Looking for a great Linux-based summer project? Wired News offers an overview of a number of do-it-yourself Linux-based digital video recorder projects based on open-source software. The article points out that there are about a dozen collaborative projects that form the basis for building a device that offers the DVR functions of a TiVo or ReplayTV, including (more…)

U.S. Robotics unveiled a small Linux-based router with VPN (virtual private network) and NAS (network attached storage) capabilities at SuperComm 2003 this week. The device is the first member of a new family of secure storage/router products based on Intel's XScale network processors running embedded Linux. (more…)

NVMAX has published an article (with lots of photos and screen shots) about the new Sharp clamshell Zaurus Linux PDAs, the SL-C750 and SL-C760. From the introduction . . . (more…)

Today, Palm and Handspring announced that their boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive agreement for Palm to acquire Handspring. According to a news release, the Palm board also gave final approval for the spin-off of PalmSource Inc., a subsidiary responsible for developing and licensing the Palm operating system, and the Palm Solutions Group, a business unit responsible for designing,… (more…)

ZDNet has published a “special report” on Bluetooth wireless technology, examing its promises, successes, failures, and future. Topics include . . .

• Why has 802.11 flourished and Bluetooth failed?
• The Bluetooth truth hurts
• Is Microsoft's 'works with our stuff only' warning for real?
• To Java Bluetooth will go?
• Bluetooth SIG executive director fires… (more…)

This article from Linux Journal explains how to turn the tiny Intrinsyc CerfCube embedded development platform into an FTP and HTTP server, plus how to install “all the necessary modules for CGI development under Perl.” Quoting from the introduction . . . (more…)

U.S. Robotics unveiled a small Linux-based router with VPN (virtual private network) and NAS (network attached storage) capabilities at SuperComm 2003 in June, 2003. The device is the first member of a new family of secure storage/router products based on Intel's XScale network processors running embedded Linux, according to U.S. (more…)

Motorola and its Metrowerks tools division co-announced a new development kit bundle intended to enable development of handheld devices based on Motorola's i.MXL family of media-oriented “applications processors.” The kit targets developers of PDAs, smartphones, MP3 players, and GPS systems based on embedded Linux and several other embedded operating systems. (more…)

Samsung Electronics unveiled a new ARM940T-based chipset that enables the addition of VPN and firewall functionality to ADSL modem router designs. The chipset consists of the S3C2510 ADSL communication processor, the S5N8950 DMT transceiver, and S5N8951 analog front end. (more…)

Karim Yaghmour has announced a 5-day hands-on course on how to build embedded Linux systems using only open source and free software packages, to be held July 7-11 in Montreal, Canada. Yaghmour is the author of Building Embedded Linux Systems (published by O'Reilly), maintainer of the Linux Trace Toolkit, and an… (more…)

How to build and install web and FTP servers, plus some development tools, on the CerfCube.

The CerfCube is an embedded system manufactured by Intrinsyc. It is based on an ARM processor, which is the processor used in many PDAs. In this article I first explain how to turn a CerfCube into an FTP and HTTP server. (more…)

An article at CNET describes the demise of the New Internet Computer (NIC) company, which was founded by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. The NIC was a small Linux-based “thin client” system that was sold in the US for around $200, complete with Linux loaded from a built-in CDROM drive. (more…)

Remember the Agenda Linux PDA? (If not, refer to the “related stories”, below.) The device was launched nearly three years ago with much fanfare, then appeared to (more…)

This presentation about G.Mate's new Yopy 3500/3700 Linux PDAs includes information on specs, mechanical layout, and application software for the two new Linux PDAs. The CDMA jacket, we are told, is only available in Korea “at the moment”. (more…)

GDA Technologies and Xilinx announced a HyperTransport compatibility test platform that they co-developed to support the HyperTransport Consortium's Compatibility Program. (more…)