Taiwanese board-vendor Acrosser is shipping a 96-bit PCI-bus I/O card with discrete I/O, on-board SRAM, and a host of built-in security features. The AR-B2002 supports Linux, and targets casino gaming machines and industrial control applications. (more…)

Nokia's “330” device — previously rumored to be a follow-up to the company's Linux-based 770 Internet tablet — turns out to be a simple in-car navigational device. The 330 will come standard with maps of Europe, and sell for about 360 Euros, according to reports. (more…)

Google has enhanced its free “Gmail” service with two new interface options for mobile phone users. A new “m.gmail.com” site features a greatly simplified interface for phones with HTML browsers, while a Java download enables Gmail account access from any Web- and Java-enabled device, the company says. (more…)

Prominent embedded Linux companies, standards organizations, and mobile carriers will attend the inaugural “Open Source in Mobile” conference next week in Amsterdam. Sponsored by Trolltech, the event features presentations from MontaVista, Motorola, Panasonic, Purple Labs, a la Mobile, Nokia, VirtualLogix, Access/Palmsource, Orange, BT, Vodafone, Neuf Cegetel, Navica, Sun, and others. (more…)

Symbol Technologies will soon release a Linux powered, multi-protocol, multi-frequency wireless switch. The RFS7000, expected early next year, aims to help business deploy and centrally manage devices throughout the RF (radio frequency) spectrum, Symbol says. (more…)

In its most tacit acknowledgment yet of the power of open source, Microsoft is distributing complete kernel sources to all recipients of its Windows CE 6.0 SDK, released today. Developers need only acknowledge Microsoft's “shared source” license, using Microsoft's IDE (integrated development tool), after which requested sourcecode components are installed, according to an article at… (more…)

PC Tools will add a Linux-based boot image to its security auditing software for Windows PCs. The company says that when run under Linux, Spyware Doctor can detect and remove “persistent spyware such as rootkits and keyloggers that launch and hide themselves in the OS when Windows is booted.” (more…)

Red Hat says 29 ISVs (independent software vendors) have joined its Telecommunications Partner Program during the last six months. Additionally, the company says it is working with leading NEPs (network equipment providers), ISVs, and operators to define requirements and ensure that RHEL can be deployed in carrier-grade settings. (more…)

Trolltech reports that its developer-friendly, Linux-based “Greenphone” was named “best embedded Linux product or initiative” at LinuxWorld, London. Additionally, the company's Qtopia Phone Edition (QPE) stack won a mobile phone tools award presented by a Chinese trade magazine devoted to… (more…)

Wind River has completed an “evaluation port” of its Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) stack to Sun's UltraSPARC T1, and plans to offer the industry's first commercial CGL support for the chip, by mid-2007. Wind River describes the 8-way, 64-bit processor as a “breakthrough” processor for next-generation compute-intensive communications server platforms. (more…)

Siemens of Switzerland is shipping three hardware/software reference designs for Internet protocol set-top boxes (IP-STBs). The STB-7100-series designs run Linux 2.6 on a SuperH-based processor, and support standard- and high-definition content, along with multiple access technologies, including DSL, cable, and… (more…)

[Updated 3:15PM, PST] — With sponsorship from MIPS Technologies, GNU tools specialist CodeSourcery has added support for the MIPS architecture to the GNU/Linux prelinker, with the goal of helping MIPS-based embedded designs enjoy faster application start-up times. Additionally, the consulting and services company has joined MIPS Technologies's MIPS Alliance Program. (more…)

OpenClovis is accepting project proposals for a community website to launch early next year. The “ClovisForge” site aims to help developers quickly add high-availability characteristics to commercial or open-source applications, so that they can be considered for use in telecommunications and other markets requiring “six nines” availability (99.9999 percent uptime). (more…)

Hong Kong based mini-PC manufacturing specialist SD-Omega has added a pair of high-end models to its extensive line of more than 20 Linux-friendly car PC models. The SD631C and PCI-slot-equipped SD631CH support Intel Pentium M and Celeron M processors at over 2GHz, and include car-specific features. (more…)

[Updated Oct. 31] — Parisian startup Linutop is readying a compact Linux-based computing appliance aimed at web surfing kiosks in libraries, schools, offices, hotels, hospitals, Internet cafes, and family rooms. (more…)