Lindows.com has announced that they are hosting the first conference dedicated to WINE, called wineconf 2002, in San Diego, CA March 15-16. The agenda and speakers will be the members of the WINE community. It will be a two-day event on Friday and Saturday where new ideas can be shared, new connections made, and attendees can hear from the best and brightest pushing the WINE initiative forward. (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. and Beijing Microtec Research Tech Co. Ltd. (BMR), a Chinese distributor of embedded software, have joined forces to distribute and support MontaVista Software products in the People's Republic of China. (more…)

According to a LinuxDevices.com reader, the Bangalore Times, supplement to the Time of India, this morning had a piece about a new palmtop, called “Kaii – Tamil” (for “hand”), designed and developed in Bangalore by Infomart. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — LynuxWorks today announced BlueCat 4.0 Linux and VisualLynux Integrated Development Environment (IDE) support for the new ARM920T processor. Developers will now be able to quickly develop embedded Linux software applications for the ARM920T processor, which features high-performance and low-power characteristics for handheld devices, network computers, smart… (more…)

Lincoln, MA — (press release excerpt) — Sleepycat Software, Inc. has released version 4.0 of the award-winning data management system, Berkeley DB. Version 4.0 delivers new services and significant performance enhancements for high-end mission critical applications. (more…)

NY, NY — (press release excerpt) — embedded NetBSD specialist Wasabi Systems announced today that it secured $2.0 million in a Series A round of financing, with additional funds anticipated from a combination of corporate and venture capital investors over the next sixty days. The financing is being led by Newlight Associates, a New York-based venture fund, which has committed $1.5 million to the round. (more…)

This is the eighth article in LinuxDevices.com's series on “Exploring Linux PDA Alternatives” by Jerry Epplin that explores the history, status, alternative architectures, and future developments of Linux on PDAs and handheld devices. In this installment, Epplin examines G.Mate's new Yopy Linux PDA, from both a user and developer point of view. (more…)

Foreword: This is the eighth article in LinuxDevices.com's series on Exploring Linux PDA Alternatives by Jerry Epplin that explores the history, status, alternative architectures, and future developments of Linux on PDAs and handheld devices. (more…)

Version 0.9.9 of uClibc has been announced by Erik Andersen . . .

CodePoet Consulting is pleased to announce the release of uClibc 0.9.9. This release brings with it a substantial increase in the number of applications which now compile and run. The number of supported architectures has also increased, and now includes ARM, H8300, i386, M68k, MIPS, PowerPC, Hitachi SH, Sparc, and V850. (more…)

This online article by Ricardo Galli of the Dept. de Matemàtiques i Informàtica, Universitat de les Illes Balears, explains the implementation of all of the common journaling file systems available for Linux. Galli writes . . . (more…)

Andrew Orlowski of The Register reports that Linux is in the running to power the world's biggest computer, something called “Purple”. Orlowski writes . . . (more…)

Writing at The Register, Andrew Orlowski asks: “How much do you love Microsoft's .NET? Enough to trust your Gnome applications to its APIs in the future?” Orlowski spoke with Gnome leader Miguel de Icaza at LinuxWorld, and learned that de Icaza feels that .NET has a lot to offer Gnome. Orlowski writes . . . (more…)

North Andover, MA — (press release excerpt) — WIN Enterprises has announced a new network appliance oriented single-board computer (SBC) based on a 1GHz Intel PIII, known as the WIN 810 3LAN Communications Controller. The new SBC has three built-in 100 megabit Ethernet NICs and two RS232 serial ports, which make it an ideal choice for network appliance applications such as VPN/Firewall, Voice over IP,… (more…)

In this online Linux Journal Article Jose Nazario discusses the benefits of using source code scanners. They aren't a replacement for manual checks and edits, but tools like Flawfinder, RATS and ITS4 can point you in the right direction. Nazario writes . . . (more…)

CNET News.com editor Robert Lemos reports that a recent proposal to help Linus Torvalds keep up with patches for Linux has sparked a controversy over whether the operating system has outgrown its creator. Lemos writes . . . (more…)