New York; Internet World Wireless — (press release excerpt) — iAnywhere Solutions, Inc. (a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc.) and Sharp Electronics Corp. today announced initiatives to fuel development of Java-based mobile enterprise applications. The companies are unveiling special promotions, pricing, and technical information to help their developer communities leverage the iAnywhere Solutions m-Business… (more…)

Raleigh, NC — (press release excerpt) — 2001 was an important year for open source embedded tools and operating systems. Red Hat, Inc. worked on dozens of architecture ports, certification projects and consulting engagements for some of the biggest names in technology. Today millions of people depend on Red Hat embedded technologies for anything, from staying connected while on the move, to watching… (more…)

Reuters news agency reports that the states still pursuing an antitrust case against Microsoft alleged Tuesday that Microsoft has already used its proposed settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to impose harsher terms on computer manufacturers that buy its software. Reuters writes . . . (more…)

Seoul, Korea — (press release excerpt) — PalmPalm Technology Inc. announced today that it will supply Tynux, its Embedded Linux operating system, to manufacturers using Intel's next generation processor for PDAs, XScale. Intel began its launch of the new XScale processors in Asia this week with an event held yesterday at the Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul, Korea. (more…)

Cannes, France; 3GSM World Congress — (press release excerpt) — Nokia today announced new platform technology for “All-IP” mobility networks. The new, uniform Nokia FlexiFamily platforms, based on open standards, will be the foundation for the cost-efficient All-IP systems that will accelerate the future development of the entire mobile industry. (more…)

By Stephen Shankland; special to ZDNet News . . .

Red Hat, the top seller of the Linux operating system, announced a deal last Wednesday to support SuperH's forthcoming SH-5 chip. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Virtutech Inc. today announced the release of Virtutech Simics 1.0, the first commercially available full system simulation platform. Able to simulate complete computer and digital systems at the instruction-set level, Simics is designed to substantially raise quality, reduce risk, and improve time-to-market during the design, development, and testing phases. (more…)

GSM World Congress, Cannes, France — (press release excerpt) — Leveraging the optimal performance and low power consumption of OMAP processors from Texas Instruments Inc. (TI), RidgeRun today launched its new Escali platform, a comprehensive multimedia mobile phone software solution for the rapid introduction and development of GSM/GPRS and 3G handsets. (more…)

Tempe, AZ — (press release excerpt) — Motorola Computer Group today announced the newest version of its advanced high availability software based on the Linux operating system, designed to help telecommunications original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) quickly bring to market applications that require high availability in a distributed environment. (more…)

Devesh R. Agarwal, managing director of Infomart, the Bangalore, India company which is developing the Linux-based Kaii PDA, has two questions for the LinuxDevices.com community. This is a great opportunity to influence the final specifications of an interesting new Linux-based PDA. (more…)

Placitas, NM ­- (press release excerpt) — Excel Software today announced the availability of QuickUML Linux, the first Linux addition to its suite of Macintosh and Windows software engineering tools. QuickUML is an object-oriented design tool that provides extensive integration and unmatched ease-of-use for a core set of UML models. (more…)

Pittsburgh, PA and Cleveland, OH — (press release excerpt) — Embedded Planet has chosen TimeSys Corporation as the exclusive provider of embedded Linux operating systems for its PowerPC-based single board computers. (more…)

[Updated Feb. 19, 2002] Kevin Dankwardt sets out to discover how many implementations of Embedded Linux are available for free — free as in “free beer”, that is, not free as in “free speech” . . . (more…)

As the Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA platform requires components from multiple sources to create a working developer environment, Jason Perlow and Chris Larson have created a “cheat sheet” to help you get going quickly in developing apps for the Zaurus. Perlow and Larson write . . . (more…)

Got a handle on threads? Systems-programming guru Dr. Edward G. Bradford unravels the mysteries surrounding process and thread management in Linux and Windows, in this online article at IBM's developerWorks website. This column focuses on socket programming and performance within a single system. (more…)