The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, today announced that NEC Soft Ltd., one of Japan's leading software development and systems integration firms, has joined OSDL and will participate in the Lab's Data Center Linux and Carrier Grade Linux working group initiatives. (more…)

This interview with Dr. Inder Singh, CEO of LynuxWorks, is the second in LinuxDevices.com's CEO/CTO interview series. It addresses the emergence of Linux as a standard the embedded industry can unite around, real-time performance in the 2.6 kernel, how LynuxWorks is prepared to respond to copyright infringement… (more…)

Updated 7:30 p.m. — Michael O'Brien, who wrote the hugely popular GoAhead Web server, has founded a company called “MBedThis,” which has launched its first product, a “mini-Apache” for embedded devices featuring high security and a small memory footprint. AppWeb is the first in a planned family of web-enabling products from MBedThis. (more…)

According to a story at DeviceForge.com, Philips has developed actual prototypes of ultrathin, large-area, rollable, organics-based displays, and has begun to move the technology towards an “industrially feasible” production process. (more…)

A new embedded Linux distribution with 2D accelerated graphics based on XFree86 is available now for the Sharp Zaurus SL-C700/750/(more…)

Silicon Motion has been accepted as a member of the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF). The company makes embedded graphics and I/O chips for mobile multimedia devices, and says it will actively participate in defining key APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for CE Linux audio, video, and graphics. (more…)

The program of events has been finalized for the Embedded Operating System Development track of the Free and Open Source Developers' European Meeting, Feb. 20-21, 2004 in Brussels, Belgium. The two-day program includes 10 sessions, most all of which relate to embedded Linux and/or open source software. (more…)

The LR101 Linux Router project has achieved its first release, after more than six months of work. LR101 aims to build a VPN router supporting all major routing protocols on a standardized hardware platform based on VIA mini-ITX motherboards running embedded Linux. (more…)

Linux may become the preferred operating system in a full-featured mobile device and handset market in which “there is no economic reason to question why growth will not be explosive,” according to Seamus McAteer, senior analyst and managing partner, Zelos Group. “The mass adoption of full-featured handsets will be disruptive,” adds McAteer. (more…)

Diamond Systems has launched a “three-in-one” EBX form-factor single-board computer (SBC) that integrates a P-III processor, DC-DC converter, and analog I/O data acquisition circuit on the same board. (more…)

IBM has published the following eight 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 . . .

• The art of writing Linux utilities — Linux is famous for coming with a large toolbox and good… (more…)

Digital video products and technology specialist Sentivision is shipping an H.264 decoder for Texas Instruments MD64x digital media processors that it says can bring DVD-quality, real-time video-on-demand (VoD) to Linux systems over broadband and wireless Internet connections. (more…)

Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller reports progress in the mySTEP project to run MacOS X applications on the Sharp Zaurus. Though not yet ready for production, the newest release brings more maturity and features, and Dr. Schaller invites anyone interested in integrating mobile, low-cost handheld computers with MacOS X-based IT applications to contact the project. (more…)

Harbor Research has published a 210-page research report examining the current state of Internet-enabled device networking — the “Pervasive Internet” — at the start of 2004. The report asserts that “we are clearly on the verge of large-scale adoption” of pervasive Internet technology. (more…)

MontaVista has partnered with code analysis tool specialist Klocwork on tools and services to help port applications from legacy RTOSes (real-time operating systems) to MontaVista Linux. The partnership revolves around Klocwork's inForce and inSight products, which the companies say have been enhanced with custom reports targeting deployment on MontaVista Linux. (more…)