Framingham, MA — (press release excerpt) — IDG World Expo today announced that a number of prominent Linux and Open Source companies will launch new technologies at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo. Attendees will be able to investigate and review a bevy of solutions and evaluate their ability to solve real business issues. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Jungo Software Technologies Inc. today announced the availability of OpenRG version 2.0, an embedded Linux software platform for broadband access devices. OpenRG version 2.0 is backward compatible with OpenRG's previous versions and provides gateway builders with a more robust and efficient, production ready software suite that supports the emerging technologies… (more…)

Writing at Linux Journal, Frederick Noronha examines the implications of the Simputer handheld for India as the project nears release . . . (more…)

In this guest editorial, Kevin Morgan (MontaVista Software's VP of Engineering) offers his perspective on why and how Embedded Linux is revolutionizing the embedded systems software market. Morgan postulates that embedded system software development is currently facing a crisis, outlines some of the competitive advantages of Embedded Linux, and argues that Embedded Linux represents a strategic technology… (more…)

SnapGear has published a case study about what it claims represents “the first known use of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to transmit inspection test data from a nuclear power plant” over the Internet. (more…)

York, U.K. — (press release excerpt) — Vita Nuova today announced support for its Inferno embedded OS on Texas Instruments OMAPT processor platforms. (more…)

Houston, TX — (press release excerpt) — Texas Instruments (TI) today unveiled its newest dual-core (RISC + DSP) embedded processor. The OMAP5910 combines the real-time processing capabilities and low power consumption of TI's TMS320C55x DSP core, the flexibility and scalability of a TI-enhanced ARM925 microprocessor, and ease of use through an optimized interprocessor communication mechanism. (more…)

Embedded Linux is revolutionizing the embedded systems software market. The advantages Linux offers relative to traditional proprietary embedded software solutions are tremendous. These advantages translate to significant savings in total cost of ownership and time to market for embedded developers and OEMs, and increased ability to highly differentiate products. (more…)

Salt Lake City, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lineo today announced addition of support for the use of Debian GNU/Linux binaries to its Embedix Software Development Kit (SDK). The Debian Binary Import Tool enables developers to quickly integrate hundreds of traditional Linux applications into their embedded products. (more…)

Ottawa Ontario — (press release excerpt) — NetWinder Inc. announces the availability of its 3×00 series hardware platform for qualified OEM companies interested in taking their own Linux-based software solution and bundling it on the NetWinder platform. (more…)

Writing for Embedded Systems Programming, David Beal and Michael Barr examine the legal implications of Embedded Linux. Considering the case of mixing open source and proprietary components, the authors outline some 'rules to code by' when mixing licensing variants . . . (more…)

San Francisco, CA — (press release excerpt) — For the benefit of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), Affero is hosting a party and fund-raising evening on Wednesday, August 14, 2002 from 6 PM to 10 PM at Club NV at 525 Howard Street in San Francisco, CA. We invite all, including attendees of the nearby LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, to participate in this 'Full Tilt for Software Freedom', where… (more…)

In the first of a series of articles on device-driver development, we'll start with how the kernel handles the system console and serial ports. (more…)

We've added an embedded Linux development section with in-depth information on device-driver coding and more that even a desktop developer can use. (more…)

The Bayonne Project makes running telephony software on any vendor's card possible.

Three years ago I came to realize that we had a serious need in free software. Although free software had expanded to fill almost every other void in the enterprise infrastructure, we had not addressed the needs of telecommunications. (more…)