The DirectFB project has released version 0.9.19 with initial Radeon support and many other improvements. According to the project's announcement . . . (more…)

LinuxDevices.com recently contacted Red Flag Software to learn about the company's embedded Linux business activities in China. We received replies to our questions from Danny Huang, Vice President and General Manager of Red Flag's “Embedded Product Division,” and are pleased to share the following short interview with the Embedded Linux community . . . (more…)

Octagon Systems announced a rugged, compact (5 x 7.5 in.) single-board computer (SBC) that combines dual-Ethernet, quad-serial, PCMCIA, and industrial I/O and can optionally be supplied with a version of embedded Linux. The PCS-620 is designed for transportation, automation, medical, and other applications requiring high reliability or resistance to harsh environments, the company said. (more…)

Simtec Electronics has announced a thirty percent speed increase for its ATX motherboard form-factor, StrongARM-based single-board computer (SBC). The SBC is intended to be used as a development platform for prototyping applications such as set-top boxes, routers, CD duplicators, MP3 juke boxes, and NAS appliances, and server devices, and is supplied together with a full Debian GNU/Linux operating system,… (more…)

Following AOL's layoff of its browser development team, the Mozilla browser suite has now been placed under the care of its own nonprofit corporation, the Mozilla Foundation. (more…)

Themis Computer and TimeSys Corp. announced that the TimeSys Linux Real-Time Operating System and its associated software development tools are now available for the Themis family of UltraSPARC-based USPIIe-USB VMEbus single-board computers (SBCs). The Themis USPIIe-USB SBCs are targeted primarily to mission critical telecom and military/aerospace… (more…)

Astaro Corp. announced its commitment to continue supporting three major Open Source security-related projects — Exiscan, Netfilter, and Super FreeS/WAN. (more…)

IBM has published the following ten technical articles and tutorials on its developerWorks website. They cover a range of interesting (though not embedded) technical topics. Some require free registration. Enjoy . . .

• Grid computing: What are the key components? — Grid computing is gaining a lot of attention within the IT industry. (more…)

O'Reilly announced publication of the latest update to Linux in a Nutshell, by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, and Aaron Weber. According to the publisher, the book is considered by many to be the most complete and authoritative command reference available for Linux, and includes all substantial user, programming,… (more…)

[Updated Sep. 11, 2003] — A report released in July, 2003 by market research firm Embedded Market Forecasters (EMF) 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 similar projects using Embedded Linux. (more…)

MontaVista software announced the availability of several key software packages as options for its consumer electronics Linux offering. The new packages include: IBM's WebSphere Studio Device Developer 5.0, for development and deployment of embedded Java applications; Trolltech's Qtopia application framework for handheld devices, and Qt/Embedded graphical API; and MontaVista Graphics, an X Windows based… (more…)

BusyBox maintainer Erik Andersen provided the following announcement of the release of BusyBox 1.0.0-pre1 . . . (more…)

Mizi Research announced the GPL release of a Linux BSP (board support package) and source code that can be used for developing Linux-based smart handheld devices based on Samsung's S3C2410X mobile processor. The BSP supports Samsung's SMDK2410X and SMDK2410TK reference boards which showcase the S3C2410X processor and its integrated peripherals and interfaces, and includes Mizi's Linux kernel along with all… (more…)

MontaVista Software announced support for AMD's Driver Information Reference Design Kit (RDK) based on the AMD Alchemy Au1500 system-on-chip processor. The kit targets automotive telematics, infotainment, and navigation systems applications. (more…)

Linux support for off-the-shelf PCMCIA-based framegrabbers has been sparse to non-existent, so InHand Electronics has created an open source Linux driver and library for the Imperx VCE-B5A01 line of PCMCIA-based framegrabbers to facilitate the development of embedded and handheld devices with real-time video support. (more…)