Motorola has launched an open source community website around its Linux-based mobile phone stacks, Java specification requests (JSRs), Linux drivers, and testing applications. (more…)

ARM has released a new processor core aimed at mobile phones, hard-drives, printers, automotive designs, and other deeply embedded, highly “real-time” applications. The Cortex-R4 core has been validated with uClinux, MicroC/OS, and ThreadX, and was designed for high performance, high performance-per-cycle, on-chip memory cost containment, configurability, and high reliability, according to the… (more…)

Telecom middleware start-up Clovis Systems has changed its name to OpenClovis, and released its entire middleware stack, tools, and test suite under the GPL. The company hopes the move will help its products reach new markets, including military, aerospace, medical, industrial, telematics, and telemetry, and reduce its R&D costs. (more…)

The Grundig G500i Dreamphone is the first Linux-based iMode phone available in Europe, and the first of several planned Linux-based models. Two years in development, it is the result of a hardware design and Linux implementation from Purple Labs, and is available now in France. (more…)

[Updated May 16] — Nokia will announce on May 16 that future versions of its 770 Intenet Tablet will come preloaded with Google Talk, a free, Internet-based voice communications service, the Wall Street Journal reports. (more…)

Mini-ITX isn't just for hobbyists anymore. Annual growth rates of over 30 percent have helped Mini-ITX “cross the chasm” of acceptance in the embedded community, according to a LinuxDevices.com article that summarizes the birth, evolution, and current state of mini-ITX as a form-factor for embedded… (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. Enjoy . . . ! (more…)

The OSDL (Open Source Development Labs) has promoted board-member Takashi Kunai to “director of Japan.” Kunai led Unix and mainframe operating system development at Fujitsu for 30 years, and has been active in the Japan OSS Promotion Forum. (more…)

Foreword — This article summarizes the appearance, evolution, and current state of Mini-ITX as a form-factor for embedded applications. It was written by Roland Groeneveld, who founded Logic Supply, a PC board and parts distributor specializing in Mini-ITX. (more…)

Extreme Engineering is shipping an AMC (advanced mezzanine card) version of its dual-G5 PowerPC board. The XPedite6240 sports dual Freescale MPC7448 processors, comes with Linux, and can bolster AdvancedTCA blade or MicroTCA system performance for telecom and HPC (high-performance computing) applications. (more…)

GPLv3 will likely be adopted for the Linux kernel, according to open source luminary Bruce Perens. “It's a negotiation… I'm expecting the embedded manufacturers and the Free Software Foundation and Linus to get the license to a point they can all live with,” Perens says. (more…)

[Updated May 12] — GPLv3 will likely be adopted for Linux kernel, according to Bruce Perens (pictured at left). “It's a negotiation… I'm expecting the embedded manufacturers and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and Linus to get the license to a point they can all live with,” Perens says. (more…)

Draft GNU GPLv3 (General Public License) language would require embedded systems and devices incorporating GPLv3-licensed software to be user-modifiable, stated license author Richard Stallman in a recent speech. (more…)

Koan Software has certified a BSP (board support package) based on its GPL-only industrial embedded Linux distribution with an ARM-based half Euroboard SBC (single board computer) from Taskit. (more…)

A project to create a free (LGPL), small-footprint client/server SSL library supporting TLS (transport layer security) has achieved its initial release. The axTLS library includes a CGI-enabled web server, test tools, and language binding for C#, VB.Net, Java, and Perl. Written in ANSI C, it has been tested on Linux, Win32/Cygwin, and Solaris, according to the project. (more…)