In the ongoing legal dispute between SCO Group and Novell over who really owns the Unix operating system, it appears Novell has finally had enough. eWEEK's Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes that Novell is now attacking SCO in court with everything it has, in an effort to land a knock-out punch and put an end to all its legal shenanigans. (more…)

Beta Comptronics Inc. of Nagpur, India is shipping a compact, low-cost SBC (single-board computer) based on a 150MHz MIPS processor. The $180 SBC sports Ethernet, USB, and serial ports, and comes bundled with an embedded Linux software development kit based on the 2.4 Linux kernel. (more…)

Sony's Playstation 3 (PS3), expected to ship next spring, will revolutionize personal computing, says Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Ken Kutaragi in an EETimes Asia interview. (more…)

Black Duck has extended its partnership with SourceForge, in a deal aimed at increasing the efficiency with which Black Duck tracks open source software. Black Duck will gain a local copy of Sourceforge's software repository, enabling it to track open source software changes more closely, the companies say. (more…)

Wind River will host three seminars focused on Linux's growing presence in the device software market, and on the trend toward migrating from legacy real-time operating systems (RTOSes) to Linux. The keynote talk at each of the three seminars will be given by “Linux pundit” (and OSDL employee) Bill Weinberg. (more…)

MainConcept preparing to release a family of codecs that will support Linux, among other software platforms. The goal of its “Every Codec. Every Platform” strategy is “to offer all of the most-requested codec formats on all of the most-requested platforms,” including the Linux operating system and Intel's XScale embedded processors. (more…)

Devon IT Inc. has embedded an “optimized” version of Red Hat Linux in a line of low-cost thin-client terminals ranging from the entry-level Ntavo NTA 6010A priced at $149, to the $599 NTA 6015L that boasts an integrated 15-inch, 1024×668 TFT LCD screen. The company has avoided the common practice of maximizing features and charging high prices, in favor of offering the most… (more…)

Prentice Hall has released a 1008-page reference guide to Linux commands, editors, and shell programming. Touted as an “essential reference for core commands that Linux users need daily,” the new book by Mark G. Sobell also provides a “superb introduction to Linux shell programming,” (more…)

We've discovered a $150 Linux-based thin-client PC based on a 433MHz Via Eden processor. The Ntavo NTA 6010A comes equipped with 64MB of DIMM DRAM and 64MB of CompactFlash memory, and a display controller that supports up to 1280×1024 pixels in 24-bit color. (more…)

IBM has published the following 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…)

Arbor Technology has added a new member to its line of 3.5-inch SBCs (single-board computers). The EmCORE-i761 runs Linux on low voltage Pentium M Dothan and ultra-low voltage Celeron processors, according to the company. (more…)

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) will offer free and low-cost Linux certification at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, August 8-11. The exams are free for conference “delegates,” and will be available at the discounted price of $25 for exhibit hall attendees and exhibitors. (more…)

This whitepaper from VDC examines organizational changes at Freescale relating to wholly owned subsidiary Metrowerks. It confirms that Metrowerks will realign itself strategically with its parent company, with the Metrowerks brand replaced by the “CodeWarrior” brand. After detailing these and other changes, the paper offers VDC's analysis and perspective. (more…)

This whitepaper from Vibren Technologies discusses the use of Macromedia Flash as a technology for creating rich, portable, maintainable, and consistent user interfaces across multiple models and generations of embedded devices, and outlines system requirements and porting issues. (more…)

Gamepark has announced a new portable game- and media-player based on embedded Linux. The GPX2-F100 features dual ARM9 processors, USB 2.0, a 3.5-inch color LCD, and support for both native and emulated games. A Linux SDK (software development kit) will be available when the device ships, (more…)