Proprietary RTOS vendor Green Hills and its CEO Dan O'Dowd have launched a broadside against the use of Linux in military and defense applications. Green Hills has issued a press release based on O'Dowd's anti-Linux remarks at a speech to the Net-Centric Operations Industry Forum in McLean, Va. (more…)

[Updated May 25, 2004] — The Ipeya Small Office IP System (SIPS) is a Linux-based “office in the box” that integrates a VoIP (voice over IP) telephone/voicemail system with a small office/home office (SOHO) router, firewall, file and print server, and more. It includes IP-telephones and legacy telephone adapters, and supports several types of networking. (more…)

PeerSec Networks has achieved the first stable release of its dual-licensed Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) library created specifically for devices running Linux and other embedded operating systems. MatrixSSL 1.0 includes host and client implementations under 50KB each, and can secure socket-based communications on “even the smallest devices,” the company says. (more…)

PicoPeta Simputers of Bangalore, India, has launched the first retail versions of the Simputer, conceived as a Linux based 'platform for social change' that could inexpensively bring easy-to-use computers to rural Indian villages. (more…)

Intel announced four new mobile Pentium processor variants today. The latest Pentium M and Celeron M processors range from 900 MHz to 1.4 GHz clock speeds with power consumptions from 7 to 24.5 Watts, and are based on Intel's 0.13-micron manufacturing technology (see table, below). (more…)

Embedded Linux, standard Linux file sharing protocols, and Linux video editing software from SpectSoft, LLC were used to produce the upcoming film, “Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation.” Director and effects legend Phil Tippett chose SpectSoft's Linux-based RaveHD recorder/editor for its flexible support for uncompressed video. (more…)

NetSilicon is offering a uClinux software development kit (SDK) for its NET+50 system-on-chip (SoC), and will soon release a full Linux SDK for its recently introduced NS9750 chip. The ARM-based SoCs integrate networking functions, and target point-of-sale (POS) terminals, networked displays, projectors, thin clients, and access control applications. (more…)

A new release from the “Linux on iPod” project supports first, second, and third-generation iPods (but not mini-iPods). The new release includes Podzilla, “a basic GUI demo similar to the native Apple firmware.” iPod Linux installs alongside the native firmware, providing a boot-time choice. (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…)

The RaveHD is a hybrid video digital disk recorder (DDR)/player and video editor based on Linux and built around open source and Unix design principles. Two years in development, it targets the post production and visual effects industries, and has been used in the production of major movies. (more…)

Linux Journal has published an article on self-diagnostic APIs. Commercial software application programming interfaces (APIs) are a major source of costly bugs, according to author Steve Graves, CEO of McObjects. Too often, Graves writes, these APIs are data structure ignorant — they handle data without knowing its type. (more…)

Embedded Linux and VIA processors have helped Neoware produce two thin clients it hopes will boost network computing. Neoware claims its $199 Capio and $299 Eon offer security advantages, all the performance, and better centralized management than PCs, at a quarter of the price. (more…)

Linux 2.6 offers many improvements over 2.4. One area of technical advancement is in the kernel networking options. Although there are enhancements in most of the files associated with the networking options, this article focuses on major feature improvements and additions that affect entire sections rather than on specific files. (more…)

Neoware, which builds thin-client devices based on Linux and other embedded operating systems, was the third-fastest growing small business over the last three years, according to Reed Business Research and Electronic Business magazine. MontaVista, a leading provider of embedded Linux OSes, tools, and services, also made the list. (more…)

MIPS Technologies is shipping four new 32-bit synthesizable processor cores that support embedded Linux. The new “24K” cores, expected to appear in customer-implemented silicon before 2005, target high-volume applications such as broadband access, wireless, networking, digital television, and office automation. (more…)