Adaptec has announced a new family of entry-level RAID controllers that support RAID 0, 1, and 10. The Series 2 RAID controllers ship with open-source Linux drivers and are designed for controlling low-cost SATA and SAS disk and tape-drive systems, says the company. (more…)

Wind River Systems has joined the OpenSAF Foundation, which aims to standardize high-availability (HA), open-source middleware for Linux-based carrier-grade systems. Wind River will contribute to the OpenSAF project, joining founding members Emerson Network Power (ENP), Ericsson, HP, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Sun Microsystems. (more…)

Thin client vendor Bosanova has announced an alliance with Ericom Software, in which the former's hardware products will be bundled with the latter's client software. Ericom's PowerTerm WebConnect clients provide access to Windows terminal servers, hypervisors such as VMWare or XenServer, and legacy hosts, says Bosanova. (more…)

Free Electrons has published an amazing multimedia re-cap of CELF's Embedded Linux Conference, which took place Apr. 14-18 in Mountain View, Calif. Featuring video transcripts, slides, and detailed notes from 22 talks, the article offers something for every Linux device developer or user. (more…)

MEN Micro has introduced a new COM (computer-on-module) standard, along with two Linux-compatible modules based on it. With resistance to extreme vibration and temperatures, ESMexpress targets harsh environments such as railways, and is available initially in PowerQUICC and Intel Atom-based versions. (more…)

A vendor of push email software and a vendor of web-based applications for mobile devices have released a jointly produced mobile communications suite. Funambol and Lazlo say their joint offering provides mobile users with push email and web-based email, contacts, and scheduling applications, while offering service providers easy advertising integration. (more…)

The Fedora project today released a new version of its completely free and redistributable Linux distribution. Showcasing lots of next-generation Red Hat features, Fedora 9 also boasts new features of its own aimed at making the distribution appeal more to newer Linux users. (more…)

Japanese phone stack vendor Access has ported its lightweight NetFront Browser (pictured at left) to support Analog Devices' (ADI) Blackfin digital signal processor (DSP). The combined, Linux-compatible technologies are aimed at Internet-enabled devices such as the IP set-top boxes (STBs). (more…)

Real Time Logic (RTL) has ported its web-based application server to an ARM9-based CPU module from Digi Embedded Solutions. The Linux-compatible BarracudaDrive app server is now available for Digi's ConnectCore 9P 9360 core processor module, which is available in a new Linux-based hardware/software development kit. (more…)

QuickLogic has upgraded its SDIO host controller IP (intellectual property) with support for multiple, independent memory cards. Available for three different QuickLogic FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays), the SDIO PSB (“proven system block”) targets handheld devices that require more than the typical 8GB available per memory card, says QuickLogic. (more…)

Blue Heron Network has demonstrated an Ubuntu Linux-based touchpanel PC aimed at helping patients in the early stages of neuro-degenerative conditions like Alzheimer's stay independent for as long as possible. (more…)

This whitepaper compares four approaches to storing program code on flash memory, including eXecute-in-place (XIP), fully shadowed, demand paging, and “balanced” XIP. It concludes that balanced XIP can save memory costs, while lowering launch time, especially when used with the open source AXFS (advanced XIP filing system) for Linux. (more…)

Micro/sys has announced the first single-board computer (SBC) combining its StackableUSB expansion bus with an ARM-based Intel XScale processor. Intended as an industrial controller or protocol converter, the RCB1626 runs Linux, has dual 10/100 Ethernet ports, and operates from -40 to 85 degC, the company says. (more…)

As part of their ongoing alliance, Intel and Sun Microsystems have ported Intel's Linux-compatible multi-core C++ development library to the Linux- and Solaris-compatible Sun Studio. The Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB) technology has also been made available for the latest version of the Solaris operating system (OS). (more…)

Zaragoza, Spain-based Libelium announced an x86-based multi-protocol mesh router with a Debian GNU/Linux-based OS and a user-extensible browser-based open source management interface. The modular “Meshlium” router targets ultra-long-range Zigbee-based sensor networks, fleet tracking with least-cost GPRS/WiFi… (more…)