Linux has fewer bugs than typical commercial software, says testing tools vendor Coverity. The company says the 2.6 Linux kernel has one bug for every 5,787 lines of code, compared to the commercial software norm of one bug per 40 lines. (more…)

Igel Technology is shipping three new high-end thin clients based on embedded Linux. The Premium-series Clever Client models are based on 1GHz Via C3 processors, and include local Mozilla browsers with Flash and Acrobat plug-ins. An Enterprise model includes Java and a local SAP client. (more…)

BargainPDA has reviewed the Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000, a Linux-based PDA introduced in October. The SL-C3000 is the first Zaurus model equipped with a hard drive. It is officially available in Japan, although several distributors resell internationalized English versions. (more…)

Interpeak is readying a TCP/IP stack with a built-in IPsec implementation that exploits the hardware cyptographic engines in forthcoming ColdFire and PowerQUICC chips. The stack will support Linux and other embedded OSes, and deliver low-cost, cycle-sparing IPsec performance on Freescale's new industrial chips, the company says. (more…)

WIN Enterprises has squeezed a Pentium 4 processor along with three gigabit and two 10/100 megabit Ethernet ports into a 1U high rack-mountable embedded platform available with Linux. The PL-01022 targets OEM networking, Internet appliance, industrial automation, and POS (point of sales/service) applications. (more…)

[Updated 2:30 pm, PST] — Microsoft has developed a tiny new software platform dubbed “.NET Embedded” that implements a skinny subset of the .NET Framework on bare metal, according to a story at WindowsForDevices. (more…)

Arabella has released a Linux 2.6 distribution for Freescale PowerQUICC communications processors that it says achieves exceptionally fast IPsec performance using a customized version of the 2.6 kernel's native IPsec stack. Arabella Secure Linux for PowerQUICC targets access devices and other secure networking equipment. (more…)

Developers will spurn Open Solaris, warns eWEEK's Steven Vaughan-Nichols, if it is licensed under the “Common Development and Distribution License” (CDDL) that Sun sent to the OSI last week for consideration. Even if the OSI deems the CDDL an open source license, GPL incompatibility would hamstring Open Solaris, Vaughan-Nichols says. (more…)

Linux training vendor TrainingCity says it has added material about real-time systems to its five-day hands-on embedded Linux course. Entitled “Embedded Linux: Hands On: Part 1,” the course covers the 2.6 Linux kernel and drivers, as well as real-time Linux. It targets software designers, firmware engineers, and quality assurance engineers. (more…)

Linux PDA software vendor Empower has joined Texas Instruments's (TI's) DSP (digital signal processor) third-party network, and will offer TI's DSP customers products and services related to Linux PDTs (portable data terminals), including industrial, portable medical, point-of-sale (POS), asset inventory, and enterprise applications. (more…)

Sputnik is shipping a new Linux-based wireless access point (AP) that works with its carrier-class wireless network management software. The AP 220 is based on a Gemtek AP, flashed with uClinux and Sputnik's “Agent” software. It targets WISPs (wireless Internet service providers) with hotspots in motels, restaurants, and other public places. (more…)

[Updated Dec. 15, 2004] — Analysts are overplaying the Linux angle in PalmSource's acquisition of China MobileSoft, wrote eWEEK's David Coursey today in his blog (weblog). Coursey says Linux is a flop in mobile devices, and will fizzle in mobile phones because device makers are not susceptible to OS partisanship. (more…)

Sputnik is shipping a new wireless access point (AP) that runs Linux, and works with its carrier-class wireless network management software. The AP 220 is based on uClinux, and targets WISPs (wireless Internet service providers) with hotspots in motels, restaurants, and other public places. (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. Some require free registration. Enjoy . . . ! (more…)

PalmSource's merger with Linux specialist China MobileSoft clearly positions it to battle the heavyweights for the exploding mobile handset market, according to eWEEK compujournalists Libe Goad and David Morgenstern. Less clear are the implications for sibling company PalmOne, the authors say. (more…)