Fremont, CA — (PR excerpt) — Solectron subsidiary Force Computers today introduced Linux support on its Common Heterogeneous Architecture for Multi-Processing (CHAMP) server blade with AltiVec (AV) technology. Baselined on a port of Linux 2.4.18, this quad G4 CompactPCI blade offers five Motorola PowerPC processors ideally suited for intense data processing and throughput demands of 'high-touch' packet… (more…)

IBM's Austin Research Lab and MontaVista Software report that a combination of technologies can significantly extend battery life in consumer electronic products. (more…)

Bayonne, NJ — (PR excerpt) — Open Source Telecom Corporation will be exhibiting a GNU Bayonne based office telephone system at LinuxWorld 2003
in New York City later this month. This system will be based on the soon to be available 1.2 release of GNU Bayonne and will be demonstrated running on GNU/Linux with VoiceTronix OpenSwitch computer telephony hardware, and with many telephones people can walk… (more…)

The Intel Xeon processor introduces a new technology called Hyper-Threading that makes a single processor behave like two logical processors. The technology allows the processor to execute multiple threads simultaneously, which can yield significant performance improvement. But, exactly how much improvement can you expect to see? (more…)

Socorro, NM — (PR excerpt) — FSMLabs announced the immediate world-wide availability of its RTLinuxPro Development Kit 1.2 for construction of real-time control software. (more…)

Lindon, UT — (PR excerpt) — The SCO Group today announced plans to work with Wincor Nixdorf to provide Linux-based retail point-of-sale (POS) solutions to retailers in North America. The joint retail solutions will rely on Wincor Nixdorf's BEETLE POS system family and SCO's Linux POS solution, SmallFoot. (more…)

Can programming be Existential? These and other questions confront the “Accidental Embedded Programmer” on his continued quest for the “Lost Art of Computer Programming.” Curt, whose day job is all about VxWorks embedded programming, but who increasingly finds himself craving Embedded Linux, embarks on learning about Embedded Linux through books, websites, mailing lists, and by purchasing (and… (more…)

IBM invites you to take a little break and enjoy these wacky little Linux cartoon animations . . .

• Linux rebel with a cause
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A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
— Mark Twain

I strongly believe that we learn best by doing, that what you know is a synthesis between what you have studied and what you have accomplished. (more…)

Sebastopol, CA — (PR excerpt) — O'Reilly & Associates invites programmers, developers, strategists, and technical staff to submit proposals to lead tutorial and conference sessions at the 2003 Open Source Software Convention, slated for July 7-11 in Portland, OR. Proposals are due February 15, 2003. (more…)

Las Vegas, NV; CES — (PR excerpt) — Phoenix Technologies today unveiled a feature-rich, standards-based, Internet access and connectivity software stack targeting connected digital devices, including popular consumer electronics such as DVD players, set-top boxes, and Internet appliances. (more…)

Sebastopol, CA — (PR excerpt) — RAID technology is becoming a standard feature of computer systems that support mission-critical services such as file sharing, mail exchange, and web servers. RAID offers two primary benefits to these systems: improved I/O performance and fail-safe data storage. (more…)

Gaithersburg, Md. — (PR excerpt) — The BioAPI Consortium today announced the release of the beta version of the BioAPI Linux/Unix version. The BioAPI Specification defines an open system standard application program interface (API) that allows software applications to communicate with a broad range of biometric technologies — which automatically identify or verify the identity of a person through… (more…)

Tri-M Systems and Engineering (Port Coquitlam, BC) today announced the the TMZ104, a PC/104 form-factor x86 single-board computer (SBC) featuring the recently announced embedded version of Transmeta's Crusoe processor family, the SE TM5500 CPU. (more…)

Want to keep up-to-date on the latest technologies and trends for tomorrow's smart consumer devices, but couldn't make it to CES 2003 in Las Vegas? CNET has produced a Special Report which provides a nice overview of many of the more important (and interesting) announcements and events at this week's mega event. (more…)