and Spain, says the Silicon Valley-based vendor of Linux distributions and development tools. (more…)

Linux's first-ever official “embedded maintainers” have invited device developers to get involved in the kernel development process. Doing so will pay dividends when it comes time to spin a product variant or firmware update, say Paul Gortmaker and David Woodhouse, in a stereo interview with Linux Weekly News. (more…)

Mozilla Labs has posted a video preview, source code, and an online demo of its forthcoming mobile web browser. Code-named “Fennec” for now, Firefox Mobile features an innovative full-screen, finger-friendly interface with iPhone-like “kinetic” scrolling, and a Mac-like “expose” feature for tabs. (more…)

An emerging gigabit-speed, triple-wire technology called G.hn could ship in 42 million units by 2013, says ABI Research. Under development by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and promoted by a group called the HomeGrid Alliance, G.hn is billed as an HD IPTV-capable successor to current powerline networking standards. (more…)

Terra Soft Solutions announced a development workstation billed as the heir to the Apple PowerMac G5 Quad, except more open. The Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) PowerStation offers four PowerPC cores clocked at 2.5GHz, up to 32GB RAM, and four bays for serially attached SCSI (SAS) drives. (more…)

The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has filed two more copyright infringement lawsuits on behalf of the developers of the Linux-based BusyBox utility suite. (more…)

Igel Technology announced that firmware for all nine of its Linux-based thin clients models has been upgraded to support the Citrix XenDesktop Appliance virtualization technology. (more…)