Motorola announced this week that the open source high availability (HA) software project it launched four months ago has made considerable progress. The OpenSAF project has achieved an initial 1.0 code release, and Motorola has started the process of forming an “industry-wide consortium” to steward the project, according to the company. (more…)

At least two large online retailers are selling Nokia's 770 Internet Tablet for $140. (more…)

The open source Eclipse tools project will orchestrate a massive, coordinated release on June 29. Among the “Europa” releases' 21 constituent sub-project releases, four are significant to Linux device developers, according to Doug Gaff, leader of Eclipse.org's Device Software Development Project. (more…)

Embedded Linux OS and tools provider MontaVista has joined Power.org. The company plans to help the independent, vendor-neutral industry group promote and maintain the PowerPC processor architecture, and said it hopes to “significantly contribute to global issues impacting open standard hardware development.” (more…)

This year's summer LinuxWorld conference will feature three separate one-day, vendor-sponsored programs aimed at embedded Linux device developers. Set for Aug. 6-9 in San Francisco, the event includes programs from Access, Motorola, and Wind River. (more…)

As Apple launches its iPhone today, a company attempting to build a similar touchscreen-based phone around an open, user-extensible Linux OS has acknowledged significant delays. (more…)

The Eclipse Foundation, which oversees the open-source Eclipse IDE (integrated development environment), today rolled out “Europa,” its latest annual “coordinated project release.” The huge release spans 21 projects and over 17 million lines of code, and weighs in at “more than double the size of last year's record-setting release,” the Foundation said. (more…)

Via Technologies has introduced a new mini-motherboard built in its signature mini-ITX form-factor. The “Epia LT” is based on the company's 1.5GHz or fanless 1GHz C7 processor and highly-integrated CX700 chipset, provides dual-Ethernet and dual-LVDS flat panel outputs, and is available with a TV-out video option. (more…)

Kontron has introduced an AMC (advanced mezzanine card) module based on a 1.5GHz dual-core Freescale PowerPC processor, with support for Linux and VxWorks. The AM4100 AMC offers the “highest Ethernet bandwidth” within the constraints of “modular AdvancedTCA carriers or highly-integrated, redundant MicroTCA… (more…)

Multi-core MIPS64 network processor specialist Cavium Networks plans to expand into the storage processor market. The fabless chip house expects to begin sampling the first chips from a new Octeon Multicore Storage Services Processor (SSP) line later this year. (more…)

Atmel has launched an interesting new chip line aimed at reducing NRE (non-recurring engineering) expenses associated with ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) development. The CAP (“customizable Atmel processor”) integrates a Linux-friendly ARM9 core together with a metal-programmable function block where users can implement cores, DSPs (digital signal processors), or custom peripherals. (more…)

Trolltech will provide free phones and SDKs (software development kits) to developers willing to target its Qtopia application development framework for mobile phones. The Qtopia Greenphone Grant Program will provide an unspecified number of awardees with Qtopia SDKs, along with Trolltech's open,… (more…)

Win Enterprises has expanded its computer-on-module (COM) product line with the introduction of its first COM Express module. The MB-07315 employs the Intel 945GM chipset, supports both Core 2 Duo and single-core Celeron M processors, and runs Linux, among other embedded OSes. (more…)

This review takes a close look at the Yoggie Pico, a Linux-powered, USB-interfaced firewall squished into a thumb drive-sized package. To test the device, Senior Editor Henry Kingman connects it to a Windows Vista PC, and pummels the setup with security auditing scripts downloaded from Nessus.org. (more…)

A hardware reference design vendor specializing in ultra-thin ARM-based CPU modules plans to add support for encrypted memory. Unicon says enhancing its designs with Atmel's “CrytoMemory” will provide a secure place within the system to store sensitive data, such as digital certificates or… (more…)