KwikByte is shipping a tiny, low-powered ARM-based SBC (single-board computer) aimed at applications such as kiosks and streaming audio clients. The KBAT9261 (“BAT6”) is based on an Atmel ARM9 processor, supports PoE (power-over-Ethernet), runs Linux and native development tools, and is available with an optional enclosure. (more…)

Record U.S. sales and exploding ultra-low-cost markets in India helped worldwide mobile phone shipments to end users grow 21 percent, to reach 990.8 million in 2006, according to Gartner. Additionally, sales to distributors surpassed a billion units for the year, as Asian distributors prepared for New Year's demand. (more…)

An ultra-efficient new RISC-based processor architecture has gained its first Linux distribution support, according to representatives of the open source T2 SDE project. (more…)

Online retailer and embedded supplier Logic Supply has added two small, Intel-based systems to its catalog. AOpen's MiniPC MP945 and Digital Engine DE945 support Intel Core 2 Duo processors clockable up to 2GHz, run Linux, and target embedded and small form-factor computing. (more…)

Embedded Linux service provider TimeSys has added support for a PowerPC SoC (system-on-chip) targeting networking and pervasive computing applications, such as printing/imaging, wireless access, industrial control, and media processing. The company says its LinuxLink subscription for AMCC's 440EPx offers on-demand access to continuously updated processor-optimized Linux packages, components, and tools. (more…)

[Updated Mar. 7] — An Australian consulting company specializing in software reverse engineering is demonstrating its capabilities by analyzing popular open source projects, such as the Linux 2.6.20 kernel. (more…)

Venture Development Corp. (VDC) today announced the recipients of its 2006 “Platinum and Gold” awards, which rate non-product characteristics of vendors of computer boards targeting companies building embedded systems and devices. Ten board vendors were awarded Platinum status, and twenty were awarded Gold status in this year's ratings. (more…)

Italian embedded software specialist KDev is shipping Linux-based firmware for a tiny RISC-based SBC (single-board computer) available with a Tux-shaped case. Kdev's FoxServe firmware for the Acme Fox SBC provides a dynamic web server environment, including Apache, PHP, SQLite, SSL/TLS… (more…)

Trolltech has loosened key licensing restrictions on its user-modifiable Linux-based mobile phone for open source software developers. Users of the Greenphone will no longer be restricted to running Qtopia software on the device, nor to using the device only in its supplied… (more…)

Access Systems Americas (formerly PalmSource) is showing off its device-oriented mobile Linux OS and Eclipse-based toolsuite at the EclipseCon conference this week in Santa Clara, Calif. The company's Access Linux Platform (ALP) is available now, while its ALP Development Suite based on Eclipse and CDT is sampling. (more…)

MontaVista says its device-oriented Linux operating system was used in two new 3G business smartphones from Italian handset designer Enteos. The Italian handset designer and manufacturer reportedly used MontaVista Linux Consumer Edition in forthcoming iGo 730 and LinAP smartphones. (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 development. (more…)

Kontron has introduced the second in its series of EPIC format single-board computers (SBCs) targeting embedded applications. (more…)

Sean Moss-Pultz and Mickey Lauer revealed interesting details about their “OpenMoko” open-source phone software project, at O'Reilly's “Etel” (emerging telephony) conference this week. (more…)

Trolltech has done a lot of things right, in terms of making it easy for open source developers to write Qtopia applications. However, the company's unlocked, open Greenphone is hampered by counterproductive end-user license agreement (EULA) terms, concludes a review of the phone at… (more…)