By Matthew Broersma, of ZDNet News . . .

Hewlett-Packard was developing three low-end Linux handhelds, including a wireless device, but the projects have been sacrificed in the recent round of layoffs, a source says. (more…)

(press release) — Multimedia messaging allows wireless users to send and receive standard images, audio clips and video clips using their mobile phones or PDAs. Imagine receiving cricket/football highlights, news clips and greeting cards on a mobile phone on a need basis. Multimedia messaging is going to be a successor to SMS, becoming the 'killer application' for 2.5G network deployments. (more…)

With the 2.4 release of Linux come a host of new filesystem possibilities, including Reiserfs, XFS, GFS, and others. These filesystems sound cool, but what exactly can they do, what are they good at, and exactly how do you go about safely using them in a production Linux environment? This series of articles at IBM's… (more…)

By Matthew Broersma, of ZDNet News . . .

A new crop of Linux PDAs could soon satisfy the appetites of open-source fans, with the long-awaited Yopy from G.Mate now on display at Comdex. HP is also rumored to be preparing a new Linux PDA. (more…)

Pfäffikon, Switzerland — (press release excerpt) — Telepong Inc. has announced the successful development of a prototype mobile phone aimed at the “tweens market”. The company is targeting early adapters who mainly use their phones for non-voice-applications such as text messaging and gaming. (more…)

RPM is a widely used tool for delivering Linux-based software. This article from IBM's developerWorks website explains how to package the software you develop in the popular RPM software distribution format, and provides links to related resources. This article is the first in a series. (more…)

infoSync.no has published a preview (including some photos) of the latest version of G.Mate's YOPY Linux-based PDA, based on information gathered at COMDEX this week. Jørgen Sundgot writes . . . (more…)

Helsinki, Finland — (press release excerpt) — Lifix Systems has released Lifix Go!, an Internet mobility management system that runs on Linux. (more…)

In this technical whitepaper, IBM describes the key technologies they are using to implement some of the world's largest and most complex clusters in the emerging commercial market for Linux clusters. Quoting from the whitepaper's conclusion . . . (more…)

Santa Cruz, CA — (press release excerpt) — When asked which operating system they plan to target with most of their applications next year, international developers show a strikingly more pronounced acceptance of Linux than their North American colleagues. A recent survey published by industry research firm Evans Data Corporation finds that the targeting of Linux is not only expected to double next year… (more…)

Las Vegas, NV; COMDEX — (press release excerpt) — TUXIA announced today that Nanozilla, an embedded Browser derived from the open source Mozilla project, is now available for VIPER, TUXIA's customizable Personal Information Manager (PIM) Suite for PDAs based on the Intel StrongARM architecture. (more…)

[Updated Nov. 13, 2001] Las Vegas, NV; COMDEX — (press release excerpt) — TUXIA and its partners are demonstrating a number of Embedded Linux based products including set-top boxes, interactive media gateways, thin clients, and a PDA solution at COMDEX this week. TUXIA's TASTE (TUXIA Appliance Synthesis Technology) embedded Linux is an open source software platform which targets advanced… (more…)

This article is the seventh in a LinuxDevices.com 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 takes a close-up look at the new Sharp Electronics Zaurus SL-5000D Linux/Java PDA developer edition, from both a user and developer point of… (more…)

LynuxWorks announced today that they have become a licensee of FSMLabs' RTLinux real-time add-on for Linux. RTLinux will be offered as part of the company's BlueCat Linux product family, and will be called “BlueCat RT”. (more…)

LynuxWorks has released version 4.0 of their BlueCat Linux distribution and toolkit. The new version is based on the Linux 2.4.x kernel and toolchain, and will initially support several of Intel's embedded processors, including: the Xscale microarchitecture (available now), the IXP1200 Network Processor (available… (more…)