VIA Technologies will highlight an assortment of interesting Linux-powered devices and applications based on its Mini-ITX form-factor motherboards at LinuxWorld in San Francisco this week. Demonstrations from Interact-TV, Open Source Telecom Corp., SRI International, Mini-Box.com, and Tonic Domains Corp. (more…)

MontaVista Software announced its first carrier-grade Linux support for PowerPC processors. The initial PowerPC processors being supported by MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) include IBM's PowerPC 440GX, 440GP, and 750FX processors, which are being used in telecommunications, networking, and network storage applications, MontaVista said. (more…)

Two companies supporting embedded Linux based software development — AMIRIX and TimeSys — have announced an alliance to pool their efforts to support customers using TimeSys Linux. Halifax, Nova Scotia based AMIRIX has been providing embedded Linux based systems and support for over five years, including Linux ports to custom hardware in traditional embedded systems, and even spearheaded the (more…)

Intel announced that it has joined the Eclipse consortium, an organization of software development tool vendors working together to create an open platform for development tool integration. Intel said it plans to offer Eclipse plug-ins supporting its Pentium 4, Xeon, and Itanium processors, and Intel said it also plans to integrate its development tools, such as Intel Compilers and Intel VTune Performance… (more…)

LinuxDevices.com received the following two-page statement from Dr. Jerry Krasner, author of the EMF report titled “Total Cost of Development”, in an email titled “Microsoft/EMF position statement” . . . (more…)

The Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) has released a position paper “raising serious questions” about SCO Group's threatened litigation against end users of Linux. The paper, which casts doubt on SCO's position, was authored by one of the world's leading legal experts on copyright law as applied to software, Professor Eben Moglen of Columbia University, according to OSDL. (more…)

In this editorial, LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum offers his “reflections” on the recently published (Microsoft-funded) Embedded Market Forecasters (EMF) report which claims embedded development projects based on Microsoft's “Windows Embedded” operating system platforms (specifically, Windows CE .NET and Windows XP Embedded) are completed 43% faster and at 68% lower cost, on average, compared with… (more…)

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Earlier this month, Embedded Market Forecasters issued a Microsoft-funded research report that claimed development projects using Microsoft Windows embedded operating system (OS) platforms, namely Windows CE .NET and Windows XP Embedded, were completed 43 percent faster and at an average 68 percent lower cost when compared to similar projects using an embedded Linux OS. (more…)

[Updated Jul. 31, 2003] — Via Technologies will demonstrate Linux-based robots developed by SRI International at next week's LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco. At 3 pm on Wednesday, August 6, the “Centibots” will conduct a search and rescue mission for a hidden penguin doll during a special event in the LinuxWorld “Taste of… (more…)

IBM announced plans to deliver what it calls “the world's most powerful Linux supercomputer” to Japan's largest national research organization. The system will be used as part of a massive, distributed computing Grid to support various research including life sciences and nanotechnology, IBM said. (more…)

The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) announced that Metrowerks chief technology officer (CTO) Berardino Baratta has been elected to the ELC's board of directors. In this leadership position, Baratta, who is also Vice President of Metrowerks' Linux Solutions Group, plans to help the ELC's effort toward “an open and unified standard for embedded Linux distributions,” the ELC said. (more…)

A new industry consortium launched today has the goal of defining and promoting open hardware and software standards for interfaces to mobile application processors. The group, known as the Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance, or “MIPI”, was co-announced by founding members ARM, Nokia, STMicroelectronics (ST), and Texas Instruments (TI). (more…)

Using SIM for WLAN authentication may have many advantages, but security threats must also be carefully considered. This article by four members of Intel's “Emerging Platforms Lab” provides a brief overview of the authentication process in a GSM network, and then describes a possible method of WLAN authentication using SIM cards. (more…)

C.N.S. Systems AB (Linkoping, Sweden) announced that it has used MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition as the operating system platform within the ground station portion of a new air traffic control system in Europe. According to C.N.S., the integrated system of ground and mobile units uses the VDL Mode 4 digital radio link, a new standard for air traffic control in Europe, to provide surveillance,… (more…)

We've located a short but interesting “first impression” review of the English-adapted Sharp Zaurus SL-C750 Linux PDA from Dynamism, at BargainPDA.com. (more…)