India-based embedded board specialist E-con Systems and U.K. distributor Direct Insight have collaborated on an image acquisition development platform based on Marvell PXA270 or PXA320 processors. (more…)

Embedded-Linux pioneer MontaVista Software is expanding its presence in the British Isles. The company announced this week that it has appointed SDC Systems Ltd to distribute and support its products in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland. (more…)

MSC Vertriebs has released a compact processor module claimed to comply with version 3.02 of Kontron's ETX “computer-on-module” form-factor spec. The ETE-GLX3 is based on AMD's x86-compatible Geode LX processors and targets Linux-based embedded applications, according to the company. (more…)

Telecom RTOS (real-time operating system) and HA (high-availability) middleware vendor Enea has launched a new product aimed at helping developers and administrators control, monitor, and debug DSP (digital signal processor) farms. “dSpeed” supports DSP management processors running Linux, and works with DSP clusters based on Enea's OSEck RTOS for DSPs. (more…)

Analysis — The newest Linux kernel, released earlier this month, adds a desktop-oriented scheduler, better memory management, more ALSA and other device drivers, and enough new virtualization features to make Linux the most virtualization-friendly of all the operating systems. (more…)

Bangkok-based Norhtec has unveiled a sub-$85 mini-PC claimed to be the most affordable Linux thin client system to date. The “ultra-low-power” MicroClient JrSX is based on a 300MHz x86-compatible SoC (system-on-chip) and includes both CompactFlash and 2.5-inch hard drive storage options, along with 10/100Mbps Ethernet… (more…)

OpenClovis has updated its dual-licensed “carrier-grade” middleware for high-availability (HA) telecom and enterprise systems. OpenClovis CGM (carrier-grade middleware) 3.0 is said to offer the “most comprehensive and native” off-the-shelf implementation of several Service Availability Forum (SAForum) specs, pre-validated for popular Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) distributions and carrier hardware… (more…)

Agito Networks has announced a Linux-powered communications router aimed at helping enterprises cut mobile phone usage fees. The RoamAnywhere Mobility Router works with dual-mode phones, routing calls over WiFi when available, and handing calls between WiFi and cellular networks as needed, the company claims. (more…)

Motorola has bought half of UI Holdings, owner of the UIQ Symbian software stack for touchscreen phones. The investment could help Motorola profit from an emergent touchscreen smartphone market, while focusing its Linux development efforts around higher-volume mass market phones such as the RAZR2 V8. (more…)

Nokia has announced a new version of its Linux-based Internet tablet. The N810 is smaller, heavier, and faster than the older N800, with new features that include a slide-out hardware QWERTY thumb keyboard, GPS receiver, FM transmitter (for in-car listening), and a light-sensing screen dimmer. (more…)

Enea has enhanced its high-availability middleware product for the second time in two months. Element 2.3 adds support for “super-clusters,” explicit support for Wind River's Carrier Grade Linux, and claimed “industry-first” support for Tail-F Systems's ConfD, a scriptable XML-based system aimed at automating repetitive, failure-prone network management tasks. (more…)

ABI Research is forecasting that standalone baseband processors are set to become a thing of the past in the wireless handset market. Instead, says the firm, they'll be replaced by SoCs (system-on-chip processors) that integrate a baseband processor with a “multimedia-rich” application processor. (more…)

Broadcom is continuing its push into the market for ARM-based mobile phone processors, with a newly shipping, sub-$25 “3G phone on a chip.” The BCM21551is built on 65nm technology and combines two ARM11 cores with HSPA (high-speed packet access) modem acceleration, multiple radios, 480Mbps USB, and on-die audio/video subsystems, according to the company. (more…)

Wind River has partnered with Freescale on a hardware/software Linux development kit for Freescale's top-end telematics processor. The kit includes Freescale's hardware reference platform for its MPC5121e, a 32-bit PowerPC-based SoC (system-on-chip) with integral graphics and audio cores, plus Wind… (more…)

Shenzhen-based Embest Info & Tech has added another board to its growing line of ARM9-based single-board computers (SBCs) and evaluation kits. The SAM9315V1 is a PC/104-sized board that supports Linux, Windows CE, “and other high-level operating systems,” according to the company. (more…)