Kontron has introduced a new series of industrial panel PCs based on its COM Express technology. (more…)

deCarta has announced a software development kit (SDK) intended to ease the process of building customized and differentiated navigation applications. The Navigation Software Developer Kit (SDK) builds on the company's Rich Map Engine, the same technology used by service providers such as Google and Yahoo!, according to the… (more…)

Hong Kong based systems integrator Quataris has updated its all-in-one Pentium 4 based analog TV/PC design. The new Ottimo model, which features an innovative mechanical design, supports processors up to 2.8GHz, comes with 15-, 17-, or 19-inch screens, and is available pre-installed with SUSE Linux. (more…)

Technologic reports that its fast-booting ARM-based SBCs (single-board computers) are now available with a Linux-based bootloader capable of launching an alternate kernel or executive. (more…)

Infrant is shipping a pair of network-attached storage (NAS) devices that run Linux and target low-power, high-density storage applications. The ReadyNAS 1100 has a rackmount design, while the ReadyNAS NV+ features an extremely shallow pedestal form-factor. (more…)

The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), the self-proclaimed “center of gravity” of Linux, is re-aligning priorities and changing leadership. CEO Stuart Cohen has departed, and various personnel have been laid off, but the organization continues to offer “safe haven” for Linus Torvalds and other key developers, among other stated priorities. (more…)

[Updated Nov. 3, 2008] — Tensilica is shipping two new processor core families based on its “post-RISC” style Xtensa architecture. The LX2 and Xtensa 7 cores are available with MontaVista Linux, and come with tools aimed at helping designers configure interfaces, memory subsystems, and other components, and even extend the architecture with C/C++ application-specific instructions. (more…)

Wind River on Dec. 15 will ship a new version of its Eclipse-based development toolsuite that will, for the first time, be available as a set of plugins, greatly increasing deployment flexibility. Workbench 2.6 also features new test and analysis tools, a sophisticated patch manager for Linux, and online documentation. (more…)

Datalight has updated its resident flash memory manager and block device driver that works with Linux 2.6. FlashFX Pro version 3.10 adds support for more than 20 new flash chips from Samsung, AMD, and Intel, as well as Spansion's MirrorBit ORNAND, according to the company. (more…)

NEC will use Trolltech's recently announced Greensuite phone stack in a new 3G W-CDMA handset reference design. The “Medity” design is part of NEC's PlatformOvia family of hardware/software reference designs for handsets, digital audio-visual equipment, and automotive infotainment systems, many of which use Linux along with Trolltech's Qtopia middleware, according to the companies. (more…)

Fans of Linux, spirits, and sports can soon satisfy all their desires at once, with the arrival of HumWare's Linux-based, digital-signage kiosks in major U.S. sports bars and restaurants. (more…)

Puppy Linux was guest-of-honor at an “Affordable Community Computing Workshop” this week in the Philippines, where participants assembled and took home ultra low-cost, PC-like computing devices. The workshop was sponsored by Via and several organizations working to close the “digital divide” in the Philippines. (more…)

Coversant has released a suite of open-source software development kits (SDKs) for building collaborative applications based on the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). The LGPL-licensed SDKs, known as SoapBox Studio, support Novell's Mono project, and version 2 of the .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework (CF) managed application environments. (more…)

TimeSys will offer three webinars in December and early January aimed at helping developers who are new to embedded Linux. The three topics including getting Linux to boot on a target embedded board, getting a sample application to run, and choosing among available embedded filesystem choices. (more…)

Ampro has upped the performance of its EPIC form-factor SBC (single-board computer) line, with a model based on a 1.8 GHz Pentium M 745. The high-end option extends the company's ReadyBoard SBCs into applications requiring full-fledged PC performance without the larger ATX-style footprints, according to the company. (more…)