A Motorola smartphone scheduled for US distribution before the year-end holiday season will include embedded Linux software from MontaVista and embedded database software from Sleepycat, the companies announced today. (more…)

Via has released a software development kit (SDK) to help x86 developers use the random number generator and cryptographic engine built into newer Via/Centaur processors. The PadLock SDK will help both Linux and Windows developers write security processing applications that consume less system resources and run faster, Via says. (more…)

LynuxWorks expects to ship a new development tool in two weeks that will support both its embedded Linux distribution and its proprietary RTOS. Luminosity will be based on the Eclipse framework, and will support Solaris and Linux hosts, along with all target architectures supported by BlueCat Linux and LynxOS. (more…)

Two non-profit organizations devoted to promoting free and open source software standards have made a cooperative agreement. The Free Standards Group (FSG) and the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) will work together to promote version 2.0 of the Linux Standard Base (LSB), among other initiatives. (more…)

E28 has launched its latest Linux smartphone in the Hong Kong market. The company earlier shipped the e2800+ to customers in mainland China. The e2800+, e28's second-generation Linux handset, is a dual-band GSM/GPRS device with sophisticated camera/video features. (more…)

The PC Reviver from Asterisk replaces the hard drive in aging computers with a solid-state flash memory device that boots an embedded Linux OS. The “revived” computer can then be used as a thin-client network appliance for Citrix, Windows, Linux, and/or browser-based server-centric computing networks. (more…)

Ampro has released a rugged, EBX format, PC-compatible SBC that can be populated with a choice of low power Via Eden processors ranging from 300MHz to 1GHz. Ampro claims its new LittleBoard 550 SBC enables the design of systems having both ruggedness and low cost. (more…)

Cavium has announced that MontaVista will provide commercial embedded Linux support for the family of multi-core MIPS64 network security processors it announced today. The powerful multi-core Octeon chips target integrated network devices capable of processing network streams at the application level. (more…)

Ampro will market complete systems based on its EPIC form-factor single-board computers (SBCs). The ReadySystems will use the company's new ReadyBox enclosure, along with one of Ampro's eleven x86 ReadyBoard EPIC SBC models. (more…)

Cavium will sample a line of single-chip, multi-core “network services processors” (NSPs) in Q1, 2005. The Octeon line will have two to 16 MIPS64 cores, and target highly integrated networking devices capable of examining traffic at the application level (OSI Layers 3 to 7) to perform content and security processing. (more…)

The PC Reviver from Asterisk is an inexpensive device that intended to turn aging x86-based PCs into thin clients by replacing their hard-drive with a solid-state flash memory device that boots an embedded Linux OS. The “revived” computer can then be used as a network appliance for Citrix, Windows, Linux, and/or browser-based server-centric computing networks. (more…)

Intel is sampling a chip for wireless broadband modems that it hopes will greatly increase the number of global households with access to high-speed Internet service. The “Rosedale” SoC supports WiMAX, an emerging broadband wireless standard recently ratified by the IEEE. Rosedale targets inexpensive customer premises equipment (CPEs). (more…)

i3 has announced that its Linux based customer premises equipment (CPEs) and newly updated, Linux based XoIP central management server will be used in iDTV and IP-TV test networks, respectively, in Belgium and Sweden. (more…)

Fabless chip house SigmaTel will support Microsoft's latest high-end audio distribution standard in its line of codec chips, it says. The C-Major audio codec family is available with Linux drivers, and will support Microsoft Windows Media Audio 9 Professional (WMA Pro) in chips targeting PC-like devices and home-entertainment systems. (more…)

Engadget has published a seat-of-the-pants review of an in-flight entertainment system it says is based on embedded Linux. The review includes informal photos and a description of Matsushita Avionics Systems (MAS) eFX, an all-digital networked multimedia/data distribution system supporting satellite TV, mp3 playback, Internet access, and more. (more…)