A conference devoted to the Eclipse framework for cross-vendor tools integration has announced programs and speakers for its second annual event, set for Feb. 28 through Mar. 3 in Burlingame, Calif. EclipseCon targets beginning and advanced Eclipse users, as well as developers and architects of Eclipse-based products. (more…)

Over 20 members of the Gelato Federation are currently meeting in Pittsburgh, from Nov. 8-11, to review and exchange research advances for Linux on Intel's Itanium2 platform. A similar, ealier meeting Oct. 11-13 in Beijing attracted more than 25 Gelato Federation members. (more…)

The Voipac Net Phone (NP) 210 is an H323.v4-compatible IP phone that can also do Instant Messaging, email, Web conferencing, and more. The phone was created by Voipac, formerly Levi Systems, an eight-year-old company based in Slovakia that also sells USB phones, softphones and softswitches, VoIP (more…)

An open source project to create high-performance virtual machine software has achieved its second major release. Xen 2.0 is said to enable multiple instances of ported OS kernels to run at “close to native” speeds on a single x86 computer, with no modifications to applications or libraries needed. The new (more…)

BlueGene/L, the revolutionary IBM supercomputer based on embedded processor technology, has set another supercomputing record. Although only a quarter complete, BlueGene/L has turned in a LINPACK benchmark result that nearly doubles a previous supercomputing record that stood for three years. (more…)

A novel both about — and written on — a Linux-based Sharp Zaurus has been released in paper form. Z4CK, by Scottish security professional Kevin Milne, is a cyberthriller set in 2031, whose protagonist uses a wireless-enabled Sharp Zaurus to defend himself from false murder accusations. (more…)

The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has gotten behind an open source Linux project founded by MontaVista. The OpenAIS project aims to meet the Service Availability (SA) Forum's high availability specification for Carrier Grade Linux, enabling systems to achieve 99.9999 percent uptime despite network and other failures. (more…)

[Updated Nov. 5, 2004] — Zupera Technology has used a 2.6-series embedded Linux kernel to build a handheld audio/visual player set for volume production in January. The 30GB “Zupera” will be available with a 5.7- or 7-inch LCD touchscreen display, along with software for playback of (more…)

An IT consulting company has published a case study about installing a Linux-based VoIP (voice-over-IP) system at a bank with two satellite offices. The setup saves $2,600 of recurring monthly charges over a system based on leased lines, the company says. (more…)

SDForum will hold a forum on developer testing, a quality assurance approach that calls for programmers to test code as it is created. The Forum, held November 17 in Cupertino, Calif., will feature Agitar's Kent Beck, the father of Extreme Programming, along with representatives of Google, Oracle, and Wells Fargo. (more…)

The Voipac Net Phone (NP) 210 is an H323.v4-compatible IP phone. It was created by Voipac, formerly Levi Systems, an eight-year-old company based in Slovakia that also sells USB phones, softphones and softswitches, VoIP servers, and IP phones, as well as CPU modules. (more…)

Single board computer (SBC) vendor Kontron plans to ship MontaVista Software's carrier grade Linux distribution with its AdvancedTCA and Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) platforms, beginning later this year. The integrated hardware/software bundles will support “rapidly growing demand” among “top 10” telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) for highly-available, (more…)

LinuxDevices.com is pleased to publish the proceedings from the Sixth Real-Time Linux Workshop held in Asia for the first time, this week, at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The papers span a broad range of topics ranging from fundamental real-time technologies, to applications, to hardware, to tools. (more…)

LinuxDevices.com is pleased to publish the proceedings from the Sixth Real-Time Linux Workshop held in Asia for the first time, November 3-5, 2004, at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The papers span a broad range of topics ranging from fundamental real-time technologies, to applications, to hardware, to tools. (more…)

Avnet Applied Computing Solutions, a division of global industrial distributor Avnet Inc., has begun supplying a customized, pre-installed version of TimeSys's TimeStorm Linux Development Kit (LDK) along with Motorola's MVME6100 development board based on a 1.3 GHz Motorola PowerPC processor. The kit targets embedded systems in (more…)