Palo Alto, CA — (press release excerpt) — iomojo has announced that the first release of its camera server software (version 1.0.0) is now available for free public download, here. (more…)

Graeme Wearden of ZDNet UK reports that in response to consumer pressure (including an online petition) Sony has decided to produce 1,000 copies of a PS2 Linux Kit — but the kits will only be available in Japan . . . (more…)

Fort Lauderdale, FL — (press release excerpt) — Metro Link demonstrated a new Linux-based Metro-Media Personal Video Recorder (PVR) application during the recent Embedded Systems Conference held in San Francisco. Metro Link's demonstration consisted of PVR/DVR software displaying its capability to play, stop, rewind, and record programs. (more…)

Paris, France — (press release excerpt) — Netgem has announced a design platform to accelerate development of interactive services for digital TV viewers worldwide, integrating IBM chipset technology. Netgem and IBM will provide a complete reference design platform incorporating the power of IBM's advanced PowerPC-based STB032 set-top box integrated controller, with an embedded Linux port and Netgem's… (more…)

Mountain View, CA — (press release excerpt) — OpenTV today announced an expansion of its technology roadmap to support the Linux OS. OpenTV's technology group announced their commitment to make available the company's key embedded products to integrate with the Linux operating system, including OpenTV's interactive television (iTV) middleware solution; OpenTV's Device Mosaic browser technology; and… (more…)

David Sugar, maintainer of the Bayonne Project, writes . . .

Bayonne is the freely licensed multi-line voice response telephony server of the GNU project and a component of GNU Enterprise. (more…)

Ft. Lauderdale, FL — (press release excerpt) — Metro Link, Inc. and Sigma Designs, Inc. have announced a strategic agreement whereby Metro Link will provide customer integration services for set-top boxes utilizing the new Sigma Designs EM8400 MPEG decoder chips. Metro Link will also be developing drivers and a multimedia package for Sigma Designs MPEG-2/DVD decoder, which is optimized for streaming… (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — Cahners MicroDesign Resources (MDR) announced today that it is accepting presentation proposals for the 14th annual Microprocessor Forum, to be held October 15-19, 2001, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. The deadline for proposals is June 18, 2001. (more…)

JabberCon 2001, a new conference dedicated to Jabber will be held this coming August 20th and 21st in Keystone, Colorado (about 75 miles from Denver). (more…)

Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software and Netgem have announced the launching of a technical and marketing collaboration with the goal to integrate and promote Netgem's interactive software platform for digital TV and Montavista's Hard Hat Linux. (more…)

This is Rick Lehrbaum's “traditional” report on “all things Linux” at the Embedded Systems Conference which took place during the week of April 9, 2001 in San Francisco, California. Lehrbaum briefly describes many of the Embedded Linux oriented exhibits, takes us on a photo tour of some cool Embedded Linux based devices that were being shown off, and offers his assessment of the current state of the… (more…)

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania as published an article (via CNET) about the apparent benefits of open source development with respect to innovation, and the implications of this growing trend . . . (more…)

Claire Tristam, west-coast bureau chief of MIT's Technology Review, has written a comprehensive and entertaining article about the current state of embedded software and the growing impact of open source on the embedded market. The article is oriented toward nontechnical folks, who aren't necessarily immersed in the embedded arts. Tristam writes . . . (more…)

G.Mate (Korea) has announced a special promotion of the YOPY Development Kit (YDK) in order to encourage the development of application programs and to enlarge the YOPY's developer community. Accordingly, the YDK-1000 will be offered at a special sale price (US $590, not including shipping charges) for a limited time, from April 11 to May 10, 2001. (more…)

Socorro NM — (press release excerpt) — FSMLabs announced today that its RTLinux operating system is now available with a NetBSD component. RTLinux is a high speed, efficient and small real-time kernel based on the POSIX 10003.13 PS51 specification. (more…)