In this article, Embedded developer Jerry Epplin takes The New Internet Computer Company's Linux-based “NIC” Internet appliance for a spin and reports on his impressions. Never content to simply use stuff, Epplin proceeds to hack into the NIC and solve what he considers to be its main problem — the lack of a built-in email client. (more…)

Denver, CO — (press release excerpt) — Jabber.com and Nuance have announced a collaboration which will provide advanced voice instant messaging and presence solutions to their respective customers and partners for the enterprise and service provider markets. Nuance will provide an interface to Jabber's Instant Messaging (IM) technology from its voice interface software, allowing Nuance customers and… (more…)

Tempe, AZ — (press release excerpt) — DevelopOnline Corporation announced that it has received $11 million in its second round of financing. DevelopOnline investors include Carlyle Venture Partners, an affiliate of The Carlyle Group, and 3i, both of which provided first-round funding. Joining for second-round funding is global distributor, Avnet, Inc. (more…)

John Facey has published a review of Agenda's VR3 Linux PDA at Linux Orbit. Facey writes . . .

“Linux sure has landed in a lot of interesting places. Televisions, media players, and now personal digital assistants (PDAs) all have models being shipped with Linux embedded in them. (more…)

Borehamwood, UK — (press release excerpt) — SuSE Linux announced the release of the first Linux operating system for Intel's Itanium-based systems. With its new release, SuSE meets the needs of application developers who want to port their Linux applications to the Itanium platform. (more…)

Palo Alto, CA — (press release excerpt) — Aduva, Inc. announced Aduva Manager and Aduva Director for installations using the SuSE Linux operating system. The technology used in both products automates management of both single and multi-system Linux installations. In addition to SuSE, the solutions also support Red Hat Linux. (more…)

In this article, Embedded developer Jerry Epplin takes The New Internet Computer Company's Linux-based “NIC” Internet appliance for a spin and reports on his impressions. Never content to simply use stuff, Epplin proceeds to hack into the NIC and solve what he considers to be its main problem — the lack of a built-in email client. (more…)

Subject: . . . Announce: mailing list for RTAI users
Date: . . . Thu, 07 Jun 2001 11:11:19 +0200
From: . . . Paolo Mantegazza
Organization: . . . Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale, Politecnico di Milano
To: . . . [email protected] (more…)

San Francisco;JavaOne — (press release excerpt) — How do you top giving away a BMW Z3 Roadster? Give away a trip in a MiG-25 Foxbat to 82,000 feet! That's exactly what Espial did last night at a local area San Francisco club. One talented Java developer walked away with the trip of a lifetime as a reward for excellence in Java application development for smart Internet devices. (more…)

William Henning, the editor of AboutLinux.com, recently made the transition from using Windows to using Linux as his work-day desktop operating system, and has been writing a series of articles describing his experiences and progress. Here's the latest. Henning writes . . . (more…)

Updated, June 6, 2001 — San Francisco; JavaOne — (press release excerpt) — Lineo announced that it has been selected by Sharp Corporation to provide the embedded Linux operating system and engineering expertise for development of the next Sharp mobile computing device for the worldwide market. (more…)

Seoul, Korea — (press release excerpt) — PalmPalm Technology Inc. announced a license and distribution agreement with Access Co., Ltd. for the embedded Linux market. Through this collaboration, Access' compact NetFront browser will be integrated into PalmPalm Technology's Tynux embedded… (more…)

This LinuxDevices.com device profile previews Sharp's new Linux/Java PDA. Rick Lehrbaum writes . . . (more…)

Zaltbommel, the Netherlands — (press release excerpt) — The Applied Linux & Embedded Internet Show is a unique event dedicated to bringing the most current, up-to-date and in-demand information about the real-time and embedded computing worlds to your doorstep. These seminar sessions are filled with industry experts. (more…)

Todd Spangler of Interactive Week postulates that, while Intel's new Itanium chip is getting muffled yawns from some quarters, for Linux vendors the architecture could represent a sterling opportunity to make much-desired inroads into high-end computing environments. Spangler writes . . . (more…)