Access Co. Ltd has launched a third-party program intended to “promote and facilitate” the development of web content optimized for mobile and embedded devices. As part of the NetFront Browser Partner Program, the company plans to release specifications for its NetFront web browser to program participants, it says. (more…)

IBM has published the following new technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its DeveloperWorks website. They cover a range of interesting (though not necessarily embedded) technical topics, primarily related to Linux and open source system development. Some require free registration. (more…)

Embedded software specialist Wind River has hired Sven Dummer to manage its line of Eclipse-based Workbench tools for embedded Linux developers. Dummer joins Wind River from Novell, where he formerly led product management efforts for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. (more…)

The next version of the venerable Linux “ext” filesystem is just around the corner. Andrew Morton has added an early version of ext4 to his 2.6.19-rc1-mm1 tree, enabling Linux to support storage volumes up to 1020 petabytes in size, and to write files in “extents,” or contiguous, reserved areas. (more…)

[Updated Oct. 17] — Additional real-time technology will be incorporated into the mainline Linux kernel starting with version 2.6.18, TimeSys reports. The real-time support, which previously had to be installed as kernel patches, was developed in part by TimeSys senior open source developer Thomas Gleixner (pictured), the… (more…)

Opengear has launched a low-cost, Linux-based, four-port remote power switch with serial and browser control interfaces. Combined with the company's inexpensive remote access server, the IP Power 9258 lets administrators securely monitor and control all the servers, PCs, routers, switches, and devices at small branch… (more…)

Gamepark Holdings is shipping a breakout board for its GP2X, a sub-$200 Linux-based handheld gaming platform and portable media player (PMP). The “Breakout Board” adds standard PC I/O, helping hobbyists build GP2X-based home DivX systems, MAME cabinets, MP3/OGG sound systems, or classic computer set-ups, the company… (more…)

Vision Objects says its MyScript handwriting recognition technology for devices running embedded Linux and other OSes now supports 70 languages. MyScript Lingo supports 16 languages in cursive writing mode, while MyScript Letra supports 70 languages when letters are printed one at a time, according to the company. (more…)

Performance Technologies (PT) has joined the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), with plans to contribute to the OSDL's Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) working group. PT sells board- and chassis-level hardware for communications infrastructure, including packet-based wireless, IMS (integrated multimedia subsystems), IP telephony, and defense and homeland security systems. (more…)

Real-time JVM (Java virtual machine) specialist Aonix and real-time Linux specialist Concurrent Computer Corp. have formed a joint development and marketing partnership. The deal leverages the combination of Aonix's PERC real-time JVM and tools, along with Concurrent's RedHawk Linux and SUSE-based real-time offerings for multi-processor x86 systems, the companies say. (more…)

LVL7 Systems is shipping a new version of its Fastpath IP stack that adds support for Linux-based systems operating in IPv6 networks. Fastpath 4.4.3 also supports a broader line of StrataXGS II and III chips from Broadcom, and includes provisions for dual IPv4/v6 stacks, IPv6 addressing, and OSPFv3, according to the company. (more…)

Raza Microelectronics Inc. (RMI) has obtained DivX certification for its Au1200 Alchemy processor from DivX Inc., creators of the DivX video media format. The newly certified DivX drivers for the Au1200 will allow handhelds and other low-power devices based on the SoC (system-on-chip) to decode high-quality DivX video, RMI says. (more…)

UK-based Pinnacle Audio used embedded Linux to build an ultra-high-fidelity, hard-drive-based music server capable of storing roughly 9,000 CDs, with lossless compression. The Athenaeum comes with a Linux-powered Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, which serves as its remote control, and it features a 24-bit, 96kHz… (more…)

UK-based Pinnacle Audio used embedded Linux to build an ultra-high-fidelity, hard-drive-based music server capable of storing roughly 9,000 CDs, with lossless compression. The Athenaeum comes with a Linux-powered Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, which serves as its remote control, and it features a 24-bit, 96kHz… (more…)

Igel Technology has released a new thin client device that can simultaneously drive four independent digital or analog display screens. The fanless PanaVeo thin client is based on an Intel Celeron M processor, and is available with Linux, according to the company. (more…)