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…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — Jungo announced today that DriverWizard, a graphical tool for hardware detection and diagnostics, is now being offered as a stand-alone hardware debugger for developers of systems based on Linux, Solaris, and Windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2000). (more…)

In this whitepaper at IBM's DeveloperWorks website, Darrick Addison gives an overview of Embedded Linux applications and their environments, followed by step-by-step instructions for setting up a suitable hardware and software environment for developing those applications. Addison writes . . . (more…)

This special feature by CNET News.com provides a perspective on the Linux operating system, including its history, development, and the challenges and opportunities it faces today — including an interview with Linux originator Linus Torvalds — on the occasion of the 10th birthday of Linux . . . (more…)

Bellevue, WA — (press release excerpt) — Embedded software vendor General Software, Inc. claims to have demonstrated the world's fastest PC BIOS boot time on record. According to an announcement issued today, a Pentium III processor-based embedded system was clocked at 0.8 seconds from system power-on to transfer of control to the Linux OS LILO component. (more…)

Century Embedded Technologies will unveil a new suite of graphical environments, tools, and applications targeting Linux-based PDAs, webpads, and thin client devices next week at LinuxWorld Expo & Conference in San Francisco. The new product family, called PIXIL, includes PIM (personal information management) and… (more…)

Welcome to LinuxDevices.com's Linux-friendly Embedded Java+Linux Quick Reference Guide!

Recognizing the burgeoning interest in using the combination of Linux and Java in embedded systems and smart devices, LinuxDevices.com has created this Embedded Java+Linux Quick Reference Guide, which we hope will assist you in locating Linux/Java-based solutions that match your embedded system… (more…)

Santa Ana, CA — (press release excerpt) — REDSonic Inc. will be demonstrating five new products at LinuxWorld in San Francisco next week. The demos are of REDSonic's newest products and its latest solution created with strategic partner, Clarity Visual, and include . . .

• Secure SOHO – REDSonic's new gateway and firewall software, designed to protect individual systems and small business… (more…)

Austin, TX and San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Cirrus Logic and LynuxWorks are offering a free technical seminar and luncheon on BlueCat Linux based development and working with the Cirrus Logic CS89712 and EP7312 ARM development boards. (more…)

Los Angeles, CA — (press release excerpt) — PlayMedia Systems, Inc. has optimized its popular AMP MP3 playback technology for the Intel StrongARM and XScale embedded processors, and has introduced a new “audiovisual framework” called NewArk, which is making its embedded system debut on the XScale and StrongARM processors at the Intel Developer's Forum next week. (more…)

Century Embedded Technologies and National Semiconductor today announced the launch of Linux4.TV, a new website dedicated to the promotion and support of open source projects and application program… (more…)

By Stephen Shankland; special to ZDNet News . . .

Hewlett-Packard will sell a secure version of Linux, a product that marks a departure for computer makers that traditionally have favored partnerships with companies such as Red Hat that sell Linux. (more…)

By Stephen Shankland; special to ZDNet News . . .

Intel, one of the first mainstream companies to endorse the Linux operating system, will release programming tools Thursday to make Linux programs run better on its chips. (more…)

HP will highlight its growing Linux commitment next week at LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco, by showcasing several Linux-based HP products, technologies, and initiatives. Specifically, HP will announce new security software for Linux, demonstrate HP's internally-developed Embedded Linux platform for intelligent devices, announce the open sourcing of an embeddable web services platform, and evangelize a… (more…)

I first heard about Embedded Linux last summer at an embedded Internet workshop. I was standing near the Embedded Linux Consortium's exhibit area, when John Lombardo introduced himself to me and asked if I had any suggestions for small off-the-shelf x86 systems that could be used as the basis of a Linux-based home router appliance he was developing. (more…)