There are many reasons for the accelerating trend to move Residential Gateway (RG) products to Linux-based platforms. These RG products include traditional router/gateway, firewall, and low-end functions that were handled by a proprietary RTOS, as well as new devices needing Virtual Private Network (VPN) support, Voice-Over-'X', and other value-add features. (more…)

Glendale, CA — (press release excerpt) — Art & Logic, Inc. released the Device Management Framework, a toolkit for creating remote control applications using the popular open source GoAhead WebServer. (more…)

Matt Loney of ZDNet (UK) examines concerns that Palladium, Microsoft's 'trusted computing platform', will be licensed under terms that are structured to prevent non-proprietary software (especially Linux) from using its APIs . . . (more…)

Matthew Broersma of ZDNet (UK) reports that a German programmer says he has made the first step toward running the Linux operating system on Microsoft's Xbox game console — without running into any legal entanglements. Broersma writes . . . (more…)

Writing for The Register, Andrew Orlowski reports that Palm seriously considered Linux for its next-gen handhelds . . . (more…)

Writing at ZDNet, Michael Kanellos reports on Intel's upcoming promotion of the Itanium 2 processor this week. Kanellos covers the history of Itanium from its EPIC origins, as well as the expected market reactions to the new Itanium 2 . . . (more…)

Santa Cruz, CA — (press release excerpt) — Evans Data Corp. announced today that it will offer a detailed picture of software development in the world's most populous nation with the publication of its inaugural Chinese Developer Survey. The survey represents an important new geographic focus for Evans which conducts primary research on attitudes, beliefs, understandings and intentions of software… (more…)

San Jose and Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. and Xilinx Inc. today announced that MontaVista Linux Professional Edition will support the Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGA. (more…)

Los Angeles, CA and Oslo, Norway — (press release excerpt) — NXTV, Inc. and Opera Software ASA today announced that Opera will be included in NXTV's digital set-top boxes. Opera will provide full Internet access to guests using the digital broadband interactive television services in America's most luxurious hotels. (more…)

Anshuman Dagan of Reuters news reports that the low-cost, open-licensed handheld computer, the Simputer is being made available this month from Encore Software Ltd. . . . (more…)

Word spread around Linux and Open Source oriented websites like wildfire this week that Microsoft Corp. will be an exhibitor at the upcoming LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco next month. In response to an inquiry from LinuxDevices.com, a Microsoft spokesperson provided the following statement . (more…)

Here is an announcement from a LinuxDevices.com reader regarding a PowerPC based ATX form-factor motherboard that supposedly now runs three versions of Linux . . . (more…)

Oslo, Norway — (press release excerpt) — Opera Software today announced the release of Opera 6.02 for Linux. The new version includes important fixes to the document and user interface, with special emphasis on the display of Asian characters, making this an important upgrade for Linux users all over the world. (more…)

Socorro, NM — (press release excerpt) — FSMLabs Inc. announced the immediate availability of the RTLinux/Pro 1.1 Development Kit for Force Computers PowerPC CPCI based boards. FSMLabs Product Manager Matt Sherer noted that the 400MHz PowerPC board has shown a worst-case periodic scheduling jitter of less than 32 microseconds under extremely heavy load. (more…)

Writing at Linux Journal, Guylhem Aznar teaches you how to install software on the Zaurus and presents some killer applications you should know about . . . (more…)