Access Co. Ltd. has recently launched a new logo, brand identity, and website said to “integrate, update, and expand” content previously available at its main website and that of wholly owned subsidiary PalmSource. (more…)

The Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) and the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) are co-sponsoring a conference to discuss the impact of software patents on software development, innovation, and competition. Entitled “Software Patents: A Time for Change?,” the conference is set for Nov. 17, at Boston University. (more…)

[Updated 3:15 P.M.] — Terra Soft Solutions says it will “immediately” begin shipping a version of its Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) distribution for Sony's Playstation 3 (PS3). (more…)

FSMLabs reports that its real-time Linux distribution was used by Blue Mountain Avionics to build an electronic flight information system (EFIS) or “glass cockpit” for experimental aircraft. (more…)

O'Reilly has updated one of its books about embedded software development. The second edition of Programming Embedded Systems, by Michael Barr and Anthony Massa, covers the latest hardware designs and development methodologies, and features examples based on Linux and eCos, according to the publisher. (more…)

Neoware will begin sampling a Linux-based thin client notebook next month. Unlike traditional notebooks, The m100 has no local data storage, and hence does not place sensitive data at risk of being lost or stolen, according to the company. (more…)

Strong Linux smartphone sales in China helped Motorola achieve the highest overall year-on-year growth among the top five vendors in the PDA/Smartphone market, according to Gartner. In contrast, Motorola's Symbian- and Microsoft-based smartphones are “not making significant progress,” Gartner reports. (more…)

Navicore is readying a version of its European GPS (global positioning system) software for Nokia's Linux-based 770 Internet Tablet. Navicore Personal 2007 brings a variety of “Internet enhanced” navigation features to the 770, and will ship in November, standalone or with a… (more…)

uClinux specialist and remote access equipment vendor Opengear has launched an educational discount program for university computer facilities. (more…)

[Updated Oct. 17, 2006] — An East German company will soon begin selling an IP-PBX setup based on a Mac Mini running Linux. 4S Newcom's Blue4S package comes with an iPod Shuffle that acts as a boot device for the Mac Mini, plus five Linux-based phones. (more…)

Wind River has announced that its Carrier Grade Linux distribution will be bundled with Kontron's “next-generation” ATCA (advanced telecommunications computing architecture), MicroTCA, and AMC (advanced mezzanine card) hardware products. (more…)

Software compliance management specialist Black Duck has diversified its product line. The company is now shipping “ExportIP,” a tool intended to help companies comply with laws regulating the exportation of encryption algorithms. (more…)

The OpenVZ project announced today that its OS-level server virtualization software technology has been ported to — and is now available for — systems based on 64-bit Power processors. (more…)

OpenClovis will launch an open source project site next month, designed to help commercial and open-source software developers add high-availability (HA) features to their applications. The “ClovisForge” site will host wrappers that integrate applications with the OpenClovis suite of dual-licensed, high-availability middleware. (more…)

eCosCentric is shipping two new ports of its commercially-supported open-source embedded OS. The eCosPro Starter Kits are being distributed with Freescale's ColdFire MCF5213 evaluation board, which targets industrial control, and with NXP's Nexperia STB220 reference design for PVRs (personal video recorders) and STBs… (more…)