Freescale Semiconductor has opened a 100,000-square-foot facility in Bangalore to support research and development in software for wireless technologies. The company says it also recently acquired a 300,000-square-foot campus in Noida, India for expansion and to serve as its Indian headquarters. (more…)

Strong demand for Linux professionals outpaced overall job growth during the past year, according to IT job clearinghouse Dice.com. As of August 1, job listings for Linux-experienced tech pro's have jumped 36 percent so far this year, and 55 percent from 12 months ago, the service reports. (more…)

The out-of-band access equipment company founded by uClinux pioneer Bob Waldie is shipping a new line of infrastructure management gateways. Opengear says its Linux-powered IM4200-series management gateways can provide a single point of access to hundreds of network- and serially-attached devices. (more…)

Sysgo has updated its commercial Linux distribution that targets “industrial embedded” applications. ELinOS v4.1 offers broad hardware and software component support, and now comes standard with Eclipse-based development and testing tools, making it the first “Industrial Grade Linux” distribution,… (more…)

Trolltech's software stack for Linux-based mobile phones will gain a new web browser and browser-based user interface development kit option. The company says it is working with Openwave to port Openwave's Mercury Browser and Mobile Integrated Dynamic Application System (MIDAS) software to Qtopia Phone Edition… (more…)

Want a Linux webpad, but furrowing your brow over the Nokia 770's Lilliputian look? For a limited time (six hours from publication time), daring deal chasers with a $1,000 can bag two PepperPads, which have not only larger screens but much faster processors than the 770. (more…)

A Silicon Valley startup is preparing to ship a mobile Linux wireless development kit that utilizes new “chip-on-film” technology. Unicon Systems expects the MKit to help designers create Linux-powered handheld gadgets such as PMPs (portable media players), UMPCs (ultra mobile PCs), and wireless-enabled PDAs. (more…)

Taiwanese embedded board start-up Embedian is shipping an ARM-based 3.5-inch form-factor SBC (single-board computer) targeting fixed and mobile applications, including mobile terminals, POS devices, kiosks, ATMs, vending machine, networking, gaming, security audio/video processing, and telematics. (more…)

[Updated Aug. 17, 2006] — This special report examines the state of the Linux market as evidenced by what's happening at LinuxWorld, San Francisco. At this year's West Coast mega-event, it's clear that Linux and open-source software have progressed beyond their initial server successes — onto the desktop,… (more…)

Within the next couple of years, Linux will power more than half of the phones shipped by number two global handset vendor Motorola, according to the company's VP of mobile device software, Greg Besio, who delivered a keynote address at LinuxWorld in San Francisco this week. (more…)

Microsoft and WindowsForDevices.com have announced the winners of the Windows CE “shared source” programming contest they co-sponsored this summer. (more…)

A start-up has revised a tool aimed at helping application developers deploy their software on Linux-based appliances and virtual machines. RPath says rBuilder 2.0 helps software developers create custom Linux implementations and binary images that can be installed on commodity hardware or “live” demo CDs, or run using VMWare Player. (more…)

The open source Etherboot project has added support for the ATA-over-Ethernet (AoE) protocol invented by network storage vendor Coraid. Coraid claims that the combination of Etherboot and AoE can “dramatically improve” the manageability, reliability, availability, and performance of networked storage. (more…)

Black Duck has added 30 million commercial software components from 1,000+ vendors to the database that powers its “compliance management software” offering. The company's ProtexIP's database formerly contained primarily open source software “code prints,” or signatures. (more…)

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the IBM Personal Computer. The PC was announced on August 12, 1981 and became available for sale two months later. Because IBM encouraged other companies to develop compatible PCs, it quickly became the industry standard, according to market researcher Computer Industry Almanac. (more…)