San Diego, CA — (press release excerpt) — Transitive Technologies today announced the availability of Dynamite X/M, the first CPU translation and optimization software engine that enables software written for legacy x86-based platforms to run transparently on the patented, industry-standard MIPS32 and MIPS64 instruction set architectures (ISAs). (more…)

Bangalore, India — (press release excerpt) — Jataayu Software recently announced the release of WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) 2.0 versions of its gateway and browser software. WAP forum, an international forum on Wireless Technologies, announced WAP 2.0 specifications in August this year. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — NewMonics, Inc. today announced the appointment of David E. McCrabb as the company's Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining NewMonics, Mr. McCrabb served as President of Santa Cruz Operations (SCO), leading the company in its successful bid to become a top provider of Linux and UNIX operating systems for Intel hardware. (more…)

LinuxDevices.com is pleased to announce an update to our highly popular Embedded Linux “Cool Devices” Quick Reference Guide. The guide provides a continually updated catalog of end products in which Linux serves as the embedded operating system, including webpads, cell phones, set-top boxes,… (more…)

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This whitepaper by Greg Haerr (CEO of Century Software and founder of the Microwindows and ViewML projects) provides an introduction to the use of Linux as an embedded operating system. Haerr reviews the benefits of Linux to embedded applications, explains the basics of graphical windowing system technologies, and provides a technical and architectural overview of both Microwindows (a windowing system for… (more…)

Salt Lake City, UT — (press release excerpt) — next Monday, Century Embedded Technologies will roll out PIXIL Thin Client, a new Linux-based thin client software package that is said to offer PC-like capabilities in small footprint, resource-constrained devices. (more…)

An article at SlashDot reports that Wind River Systems (WRS), who had acquired BSDi's software assets earlier this year, including a team of FreeBSD developers, has laid off those developers and decided to divest itself of the FreeBSD project. (more…)

This whitepaper by Greg Haerr (CEO of Century Software and founder of the Microwindows and ViewML projects) provides an introduction to the use of Linux as an embedded operating system. Haerr reviews the benefits of Linux to embedded applications, explains the basics of graphical windowing system technologies, and provides a technical and architectural overview of both Microwindows (a windowing system… (more…)

San Clemente, CA — (press release excerpt) — The RTC Group today announced its Embedded Linux Expo & Conference's high caliber program addressing how Linux challenges the established order in the embedded software market. The single-day event is being held November 8, 2001 at the Sheraton Reston Hotel in Reston, VA (near Washington D.C.) and is open to the public. (more…)

Ian Fried and Richard Shim of CNET News.com report Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will launch a new version of the Pocket PC operating system at a San Francisco event today, joined by handheld makers and, yes, developers, developers, developers. (more…)

Houston, TX; Palo Alto, CA; Fremont, CA — (press release excerpt) — Compaq Computer Corporation, Sun Microsystems, and Insignia Solutions jointly announced today that Compaq is set to ship Java technology, in the form of Insignia's Jeode PDA Edition, on every unit of Compaq's new iPAQ Pocket PC H3800 handheld computer. (more…)

W3C, the World Wide Web Consortium, recently released a Patent Policy Framework draft which provides for two forms of patent licensing that may be mandated by web standards: either RF for Royalty-Free, and RAND which stands for Reasonable… (more…)

ZDNet has published an article which provides a comprehensive introduction to the Linux Standard Base (LSB), written by Mary Hubley and Mary Ann Richardson for the Gartner Group. Hubley and Richardson write . . . (more…)

Michael Kanellos of CNET News.com reports that CPU-maker Transmeta has begun marketing its Crusoe processor to manufacturers of networking equipment, printers, and other “embedded” devices in an effort to achieve critical mass. Kanellos writes . . . (more…)