Recently ACUNIA released Wonka, their implementation of the Java language, under a BSD-style license. In this guest column, ACUNIA Chief Technology Officer Steven Buytaert and VM Architect Chris Gray explain the reasons behind the decision . . . (more…)

Melbourne, FL — (press release excerpt) — Linux software specialist AbsoluteValue Systems Inc. today announced the availability of the latest version of their widely used Linux software package, linux-wlan, for wireless LAN (WLAN), with added support for USB WLAN adapters. USB WLAN adapters are popular with desktop computer users with PCs which do not have a slot for PCMCIA WLAN cards. (more…)

Dublin, Ireland — (press release excerpt) — Rococo Software today announced the launch of the beta program for its Bluetooth simulator and the world's first standards-based Java tool for developing Bluetooth applications. (more…)

Peter Wurmsdobler provided this report on the recent Real-time Linux Workshop held in Milan, Italy . . . (more…)

By Matthew Broersma ZDNet (UK) . . .

Linux companies are incensed by a recently published Microsoft document that compares Windows XP Embedded to embedded Linux. The critics are calling some of the document's claims misleading or factually wrong. (more…)

Getting to know the TCSX-1

They say good things come in small packages. Advantage Business Computer Systems' TCSX-1 Thin Client is one of those good things. Add a keyboard, mouse and VGA monitor to this little box and you have a simple Network, Serial or X Windows terminal. (more…)

Join John Lombardo, as he checks out Advantage Business Computer Systems' TCSX-1 Thin Client, a tiny 486-based Linux system, to see what makes it tick — and whether it can be hacked (to put it to work for other purposes). Lombardo writes . . . (more…)

By Robert Lemos, ZDNet News . . .

Intel's Russian resarch labs have produced an update to its open-source software that allows computers to recognise objects and perceive depth. (more…)

Camas, WA — (press release excerpt) — Sharp Microelectronics today announced that it has shipped beta customers the LH7A400, a 200MHz system-on-chip (SOC) with ARM922T core, offering high performance at the lowest power consumption available. Beta customers span a wide range of applications: Wireless Handheld Gaming Devices, SmartPhones, PocketPCs, Home Entertainment Controllers, Industrial Web-Tablets,… (more…)

Buffalo Grove, IL — (press release excerpt) — according a recent market research report by eTForecasts, shipments of PocketPC-based PDAs will surpass that of PalmOS-based PDAs in 2005. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Fathammer today announced it is optimizing its X-Forge video game engine for the Intel StrongARM SA-1110 processor and the Intel XScale microarchitecture, utilizing the Intel Integrated Performance Primitives (IPP). Fathammer's X-Forge supports multiple mobile operating systems, including those from Microsoft and Symbian as well as mobile Linux. (more…)

Geneva, Switzerland — (press release excerpt) — STMicroelectronics announced today an agreement with ZF Micro Devices that will allow customers to use ZF Micro's crash-immune Failsafe technology with ST's range of x86-based STPC system-on-chip products. (more…)

Pittsburgh, PA — (press release excerpt) — TimeSys Corp. today announced that it has added four new executives to its management team. Kurt Friedrich is the company's new Vice President of Engineering; John Bugos joins as the company's new Chief Financial Officer; Mike Brennan, as Vice President of Business Development; and Vincent Thomas, as Vice President of International Business Development . (more…)

Jimmy Shen and Joe Ji have announced completion of a USB host controller driver for the Scanlogic SL11R, USB peripheral controller with built-in RISC processor. Shen and Ji write . . . (more…)

Pittsburgh, PA — (press release excerpt) — TimeSys Corp. today announced the availability of TimeSys Linux GPL, a freely distributed, open source operating system for multiple embedded boards. (more…)