ARM Ltd has started shipping a multicore-enabled version of its top-of-the-line application processor core for complex OSes such as Linux. The “Cortex A9” will support four-way architectures, clockspeeds over 1GHz, and single-core applications requiring four times the performance of ARM11 within a 250mW power envelope, ARM claims. (more…)

Trolltech has released a “technology preview” port of its Qt development framework to Microsoft Windows CE. The Qt/WinCE download is said to include nearly all of Qt's 400 C++ class libraries, with the goal of letting developers build Linux, Mac, Windows, and Windows CE binaries from the same code base. (more…)

The CE Linux Forum (CELF) has finalized its list of speakers and opened registration for its first-ever European conference. The Embedded Linux Conference Europe is set for Nov. 2-3 in Linz, Austria, where it will be co-located with the Real-time Linux Workshop. (more…)

[Updated Oct. 6] — Trolltech will integrate the Webkit html rendering engine into forthcoming versions of its development frameworks for desktop and embedded applications. The lightweight engine — already used in Apple's iPhone and Nokia S60 phones — could help Qt and Qtopia users more easily web-enable a variety of applications and mobile devices. (more…)

Trolltech has announced that on Nov. 1, company co-founder and co-CEO of 13 years Eirik Chambe-Eng will reduce his involvement due to eyesight difficulties. Current co-CEO Haavard Nord will serve as sole CEO, while Trolltech will commence searching for a suitable COO (chief operations officer). (more…)

At its Developer's Conference today in Santa Clara, Calif., ARM unveiled a dynamic analysis tool said to require no instrumentation, among other interesting features. The “RealView Profiler” runs as an Eclipse plug-in, and can profile virtual or actual hardware for unlimited test periods, the company… (more…)

Access has announced a middleware suite aimed at enabling mobile phones and other embedded devices to interoperate with digital consumer appliances such as storage devices, TVs, cameras, hard-disk recorders, and printers. The NetFront Living Connect middleware suite supports Linux, and complies with DLNA v1.5 specs, Access said. (more…)

“Zeno,” a robotic boy with two brains, will visit a pair of robotics conferences this month. The 17-inch, 4.5-pound humanoid robot can speak, learn, interact with its surroundings, and even recognize faces, according to creator Hanson Robotics. (more…)

[Updated Oct. 3] — A biometric device vendor specializing in fingerprint readers has ported its software development kit to Linux for the first time. DigitalPersona says its “One Touch for Linux” SDK will enable developers to create fingerprint-enabled C/C++ applications that run on PCs, embedded… (more…)

Open Kernel Labs is demonstrating its commercially supported open source processor virtualization technology at the ARM Developer's Conference this week in Santa Clara, Calif. The OKL4 microkernel is reportedly running on FIC's OpenMoko Neo1973 phone, allowing two instances of Linux to share the phone's… (more…)

The Dillo project has achieved an alpha release of a next-generation version of its ultra-lightweight CGI forms-capable HTML browser for embedded systems. Dillo-f15f is built against FLTK2 (fast light toolkit, aka “full tick”) rather than GTK, and adds support for anti-aliased international UTF-8 text, among other new features. (more…)

TurboLinux says it has added online storage capabilities to its combination PMP (portable media player) and personal Linux boot device. The “Wizpy” device will soon gain support for network-based file storage, thanks to a deal with third-party storage service provider… (more…)

Israel-based Emblaze Mobile has announced a mysterious new mobile communications device, expected to ship in 2008. The undefined and unnamed device reportedly has been developed in collaboration with Sharp and Access, the latter of which has lately been hard at work perfecting a Linux stack for mobile devices. (more…)

An industry group working to increase interoperability among Linux implementations for mobile phones has gained another high-profile member. BT (British Telecom) is the third global operator to join the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum, and the organization's 21st member. (more…)

Trolltech will supply an SDK (software development kit) for native application development on Motorola's Linux-based phones, and Motorola will promote and distribute the SDK at no cost, the companies said. (more…)