This article from IBM's developerWorks website introduces basic Linux concurrency concepts. Concurrency (i.e. multi-processing) refers to the situation where more than one “application” is running at a time. Linux hosts always fill their process tables with a bunch of more-or-less simultaneous programs: network protocol daemons, cron managers, the kernel itself, and often much more. (more…)

LinuxDevices.com is pleased to announce that ten new articles have just been added to its Embedded Linux Journal Online (“ELJonline”) repository. With the frenzy of embedded Linux news winding down as we head into the year-end holiday season, these interesting articles on our favorite subject provide a perfect way to fill those idle moments! (more…)

Vancouver, BC — (press release excerpt) — Belcarra Technologies today announced availability of Smart RNDIS function driver software on a variety of embedded Linux platforms. The Smart RNDIS function driver allows peripheral devices to interoperate with Microsoft Windows, Linux, and MAC OS/X hosts using either RNDIS or CDC compatible protocols where appropriate. (more…)

ConnectedUser.com has an article showing how to setup a Bluetooth connection between an iPAQ PDA running Familiar Linux and a Bluetooth-enabled phone (Nokia 6310). The article then proceeds to show how to initiate a GPRS call over this connection. Full step-by-step instructions are included. (more…)

A note to the LinuxDevices.com embedded Linux community from Rob Wehrli . . .

I've been traveling to various colleges and universities speaking on porting uClinux to Hitachi's H8S series of microprocessors. Tonight I'm speaking at Caltech (details) and I'll be at Portland State University next week ((more…)

Santa Clara, CA — (press release excerpt) — Intoto Inc. today announced certification of its iGateway-Firewall under the latest and most stringent, Corporate version 4.0 of Firewall Certification from ICSA labs. (more…)

IDG News Service editor Matt Berger offers a perspective and status update on Mono, the open source project to develop a .NET equivalent that runs on Linux . . . (more…)

Santa Barbara, CA — (press release excerpt) — Silicon Delta Corporation announced the launch of PdaPointer.com, a website for handheld software developers and PDA users. (more…)

San Diego, CA — (press release excerpt) — Pellico Systems has introduced a Bluetooth developers kit to give Sharp Zaurus developers a jump start into the the world of Bluetooth technologies. The kit contains two modules which can be used as a low power network connectivity solution by acting as a RS-232 cable replacement. (more…)

St. Paul, MN — (press release excerpt) — CodeWeavers, Inc. today unveiled CrossOver Office Server Edition, a Linux utility that allows the use of popular Windows software — including Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Lotus Notes, and Visio — on Linux thin clients. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Hitachi Semiconductor announced the H8S/2674R microcontroller, a 33 Megahertz (MHz) 16-bit device with a built-in SDRAM memory interface. The device is suitable for office automation products such as printers, scanners and fax machines, network systems like high-speed buffer products for content download from the Internet and low-end multimedia and handheld… (more…)

San Jose, CA; Bluetooth Developer Conference 2002 — (press release excerpt) — National Semiconductor today introduced the first of a new family of Bluetooth wireless technology modules, called Simply Blue. The first module in this family is the LMX9820 Serial Port Module, which enables Bluetooth data connectivity via a UART serial port to support applications such as access points, digital cameras,… (more…)

San Jose, CA; Bluetooth Developer Conference 2002 — (press release excerpt) — Royal Philips Electronics announced its first complete plug-and-play Bluetooth semiconductor module for mobile applications such as PDAs, laptops, and mobile phones. The BGB201 TrueBlue module is the first to integrate embedded Flash along with all required Bluetooth functionality (baseband, radio) into a single, ultra-compact… (more…)

San Jose, CA; Bluetooth Developer Conference 2002 — (press release excerpt) — Texas Instruments (TI) announced the Bluetooth Starter Kit, an evaluation and development platform that enables designers to add Bluetooth functionality to a wide range of handheld products. (more…)

Part 1 of this series at IBM's developerWorks website introduced the basic idea of grid computing and the Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA), as well as some ideas for OGSA enhancements using advanced web services technologies. In the second installment, Liang-Jie Zhang, Qun Zhou, and Jen-Yao Chung continue with an introduction to a grid solution architecture that includes both a logical and physical… (more…)