The ideological purity of the open-source software business is being diluted by a new era of pragmatism as start-ups adjust to the economic slump. (more…)

BusyBox maintainer Erik Andersen sent us this brief announcement of the release of BusyBox version 0.60.2 . . . (more…)

CNET News.com's Stephen Shankland conjectures that the ideological purity of the open-source software business is being diluted by a new era of pragmatism, as start-ups adjust to the economic slump. Shankland writes . . . (more…)

In this commentary, ZDNet's Guy Kewney shares his enthusiasm about wanting to own one of Sharp's new Linux-based Zaurus PDAs, and also offers Sharp “one urgent bit of advice.” Kewney writes . . . (more…)

Salt Lake City, UT — (press release excerpt) — Century Embedded Technologies today announced that National Semiconductor has licensed an evaluation version of Century's PIXIL Thin Client for distribution with National's Geode family of processors for thin clients and personal Internet access devices. (more…)

By Richard Shim and Michael Kanellos, of ZDNet News . . .

As the capabilities of handheld computers expand and as Tablet PCs emerge, some in the technology industry believe the two categories are headed toward a collision course. (more…)

Boston, MA — (press release excerpt) — A recently published research report from market analyst Aberdeen Group, states that Linux will dominate most segments of high performance computing (HPC) by 2004. The report is a result of Aberdeen's Linux and Open Source Software practice, which covers emerging and established Linux hardware and software suppliers. (more…)

DeviceForge LLC, the parent of LinuxDevices.com, is pleased to announce a new family member: DesktopLinux.com . . . (more…)

Pittsburgh, PA — (press release excerpt) — Cepstral, LLC today announced the release of Theta, a state-of-the-art software engine for deploying the highest quality spoken language output possible in a small footprint. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) today announced development of a new 64-bit MIPS-based microprocessor to enable a new-generation of cost effective digital consumer products that can benefit from 64-bit processing power and specialized peripherals. (more…)

This article at elenor.net is one of the first user reviews of Empower Technologies' PowerPlay III Linux PDA . . . (more…)

Mountain View, CA — (press release excerpt) — software development automation tools specialist Cleanscape Software International introduced Cleanscape Grayboxx, an advanced cross-platform software test automation system, at the Super Computing Conference in Denver last week. (more…)

At the recent Comdex show in Las Vegas, IDG editor Matt Berger discovered that Embedded Linux is gaining strength as an operating system for PDAs, thanks to a demonstration by TUXIA. Berger's story appears at CNN.com. Berger writes . . . (more…)

CNET's Hari Sreenivasan shows off the look, feel, and features of G.Mate's newly redesigned YOPY Linux-based PDA in this online video direct from the show floor at the recent COMDEX show in Las Vegas. (more…)

Greg Haerr, leader of the Microwindows project, has announced that Microwindows version 0.89pre8 is released and available for ftp download. (more…)