Acrosser has introduced a compact, fanless computer aimed at the harsh environments found in trucks, taxis, and other vehicular applications. The AR-ES0831FL runs Linux on Pentium and Celeron M processors, and meets IEC-68-2-6 vibration and IEC-68-2-27 shock standards, according to the company. (more…)

A startup founded by an MIT professor claims to have “solved the fundamental challenges associated with multicore scalability.” Tilera's first products include a 64-core Tile64 SoC (system-on-chip), PCIe Express add-in board for networking and video-processing applications, multicore-optimized Linux libraries, and an Eclipse-based multicore development environment toolset. (more…)

MontaVista and Freescale, together with U.S. and European distributors, will jointly promote their products and services in a 23-day technical road show this fall. Running from Sept. 4 through Nov. 15, the tour will demonstrate MontaVista's Eclipse-based tools along with a Freescale chip family aimed at networking and pervasive computing. (more…)

Foreword: This guest whitepaper offers suggestions on creating Linux stacks that are fully compatible with proprietary software. It was written by three Access employees, and at times uses the Access Linux Platform (ALP) as an example of such a stack. (more…)

Trinity Convergence has ported its Linux-based voice- and video-over-IP (“V2IP”) stack to the Texas Instruments DaVinci RISC/DSP architecture. The company says its VeriCall V2IP stack offers device makers proven software for videophones and surveillance/monitoring equipment requiring hi-fidelity audio and H.264 video. (more…)

Microsoft has submitted two of its Shared Source licenses to the Open Source Initiative for review and approval as open-source licenses: the Microsoft Permissive and Microsoft Community licenses. (more…)

The fourth annual ARM Developers' Conference will be held in Santa Clara from October 2nd through 4th. Show organizers promise a “rigorous 3-day regimen” with more than 120 technical sessions, along with an expo showcasing products such as ARM-based SoCs (system-on-chip processors), embedded boards, and development tools. (more…)

Today's nascent robotics market has engendered about 10 general-purpose software development frameworks for service robots. This article surveys seven of them, and sketches the other three, before concluding with an analysis of market trends likely to shape tomorrow's robotics software landscape. (more…)

A vendor of PCI-to-SD (secure digital) bridges will offer a free binary-only Linux SDIO driver stack in October. Jinvani Systech said its JSMIMC stack will include SDIO bus and SD/MMC storage drivers for Linux 2.6, along with a driver for its SD Gold PCI-to-SD card. (more…)

Motorola's Linux-based Razr2 V8 is “one of the most beautiful phones ever released,” enthuses OSNews editor Eugenia Loli-Queru in an in-depth, hands-on preview. (more…)

IBM has published the following new technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its DeveloperWorks and AlphaWorks websites. They cover a range of interesting (though not necessarily embedded) technical topics, primarily related to Linux and open source system and application development. (more…)

Prospective speakers and presenters at the first-ever Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) European Conference now have until Aug. 31 to submit proposals. Set for Nov. 2-3 in Linz, Austria, the event will be held in conjunction with the 9th Real-Time Linux Workshop. (more…)

Foreword: Today's nascent robotics market has engendered about 10 general purpose software development frameworks for service robots, including nine that support Linux. This article surveys seven of them, and sketches the other three, before concluding with an analysis of market trends likely to shape the robotics software landscape of tomorrow. (more…)

A small Canadian company specializing in hardware/software reference designs for handheld Linux devices has introduced a Linux OS stack and software development kit for Texas Instruments's (TI's) DaVinci processors. Empower Technologies claims that its LDK6446 (LEOs development kit) includes the first available LCD touchscreen support for TI's DM6446 development board. (more…)

The RTC group and Portable Design magazine have announced a conference for those involved in the development of portable devices. Set for October 3-4 in Santa Clara, Calif., the Portable Design Conference and Exhibition will be co-located with the ARM Developer's Conference. (more…)