EE Times reports on the CES keynote address by Sony president Kunitake Ando . . .

“Adopting a genial and occasionally evangelical tone, Sony Corp.'s chief operating officer Kunitake Ando keynoted the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here Thursday (Jan. 9) by calling for a 'global open standard' for broadband technology based on an advanced Linux platform under development by Sony that… (more…)

Las Vegas; CES — In a keynote talk before 1,500 attendees of the Consumer Electronics Show, Sony President Kunitake Ando expounded on his company's vision of a “single, seamless platform across AV, PC and mobile devices, with TV at the center,” forming a “ubiquitous value network,” according to a statement released today by Sony. (more…)

Las Vegas; CES — Macrovision has ported its MacroSafe secure media Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution to MontaVista Linux and is in the process of porting it to newly launched MontaVista Linux Consumer Electronics Edition,… (more…)

IDG News Service's Tokyo Bureau reports that NEC Corp. is working on the development of Linux-based cell phones . . . (more…)

Las Vegas, NV — (press release excerpt) — Oak Technology today announced the availability of its Cougar-G9 digital TV reference design for the Generation system-on-chip (SOC). The system supports embedded Linux and VxWorks “out of the box.” (more…)

Rochester, NY — (PR excerpt) — A group of industry-leading communications platform and component providers announced today an initiative called Compact Telecommunications Computing Architecture, or “CompactTCA.” (more…)

Las Vegas; CES — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software today announced that Panasonic Communications Inc. (a division of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.) has selected MontaVista Linux to be the embedded operating system in a next-generation multifunction Internet terminal and IP phone. (more…)

Las Vegas; CES — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software today announced a new push into the consumer electronics market with the introduction of the MontaVista Linux Consumer Electronics Edition 3.0 and the unveiling of a broad partner ecosystem of semiconductor, software application, and middleware partners for device solution components. (more…)

News.com editor Stephen Shankland provides a perspective on the announcement today by MontaVista Software of a new version of its product targeting consumer electronics. Shankland writes . . . (more…)

[Updated Jan. 8, 2003] Transmeta Corporation this week announced an embedded processor family based on its Crusoe processor technology. The new family, dubbed “Crusoe Special Embedded (SE) processors” (Crusoe SE), target a wide range of embedded applications, including industrial automation, scientific instrumentation, retail kiosks, point-of-sale terminals, automotive infotainment, process… (more…)

In this op-ed piece at Developer.com, Charles Connell explains why he believes that all source code should be open, whether or not it is released under an open source license. (Connell does not suggest that all software should be released as open source.) Connell writes . . . (more…)

Microsoft today announced the immediate availability of Windows Media 9, for the development, distribution, and playback of digital audio and video files. Additionally, Microsoft (more…)

[Updated Jan. 8, 2003] Albuquerque, NM — (press release excerpt) — A surgeon in New York who wants the opinion quickly of a specialist in Los Angeles probably would send medical MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) files as email attachments or make them accessible in Internet drop zones. (more…)

SDG Systems, LLC (Cranberry Township, PA) today announced two new options for the Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA: the AerLink NPC, a high-speed data connection cable that connects the Zaurus to a cellular handset; and MobiliScan HS, a bar code scanning CompactFlash attachment. (more…)

3GNewsroom.com reports that the technical design of a new video compression standard, known as H.264/AVC, has been agreed by ITU and ISO/IEC Joint Video Team, and is expected to be approved by the third quarter of 2003 . . . (more…)