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Santa Clara, CA — (press release excerpt) — Intel Corporation today introduced a new family of microprocessors specifically designed to bring high performance and long battery life to wireless communications devices. The new processors are based on the Intel XScale technology and will power multimedia cell phones, handheld computers, in-vehicle (telematics) systems and other wireless Internet products. (more…)
Phoenix, AZ — (press release excerpt) — startup Evolution Robotics, Inc. was launched today at DEMO 2002 in Phoenix, Arizona. Additionally, Evolution Robotics unveiled what it hopes will soon become the dominant open software platform for the personal robotics industry. Available initially on Linux, the Evolution Robotics Software Platform is intended to provide fundamental building blocks for a… (more…)
Subsequent to Lineo's recent decision to divest itself of several “non-core” product lines, the original founders of Rt-Control Inc., which was acquired by Lineo in February 2000, have formed a new company called Arcturus Networks. (more…)
News flash: [Updated 1:00 pm PST] The preemptible Linux kernel patch that was originally introduced by MontaVista Software and more recently championed by Robert Love has been
By John G. Spooner; special to ZDNet News . . .
Advanced Micro Devices will use a little alchemy to compete better with Intel and other chipmakers in the portable computing devices market. (more…)
Jerry Epplin tries out a collection of commercial mini-apps for Sharp's Linux-based Zaurus PDA which have recently been released by theKompany.com. Epplin writes . . . (more…)
By Matthew Broersma; ZDNet (UK) . . .
Linux won't make an impact on the desktop in the near future, but it will beat Microsoft's Windows all the same in the long run, according to Red Hat chairman Bob Young. (more…)
An announcement from the GNU Bayonne project . . .
With this notice, and effective February 1st, 2002 PreViking, another GPL'd telephony server developed by Telesave, is officially merged with GNU Bayonne. (more…)
Jerry Epplin tries out a collection of commercial mini-apps for Sharp's Linux-based Zaurus PDA which have recently been released by theKompany.com . . . (more…)
In a major Linux strategy announcement, Sun Microsystems today aligned itself with Linux stalwarts IBM and Hewlett-Packard by throwing its weight behind Linux. Specifically Sun said it will . . .
Santa Clara, CA — (press release excerpt) — In a sweeping move, Sun Microsystems, Inc. expanded its support via a three-pronged approach in support of the Linux operating system. First, Sun announced it will ship a full implementation of the Linux operating system. Second, Sun will dramatically expand its line of Sun Cobalt Linux appliances and will also introduce a new family of low-end general… (more…)
San Francisco, CA — (press release excerpt) — Transvirtual Technologies has announced the immediate availability of XOE, the eXtensible Operating Environment. XOE is an extensible browser, rendering architecture, and Web services engine that provides version control, package management and optimized online/offline integration-all in one simple package. (more…)
Miguel de Icaza has responded to a maelstrom of controversy generated by his recent comments about embracing (and extending) certain aspects of Microsoft's .NET architecture . . . (more…)
Natick, MA — (press release excerpt) — market research firm Venture Development Corporation (VDC) today named Force Computers, Intel Corp, Motorola Computer Group, VersaLogic, and VMIC “Platinum Vendors” in the market for merchant computer boards in embedded and real-time applications. (more…)
Updated Feb. 19, 2002 Red Hat has announced four free webcasts during the month of February. Two are new: Enterprise Systems Management, Linux Scheduler Latency; and two popular webcasts are being repeated: Solaris to Red Hat Linux Migration, and Total Cost of Ownership.