The Scope Alliance has updated its Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) “profile” paper, which aims to guide Linux standards bodies, distributors, and application providers in meeting NEP (network equipment provider) requirements. Operating System Profile, Version 1.1, prioritizes CGL 3.2 requirements and roadmap items in greater detail than did the first version. (more…)

[Updated 11:30 P.M.] — The Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia in Brazil released the first beta of the Canola media player for Nokia's Linux-based 770 and forthcoming “870” Internet tablets. (more…)

[Updated 11:30 AM] — Rumors of a successor to Nokia's Linux-based 770 Internet tablet are circulating around the Web again, today. (more…)

3DLabs is sampling a unique mobile applications processor supported initially under Linux 2.6. The DMS-02 combines a pair of ARM9-EJ cores with 24 FPUs (floating-point units). It targets portable digital entertainment, portable navigation, video conferencing, automotive infotainment, video… (more…)

Adlink Technology has added a high-end member to its GEME (General Embedded Machine Engine) line of PC-compatible embedded controllers. The GEME-5000 supports Linux, and targets applications that require continuous operation and remote control, such as machine tools and digital video capture, according to… (more…)

Opera Software has released a major upgrade to its free mobile web browser, claimed to be installed on some eight million mobile handsets. Opera Mini 3.0 adds an RSS feed reader, secure connections, and social networking capabilities such as photo sharing, according to the company. (more…)

The first XScale “Monahans” chip is shipping, with two to follow next quarter. Five months after acquiring Intel's PXAxxx line, high-volume consumer electronics chip specialist Marvell is shipping the PXA320 (“Monahans-P”) in a low-power production run clockable to 806MHz, with PXA300 (“Monahans-L”) and PXA310 (“Monahans-LV”) to follow in Q1, 2007, Marvell says. (more…)

ARM is now the third most popular architecture among Debian Linux users who run “popularity-contest,” a Debian utility that anonymously collects user system data. (more…)

Kontron has introduced a new product in its family of low-profile “flatware” SBCs (single-board computers) that target applications such as mobile panel-PCs, webpads, test equipment, door and gate stations, and vehicle seat-back systems. (more…)

[Updated Jan. 12, 2007] — Motorola is shipping a new entry-level mobile phone in India. The Motofone F3 is an extremely low-end phone featuring an “electronic paper” display, breakthrough battery life, a bicycle-mounted dynamo charger, and usability features for the illiterate. (more…)

Chinese government-owned TEM (telecommunications equipment manufacturer) and handset vendor Datang Mobile has joined the OSDL (Open Source Development Labs) and will participate in the Mobile Linux Initiative (MLI) to improve the Linux kernel for mobile phones. Datang markets 3G infrastructure equipment and handset designs in China and globally. (more…)

Trolltech, perhaps the most successful Linux smartphone software provider, is readying a more comprehensive stack aimed at simplifying Linux-based phone development. The company's “Greensuite,” due in Q2, will offer a menu of pre-integrated browsers, Java virtual machines, messaging clients, and other software, along with complete source code and branding flexibility, the company says. (more…)

On Thursday, Dec. 7, Datalight will present another in its series of webinars covering issues related to flash memory. Customer support and services manager Robert Krantz will discuss how to reduce warranty returns by identifying common failure scenarios and incorporating those scenarios into test suites, according to the company. (more…)

Taiwanese single-board computer vendor Acrosser is shipping a small industrial PC that supports a variety of embedded Intel processors, including a 667MHz FSB Core 2 Duo. The company claims its AR-ES0892 to be the world's smallest Core 2 Duo system with PCI and x16 PCIe expansion. (more…)

NCT of Cambridge, England has developed software technology said to allow Bluetooth headsets and mobile phones to be used in extremely noisy environments, such as construction sites and auto racetracks. ClearSpeech Xtreme uses two microphones — one to pick up the speech, the other to pick up ambient noise, according to the company. (more…)