Nexvision is putting Linux to work in a new single-board computer that is geared toward managing wireless IP networks in homes, factories, and buildings of all sorts. Based on a 200 MHz Samsung S3C2410A microcontroller, the SBC has a wireless GSM/GPRS interface on-board, (more…)

The Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware developed at Saarland University in Saarbrucken, Germany, is platform- and network-agnostic, enabling it to crash through previous barriers to distributed multimedia. At CeBIT next month, NMM will strut its stuff as representatives of the university's Computer Graphics Lab demonstrate the extraordinary flexibility (more…)

Arabella Software, a specialist in turnkey Linux support for Freescale's PowerQUICC family of processors, has announced support for Embedded Planet's EP885 and EP8248 single-board computers (SBCs), which are based on the latest PowerQUICC offerings equipped with security engines. (more…)

Viosoft has announced Linux support for Intel's Mainstone board-level evaluation platform for the PXA270 processor. The Arriba Embedded Linux Edition for the Intel PXA270 addresses the main challenge with developing applications and drivers for multimedia processors: the ability to debug a live system at high speed, according to Hieu Tran, (more…)

McObject has announced the impending release of eXtremeSQL, a high-performance implementation of the popular SQL database programming language for use with eXtremeDB, which is an in-memory database for intelligent Linux devices. According to the company, eXtremeSQL serves the real-time enterprise Linux software market by greatly simplifying database programming. (more…)

i3 micro technology claims that its new Mood 130 is the first high-performance IP set-top box to provide video streaming for under $99. Housed in a very compact (6.69 x 4.21 x 1.10 inch) enclosure and running embedded Linux, the Mood 130 provides “triple play” services (more…)

The total number of USB-enabled devices will rise to 2.1 billion by 2009, up from 705.7 million last year, with the fastest growth in the communications sector, according to a report from In-Stat. The market research firm reports that USB has now thoroughly penetrated all categories of electronic products (more…)

Ding, ding! It's the end of Round Two in the ongoing knock-down, drag-out battle between Windows and Linux for the hearts and minds of developers building gadgets like smartphones, PDAs, firewall devices, and consumer entertainment equipment. At the moment, the contest remains too close to call. (more…)

The XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V7.0 for Linux is an optimizing compiler that IBM says provides high compile and execution performance, parallel programming APIs, memory management debug routines, and runtime dynamic linking. A follow-on to VisualAge C++ V6.0 for Linux, it is intended for machines using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (more…)

Texas Instruments is sampling a new OMAP broadband processor and chipset for midrange mobile phones, along with a single-board reference design that includes an embedded Linux software stack, as well as Java acceleration support. The TI OMAPV1030 for GSM/GPRS/EDGE applications aims to deliver advanced multimedia capabilities to mass-market wireless devices (more…)

TimeSys Corp. has launched an upgrade program that it says will help telecommunications and network equipment providers quickly upgrade to Carrier Grade Linux Requirements Definition version 2.0.2 (CGL 2.0) of the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL). Adding the features of the CGL 2.0 spec will provide major improvements in performance, (more…)

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) has announced a board support package (BSP) for running uCLinux on its ADSP-BF533 Blackfin, a novel processor which integrates a DSP core into a traditional microcontroller architecture. Running a Linux derivative on the chip “empowers engineering teams to share and develop ideas (more…)

Mediabolic, Inc. describes its Network Media Player (NMP), just announced and demonstrated at the [email protected] conference, as a standards-based technology platform for wirelessly integrating a TV with home PCs and the Internet. (more…)

AMD has released a pair of ETX form-factor reference designs based on its low-power, Geode SC1100/SC1200 x86-based system-on-chip processors. The DBSC1100 and DBSC1200 (pictured) support Linux and are suitable for use in applications such as set-top boxes, thin clients, and information appliances, according to AMD. (more…)

Impassioned battles between Linux and Windows partisans are no longer confined to the desktop and server arenas. With the growing ubiquity of smart devices, the device arena offers action every bit as intense, justifying massive vendor technology investments, high-dollar PR campaigns, and generous helpings of technical hyperbole from both… (more…)