San Francisco; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. today launched a two-pronged graphics strategy that offers embedded developers using the company's flagship product, Hard Hat Linux (HHL) 2.0 Professional Edition, a choice of two industry-leading graphics development environments. (more…)

San Francisco; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. today announced the introduction of the High Availability Framework for Hard Hat Linux 2.0. The MontaVista High Availability Framework (HA Framework) is ideal for data communications applications with heavy I/O loads such as central office switching equipment, Service Provider systems, and other communications infrastructure… (more…)

Santa Ana, CA and Singapore — (press release excerpt) — REDSonic today announced its expansion into South-East Asia with the opening of an office in Singapore. REDSonic SEA, a new wholly-owned subsidiary of REDSonic, will promote real-time Linux solutions to the region's embedded marketplace and will provide application development, porting, and other engineering services. (more…)

San Jose, CA; Intel Developer Forum — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software today announced that Hard Hat Linux support for Intel's new XScale system-on-chip processors is being prepared for production release. (more…)

San Francisco, CA; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — On this the 10th anniversary of Linux, Red Hat President and CEO Matthew Szulik will address the power open source software can have on our schools and society in his LinuxWorld keynote titled, “Open Source Now.” This presentation is scheduled for Thursday, August 30, 2001 from 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. (more…)

Can't make the conference? You were there but you can't remember any of it (as a result of those late night parties perhaps)? Watch it over and over again on TechNetCast! Coverage will include LIVE webcast of keynotes exclusive TechNetCast interviews with members of the Linux community. (more…)

Cambridge, MA — (press release excerpt) — Bitstream Inc. today announced the beta release of btX, a font server for Linux. btX gives Linux the same font presentation as that found on the Macintosh and on Windows. With btX, developers can render hinted, anti-aliased, and kerned characters, producing great looking text on screen. (more…)

Taiwan — (press release excerpt) — software vendor TUXIA and chipmaker Rise announced that they are collaborating to bring embedded Linux solutions to the emerging Thin Client and Information Appliance (IA) market. As part of the alliance, TUXIA will port its embedded Linux software suite, TASTE (TUXIA Appliance Synthesis Technology), to Rise's x86-compatible system-on-chip processors. (more…)

San Francisco, CA; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — TUXIA, Inc. demonstrated a Linux-based Internet media gateway and interactive TV reference design featuring FOCUS Enhancements, Inc.' FS460 chip and technology from Intel and Sigma Designs at the Linux World Expo in San Francisco. (more…)

San Francisco, CA; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — Hewlett-Packard Company today announced Linux-based offerings for the security and intelligent device markets as well as a software developer's portal and a variety of other software tools to provide customers with highly available, reliable and manageable Linux solutions. (more…)

San Francisco, CA; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. today announced the submission of its Hard Hat Linux 2.0 Library Optimizer Tool to the open source community. MontaVista is releasing its Library Optimizer Tool code as a project on SourceForge with two goals in mind — to encourage wide adoption of the base software and to promote the expansion of tools for embedded… (more…)

San Francisco, CA; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — Empower Technologies Inc. announced today at the LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco, CA that it has released the full version of the Linux DA operating system for current Palm users and Palm-compatible licensees. Empower Technologies also announced today licensing deals with two Palm-compatible manufacturers, Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd. (more…)

This week, embedded PC pioneer Ampro Computers will announce a trio of new single-board computers (SBCs) in its compact (100mm x 145mm) Encore SBC family. The new products mark the departure of Ampro — the company that invented the PC/104 and EBX SBC form-factors — from a purely “wintel architecture” focus. (more…)

CodeWeavers Inc. will announce and demonstrate CrossOver Plugin, claimed to be “the first Windows-to-Linux adapter for Windows browser plugins and email viewers,” this week at LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco. According to CodeWeavers CEO Jeremy White, the new product enables access to popular Windows files and browser plug-ins from within Linux, and is well suited for use in both desktop and… (more…)

Natick, Massachusetts — (press release excerpt) — Driven by the growth of the Internet and the increasing ubiquity of embedded computing systems, the embedded market is exploding in terms of a proliferation of products and the number of complex applications. A recent market study by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) shows embedded developers paying less for Linux support compared to traditional… (more…)