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…)

Acrosser will soon ship a single-board computer (SBC) in the 165 x 115 mm EPIC form-factor. The AR-B1631 is based on a low-power, AMD Geode x86 processor and is “fully compatible” with Linux and other embedded OSes, according to the… (more…)

Certicom says it will ship a security software suite specially tailored toward desktop and mobile VoIP (voice-over-IP) handsets this quarter. “Certicom Security for VoIP” will support Linux and other embedded OSes, and help protect signaling and media channels, as well as physical devices, including mobile phones with FMC (fixed-mobile convergence) capabilities, the company says. (more…)

The LinuxWorld Expo in Boston next month will feature a mobile Linux expo area and conference track aimed at helping attendees “evaluate their enterprise mobile device strategies,” according to organizer IDG. Set for the April 3-6, the event will also feature PalmSource as a platinum sponsor. (more…)

After three weeks of leaked videos and breathless website stripteasing, Microsoft has revealed its “Ultra Mobile PC” (UMPC) project. In conjunction with an event at the massive CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany, the software giant today unleashed corporate and community Websites devoted to the concept, formerly codenamed… (more…)

Via Technology unveiled a new high-integration core-logic chip for low-power, PC-like handheld mobile devices Thursday at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. The VX700 integrates Via's VN800 northbridge and VT8237 southbridge chip features, plus other mobile-oriented functions. (more…)

No Starch Press is set to release the second volume in its Write Great Code series by Randall Hyde. According to the publisher, Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level explains how compilers translate… (more…)

A top shipbuilding company has licensed a commercial, real-time embedded Linux operating system for use in three robotic manufacturing devices, including two currently in production. FSMLabs says its Korean partner, RealTimeWave, helped Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) develop the robotic shipbuilding devices, which are based… (more…)

Sharp is reportedly offering a version of its Linux-based clamshell PDA with a 6GB hard drive. Other than a larger drive, the SL-C3200 appears to add few new features, according to a brief but scathing write-up at Akihabara News that calls the Zaurus an “oversized dictionary.”

The new SL-C3200 closely resembles… (more…)

TimeSys reports that its “LinuxLink” service for embedded Linux developers has surpassed the 2,000-subscriber mark, among other milestone achievements. LinuxLink targets developers creating and maintaining their own customized Linux distributions — the largest group within the embedded Linux OS and tools market, according to the company. (more…)

Wind River is offering a 30-day evaluation version of its General Purpose Platform (GPP), Linux Edition. The trial includes an embedded Linux 2.6.10 kernel and filesystem, configuration utilities, and the company's Eclipse-based Workbench development toolsuite. (more…)

Texas Instruments (TI) plans to ship an SoC (system-on-chip) for VoIP (voice-over-IP) applications in Q2-06. The TNETV1061 runs Linux on a 213MHz MIPS32 core, and also has a 150MHz DSP (digital signal processor) core. It targets residential VoIP applications, including CPE gateways (customer premises equipment), VoIP gateways, and terminal adapters. (more…)

AMD has announced an evaluation kit for its low-power Geode LX x86 processor, based on an ETX format computer-on-module (COM). The Geode LX ETX RDK (reference design kit) targets applications such as kiosks, POS (point-of-sales/service) terminals, thin clients, and embedded controllers, and supports multiple operating systems… (more…)

Enea will add NOR/NAND Flash data storage capabilities to its lightweight SQL RDBMS (relational database management system), to support applications such as feature-phones, gateways, and set-top boxes. The “Polyhedra FlashLite” product will support Linux and many other embedded OSes, and is touted as both the smallest and fastest flash-based RDBMS. (more…)

GPL-licensed software poses no special threat to companies covered by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), according to a whitepaper released by the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). The paper rebuts recent statements to the contrary from Wasabi Systems, an embedded software publisher that advocates a competing open source license. (more…)