Markham, Ontario — (press release excerpt) — Sangoma Technologies Corporation has pioneered an internal Broadband ADSL modem designed specifically for all versions of Linux and FreeBSD. This will enable Open Source server manufacturers to provide integrated Broadband ADSL support for added value to end-users. (more…)

Emeryville, CA — (press release excerpt) — ThinSoft (USA) Inc. today announced the release of its latest product WinConnect Z, which provides the first RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) client port for the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — LynuxWorks, Inc., and SBS Technologies, Inc. today announced the availability of LynuxWorks' real-time operating system (RTOS), LynxOS, for SBS' PowerPC and Intel X86 board product lines. SBS Technologies, Inc. embedded processor boards target a diverse range of industries, including telecommunications, military, aerospace and industrial automation. (more…)

LinuxWorld has announced the call-for-papers for the January 21-24, 2003 event in New York, NY. Applicants should submit their proposals using the online Speaker Proposal Form. The deadline to submit is Monday, August 26, 2002. (more…)

LinuxJournal senior editor Doc Searls spotlights a 'market ecosystem' calling for a new breed of Linux-based portable radios. Searls profiles a few of the current products out there and calls for the development of more . . . (more…)

Santa Cruz, CA — (press release excerpt) — While embedded systems developers have traditionally been slow and cautious about the adoption of new technologies, a new survey finds a sharp increase in their use of Java Virtual Machines in the last six months. (more…)

Writing at The Register, John Lettice reports on an interesting new technology for handheld devices . . . (more…)

Network World's Mark Gibbs writes a glowing review of the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 Linux PDA . . .

“We have come by an amazing device that's cool and it possesses an incredible geek quotient! The device is Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 — the first PDA built on Linux and sporting Java . . .” (more…)

Writing at LinuxPlanet, Bill von Hagen offers the first part in a series examining networked filesharing on Linux. This installment provides an introduction to filesystems under Linux. Additional articles will provide tutorials about installation, configuration and other topics . . . (more…)

SnapGear has published a technical whitepaper that provides an introduction for embedded developers to familiarize themselves with embedded Linux for deeply embedded microprocessors — uClinux. The whitepaper is written by David McCullough, a kernel engineer at SnapGear who is currently the maintainer of uClinux's ColdFire distributions and who has contributed patches to upgrade uClinux to the Linux 2.4… (more…)

Delta, BC -- (press release excerpt) — Techsol has announced production of its ARM-720T based HY7201 Medallion CPU module, which is offered with support for Linux kernel version 2.4 and which provides onboard USB ports for both Host and Function/Device USB functions. (more…)

Pascal Audoux shares his experiences programming with both the Qt and Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) toolkits, in this article posted at freehackers.org that includes an english translation by Philippe Fremy. Audoux, already familiar with Trolltech's Qt graphical C++ toolkit, embarks on using the Microsoft's MFC graphical toolkit, which is part of an object oriented application framework based on the… (more…)

Writing at ZDNet, John G. Spooner explores a new system-on-chip processor dubbed the 'Cell.' The unique new chip, a joint design by engineers from IBM, Sony, and Toshiba, reportedly will contain as many as 16 processor cores on a single chip and will offer a wide variety of support for devices and operating systems, including Linux. (more…)

An announcement from the Qt# project . . .

We've been hard at work over the last several weeks and now we're finally ready to bring you the latest release of Qt#. Changes include:

• Preliminary support for Qt# on Microsoft.Net (manyoso)
• CreateDelegate and multiple custom slots (manyoso)
• Object tracking and determinstic destruction of unmanaged resources… (more…)

Cary, NC — (press release excerpt) — LVL7 Systems today announced the third generation of the its portable software for network processors and ASIC/ASSPs, which supports development of high function networking products that are scalable from 10/100/1000 Mbps to over 10Gbps. FASTPATH 3.0 is now available to support Linux. (more…)