TrainingCity has announced a hands-on vendor neutral embedded Linux training class (“now with embedded Java!”) . . . (more…)

Satoshi Okubo, Staff Editor for Nikkei reports that Sharp will begin selling the Zaurus SL-A300 on July 12. Many other interesting details are provided in this article on AsiaBizTech. This is the particularly significant, as it marks the initial offering of a Linux-based PDA in Japan by Sharp, according to Okubo . . . (more…)

From Michael Steil, of The Xbox Linux Project . . .

An anonymous donor, whose identity is known to the Xbox Linux project leaders, has announced to award at total of US$ 200,000 for the completion of various tasks on the Xbox Linux Project until December 31st 2002. (more…)

LinuxDailyNews Hits the Web during wIndependence Week

July 2, 2002 (The INTERNET). Five popular independent Linux websites today unveiled LinuxDailyNews, a collaborative portal site where visitors can get thumbnail glimpses of the latest news and content from each participating site. (more…)

Pull up a Zaurus and make yourself comfortable.

You just got your Zaurus and you are very proud of it. You tried every single application, then even typed some commands in the terminal, like uname -a, ping localhost and ifconfig to prove to yourself that it really is a GNU/Linux machine in the palm of your hand. (more…)

According to CNET editor Wylie Wong, Microsoft has released a new programming tool aimed at attracting Java developers to its .Net software strategy . . . (more…)

Oakland, CA — (press release excerpt) — A mere six months after the initial release of the Linux Standard Base 1.1 (LSB 1.1), the Free Standards Group announced the launch of the LSB Certification program. LSB Certification will utilize an independent authority to verify whether a Linux distribution or Linux-based application is adhering to the community and industry developed standard. (more…)

Writing for EE Times, Charles J. Murray once again questions the Embedded Linux business model . . . (more…)

Beijing, China — (press release excerpt) — Redflag Software Technologies Co., Ltd and Opera Software today announced their strategic agreement to work together on embedded browser solutions for the Chinese market. (more…)

Eclipse.org has announced the availability of Eclipse version 2.0. . .

Eight months of hard work by the entire Eclipse community has culminated in the release of version 2.0 of Eclipse. Without the support and enthusiasm of the entire Eclipse community we could not have achieved this. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Artis Microsystems has just introduced a Motorola PowerPC based development platform, the SBC-A3000. Targeted at hardware and software developers, it features a highly integrated 333MHz MPC8245 Microprocessor with G2 core, 10/100 Mbit Ethernet controller, three PCI slots, serial ports, and 8 or 16 Mbytes of Flash memory. (more…)

DesktopLinux.com's 1st annual wIndependence Day essay contest for the best 500-1000 words on how you kicked the Windows habit closes on July 3rd at midnight. (more…)

SSV Embedded Systems will soon introduce a tiny embeddable single-board computer (SBC) based a 206MHz Intel StrongARM system-on-chip processor. The PNP/1110 will include Embedded Linux support based on Linux kernel version 2.4.18 along with JFFS1/JFFS2 filesystem support and an FLTK-based support for LCD panels. (more…)

Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway — (press release excerpt) — i3 micro technology and Opera Software have announced that Opera's embedded web browser technology will be included in i3's new set-top box, called the 'Mood Box'. (more…)

Beaverton, OR, –(press release excerpt) — Delivering on its Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) roadmap, the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) today announced that a number of milestones have been achieved, providing materials that are now available for input from the Open Source development community. (more…)