Aewin is shipping a “feature rich” PC/104-Plus SBC (single-board computer) based on an AMD Geode LX800 processor. The PM-6100 runs fanless at 500 MHz, integrates an extensive set of onboard peripheral controllers, and targets space-constrained, high-performance, low-power industrial and embedded applications, according to… (more…)

Technologic Systems is offering a freely downloadable, Debian-based Linux OS image said to boot from an SD card in less than two seconds, on the company's ARM9-based SBC (single-board computer). (more…)

iRex used Linux and an electronic paper display (EPD) to build a portable reading device available now for personal and business-to-business applications. The iLiad's paper display “reads just like paper, and is perceived as such by the human eye,” the company says. (more…)

Japan's largest mobile operator will power-up a 3.5G network next week, and launch a Linux-based phone capable of using it. The N902iX phone, supplied by NEC, offers features most U.S. and European users can only dream of — such as 3.6Mbit/s peak download speeds. (more…)

Pure-play open-source software providers are being squeezed out of the enterprise market by increasingly complete offerings from application and OS providers, according to a report from The 451 Group's just-launched “Commercial Adoption of Open Source” (CAOS) service. The report's findings may be applicable to embedded Linux stack providers, as well. (more…)

eWEEK has published a slideshow from last week's LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco. The photos were taken by LinuxDevices.com Senior Editor Henry Kingman, with LinuxWatch.com Senior Editor Steven J. (more…)

A real-time (RTAI-based) embedded Linux distribution targeting industrial applications has changed its name. Koan Software's Klinux (formerly K-Linux) will henceforth be known as KaeilOS (Koan advanced embedded industrial Linux operating system), according to founder Marco Cavallini. (more…)

A Bangkok-based company is shipping a tiny, sub-$100 PC capable of running Puppy and other lightweight Linux distributions. NorhTec's MicroClient Jr. measures 4.5 inches square, draws 8 Watts, and has a 166MHz Pentium-compatible processor with three integer units. (more…)

The Mobile Robot Programming Lab (MRPL) at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute has published the first in a planned series of open, educational robotics designs. The Linux-based “Qwerkbot” can be built in two hours from detailed online instructions, at a cost of $550, the Lab says. (more…)

German equipment manufacturer ASC Telecom has revised its Linux-based communications server, adding hybrid VoIP (voice-over-IP) and TDM (time-division multiplexing) recording capabilities. (more…)

Intel will host one-day embedded computing conferences at a dozen locations around the U.S. this fall. The Intel Embedded Solutions Conferences will present information about Intel's current and forthcoming embedded processors, as well as its extended life-cycle support program, research, and product roadmaps. (more…)

Kontron has introduced a compact “mini baseboard” meant to help developers get up and running quickly with ETX-based computer-on-module (COM) designs. The aptly named “miniBaseboard” is compatible with the recently released ETX version 3.0… (more…)

DesktopLinux.com has launched its 2006 Desktop Linux survey, asking users of Linux desktops to identify what distributions they use, as well as their choice of windowing environment (KDE, GNOME, etc.), web browsers, email clients, and Windows-on-Linux solutions. (more…)

Eurotech's U.S. arm, Parvus, will demonstrate the multinational company's innovative wrist-worn PC at a military electronics conference Aug. 22-24 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (more…)

Net stack vendor LVL7 will base its flagship “Fastpath” products on Wind River Linux. Starting with version 4.5, expected Q2, 2007, LVL7's Fastpath stack will be optimized for Wind River's Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition (PNE LE), the company says. (more…)