A German vendor of Linux-compatible thin clients has upgraded its Linux firmware, adding smartcard security protection. Igel Technology's firmware upgrade for thin clients such as its Smart Series (pictured at left) also enables users to run multiple remote desktops on the same screen. (more…)

French embedded virtualization firm Trango Virtual Processors is porting its hypervisor technology to multicore MIPS64 processors from Cavium Networks. The Linux-compatible Trango Hypervisor will be integrated with Cavium's Linux-friendly Octeon line of multi-core processors, with resulting benefits in… (more…)

VScom is shipping a line of uClinux-based serial port servers designed as an openly programmable RISC-CPU development platform for automation equipment. The OpenNetCom devices come in one, four, and eight-port configurations, and are equipped with WiFi to enable remote monitoring and control of industrial equipment. (more…)

Acrosser has announced a single board computer (SBC) using a half-size ISA form-factor and featuring a 600MHz Celeron processor. The AR-B5070CM6C, which runs Linux, is intended for installation on a passive backplane, according to the company. (more…)

IBM DeveloperWorks is hosting a free online tutorial on using Python to develop for the Linux-based One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) platform. In other OLPC news, Joel Evans has posted some tips on hacking the OLPC's XO laptop, and Intel dropped out of OLPC. (more…)

British publisher Packt has published a book that promises to help Linux administrators use Xen virtualization for development, testing, virtual hosting, and training. Written by Prabhakar Chaganti, Xen Virtualization is billed as a practical guide for using the Xen hypervisor. (more…)

An annual Linux user's conference in Southern California will feature lots of presentations about embedded Linux and Linux devices. Set for Feb. 8-10 at the Los Angeles Airport, the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) will feature talks on Linux in medical devices, Linux-based network computing, Linux in phones, and more. (more…)

Phidgets has expanded its family of low-cost, Linux-friendly, USB-connected sensing and control modules for hobbyists and experimenters. Newly shipping Phidget modules include an “1123” precision voltage sensor and “1124” precision temperature sensor, both claimed to up precision over older… (more…)

Trolltech has agreed to resell Zi Corporation's predictive typing and auto-correction software for mobile devices with full hardware or software keyboards. The eZiType stack will be available pre-integrated with Qtopia Phone Edition (QPE), through Trolltech's Greensuite third-party… (more…)

A Swiss vendor announced a low-cost, Linux-friendly USB-connected audio co-processor today, at the North American Music Merchants (NAMM) convention in Anaheim. BridgeCo's DM1200E weds ARM9 and DSP cores with networking and audio I/O, and targets audio interfaces, musical instruments, and breakout boxes attached to devices running Linux and other OSes. (more…)

A provider of Linux-based WiFi arrays announced certification by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). The cyptographic module in Xirrus's 802.11a/b/g-compliant “WiFi Arrays” has received Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 validation,… (more…)

A new game for Google's Linux-based Android platform uses WiFi, GPS, and phone-camera technology, along with Google maps, to create a first-person shooter game you can play “anytime, anywhere — against real people,” according to publisher W2Pi Entertainment. (more…)

Data Robotics has started shipping a Linux-based companion device that network-enables its Drobo “storage robot” appliance. Additionally, the company announced a $2,000 bounty for a port of its “Dashboard” Drobo configuration application to Linux. (more…)

A design center in the South of France specializing in Linux mobile phone development has opened offices in Beijing. Purple Labs's China office will be headed by newly appointed GM of Asian sales Gordon Tsang (pictured at left), formerly of Openwave. (more…)

Linux mobile phone software and services provider Azingo (formerly Celunite) has hired a Motorola mobile-devices exec to lead its engineering operations. As VP of engineering, Ravi Gopalakrishnan (pictured at left) will oversee expansion of Azingo's mobile Linux engineering team. (more…)