An international ham radio club that originated in Tucson, Ariz. is inviting public comment on a draft license governing open hardware designs. The Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) club's Open Hardware License (OHL) version 0.9 is available online for comment and discussion through March 7. (more…)

Carrier grade Linux (CGL) provider Wind River has partnered with network equipment provider (NEP) Radisys and high-availability middleware vendor Clovis on a “pre-integrated” ATCA/Linux platform. (more…)

A device manufacturing and design house in Shenzhen, China is offering an ARM-based “UMPC” (ultra-mobile PC) with an embedded Linux OS. The Beijing Peace East Technology Development Company's “H9” design features a high-quality 7-inch LCD display, GPS receiver, 128MB of RAM, and a 520MHz PXA270 processor. (more…)

Wind River has joined the Texas Instruments (TI) third-party partner ecosystem, and will collaborate with TI's Dallas-based mobile handset division on advanced Linux and hardware/software tools support for TI's ARM11-based OMAP2430 smartphone processor. The partnership could also produce a Linux-based mobile phone reference design, according to Wind River. (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…)

Taiwanese embedded board and system integrator Embedian is shipping a low-power, passively cooled Linux server for SOHO (small office/home office) file-, print-, mail-, and web-serving. The ASR-7110 is based on a 400MHz ARM9 processor, and comes with a complete Debian Linux-based server software stack. (more…)

A high-level, three-day conference on multimedia-enabled handsets will be held in Amsterdam this March. Informa's second-annual “Multimedia Handsets” event, March 20-23, will be preceded on March 19th by a one-day Khronos Group workshop entitled “Creating an Embedded Media Processing Ecosystem.” (more…)

A free software project maintaining an LGPL-licensed SSL library for small-footprint embedded devices has achieved a significant dot release. The axTLS project says its v1.1.0 release adds a tightly integrated custom web server, along with numerous other improvements and fixes. (more…)

As written, GPLv3 threatens to fork GNU projects and marginalize the Free Software Foundation, writes long-time Linux observer Bill Weinberg. Drawing on long experience evangelizing Linux and open source licensing to business users, Weinberg suggests that the FSF's GPLv3 high road could be a lonesome… (more…)

Foreword: As written, GPLv3 threatens to fork GNU projects and marginalize the Free Software Foundation, writes Linux observer Bill Weinberg in this well-written essay. Drawing on long experience evangelizing open source licensing to business users, Weinberg suggests that the FSF's GPLv3 high road could be a lonesome one. (more…)

Ampro has expanded its line of industrial panel PCs with a 10-inch LCD model. The PowerPanel 10 supports a broad range of Linux-powered embedded applications such as digital signage, medical equipment, and human-machine interfaces (HMIs), according to the company. (more…)

Encirq has released a freely downloadable version of its software development framework for developing high-performance data management components for smart devices. DeviceSQL Quick Start Suite includes an interactive, online tutorial said to demonstrate efficient ways to manage data in embedded applications, according to the company. (more…)

Embedded Linux specialist TimeSys Corp., a continual source of free, informative webinars on embedded Linux, has added podcasts to its repertoire. The first “LinuxLink Radio” podcast, currently available from the company's website, introduces embedded Linux, discusses why it's important, and briefly explains how to start… (more…)

Strategic Test is shipping an SODIMM-sized processor module based on Marvell's XScale PXA320 (“Monahans P”) processor. The Triton-320 processor module is available with a development kit that includes a 6 x 4-inch carrier board and a ready-to-use Linux 2.6.17 embedded operating system. (more…)

LinuxDevices.com today launches its seventh-annual Embedded Linux Market Survey, and invites all readers to participate. Don't miss this opportunity to help shape the industry in which you work, by answering 22 quick questions about developer preferences and industry trends. (more…)