A tiny, Linux-based gateway has won an award for hardware innovation at the 2007 Embedded World conference in Nuremberg this week. SSV Embedded Systems's “Tux/Stick” interfaces between USB-enabled PCs and various industrial and embedded networks, including LANs, WiFi networks, wireless sensor networks (WSNs), and in-car… (more…)

At 3GSM this week, Enea is touting a broad collection of products aimed at making “third screen” services more reliable. The company's “Accelerator Platform” comprises in-house and third-party products for both ends of the mobile phone market's virtual wire, and targets VoIP, IPTV, broadband Internet, gaming, and streaming video services. (more…)

Qualcomm expects to sample a low-cost, dual-core mobile phone processor that supports Linux and other third-party embedded OSes, in Q3 of this year. Smartphones based on the Mobile Station Modem MSM7225 will sell for less than $200, the company forecasts. (more…)

The Khronos Group is seeking feedback on a multimedia specification described as an “open” alternative to Microsoft's DirectX API collection. The royalty-free OpenKODE spec combines several native, C-language APIs into a “comprehensive media stack specification for accelerating rich… (more…)

Access is finally shipping its next-generation Linux-based operating system and development kit for mobile devices. The company is showing off version 1.0 of Access Linux Platform (ALP), and various tools and high-end mobile applications processor support packages, at the 3GSM World Congress this week in… (more…)

[Updated 3:00 P.M.] — Motorola is showcasing its Linux and “kJava” based music phone for U.S. and European markets, at the 3GSM World Congress this week in Barcelona. (more…)

AMD has introduced several new versions of its Geode LX processor, and has added a “low power” version of its 35-Watt dual-core Athlon 64 X2 to its embedded roadmap. Additionally, the company is offering three new reference designs, including an ATCA blade, a SOHO NAS server, and an “ultra-value client.” (more…)

Ubiquiti Networks is shipping what are claimed to be the first-ever mini-PCI-based WiFi radios to boast 600mW transmit power, and the first to support operating temperatures from -45 to 95 degrees Celsius. (more…)

Five technical articles about Linux development tools, boards, and best practices have been published by BEC Systems, a small embedded systems consulting company specializing in technology selection, troubleshooting, development, and training. (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. Some require free registration. (more…)

VirtualLogix will demonstrate a multimedia-enabled Linux-based mobile phone reference design powered by a single ARM9 processor, at 3GSM next week in Barcelona. The NXP Nexperia 7210 design could spawn some of the world's first single-core mobile phones running open, “rich” operating systems, such as… (more…)

Enea says its high-availability network software will be available pre-integrated with Kontron's AdvancedTCA and AdvancedMC systems. (more…)

Embedded board vendor Micro/sys has created a stackable system architecture based on utilizing USB as a low-end I/O bus in compact, rugged, embedded systems. The company is already shipping CPU and I/O boards that implement the patent-pending technology, and hopes to license StackableUSB broadly. (more…)

Despite seasonal increases posted by several vendors during Q4, the market for non-phone handheld devices continued its downward trend throughout 2006, IDC reports. Only 5.5 million units shipped during 2006, 28.5 percent less than in 2005, while Q4 sank a whopping 35.9 percent from Q4-05, to 1.5 million units. (more…)

Analysis — When it comes to troublesome Linux peripherals, WiFi takes the cake. Sparked by the Portland Project's efforts to bring standardization to the Linux desktop, the Linux wireless developer community tackled this problem at its second… (more…)