This Summer, Sylvania Computer Products will introduce a new 27-inch digital TV that combines the functions of a TV with those of an Internet appliance. The device, which owes its internal intelligence to a single-chip PC (a National Semiconductor Geode) running an (more…)

A new SourceForge project has been started which aims to create the first standard specification for the command line interface (CLI) for Embedded Linux Devices. The project is aimed principally at industrial control and data acquisition applications but has broad applicability to embedded systems in general. (more…)

Cambridge, U.K. — (press release excerpt) — ARM today launched the ARM Design Contest for Education. “The industry-leading ARM architecture is the most useful 32-bit architecture to learn about today,” said Matt Lee, University Program manager, ARM. “This contest is a good way for students to demonstrate their knowledge, teamwork and innovation with an ARM core-based design. (more…)

In this guest editorial at LinuxDevices.com, Red Hat chief technology officer Michael Tiemann responds to recent attacks by Microsoft on Open Source and Linux. Tiemann writes . . . (more…)

Oslo, Norway — (press release excerpt) — Trolltech's Qt 2.3, the newest release of the company's C++ cross-platform GUI application framework, gives Unix users a much more sophisticated treatment of screen and print type. Anti-aliased fonts and True Type and Type 1 font support for printing represent the two newest improvements to Qt. (more…)

Bothell, WA — (press release excerpt) — Datalight today announced a royalty free purchase program for its BIOS v3.0. With this announcement, Embedded System OEMs can significantly reduce their cost of goods. (more…)

February is the month most Americans reserve for sending notes to loved ones, but Microsoft sent anything but hugs and kisses this year in a series of interviews criticizing the Open Source community. Following Steve Ballmer's proclamation that Linux is currently the greatest threat to Microsoft, a handful of Microsoft executives began a rather reckless attack of Open Source — and everything related to… (more…)

New York, NY — (press release excerpt) — TimeSys takes on a strategic role in the development of the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ), as the Java Community Process JSR-00001 Real-Time Java Expert Group delegates to TimeSys responsibility for the RTSJ's Reference Implementation. (more…)

Lindon, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lineo, Inc. today announced it has obtained a signed letter of intent to acquire Convergence Integrated Media. Convergence is a leading developer of operating systems and software for digital communications products, such as personal video recorders (PVR) and digital versatile disk (DVD) devices. (more…)

Karen McNeil, representing Indrema, has provided some up-to-date status on Indrema's progress in developing its Linux-based TV set-top gaming system and clarifies the degree of compatibility which can be expected between Indrema and desktop Linux OS and games. McNeil's comments were posted to the Indrema discussion thread at the LinuxDevices.com forum . (more…)

Los Angeles, CA; CT Expo — (press release excerpt) — Lineo, Inc. today announced it has entered into an OEM partnership with VMIC, a leading provider of embedded computer products for open architecture buses including CompactPCI. Under terms of the partnership, VMIC will license Lineo Availix high availability clustering for use on VMIC CompactPCI systems. (more…)

Santa Cruz, CA — (press release excerpt) — Wireless Developers will be primarily targeting Java and J2ME platforms in their application development, according to a new survey of over 500 developers active in wireless development by Evans Data Corp. Almost one-third of the developers interviewed in January of 2001 will target Java and J2ME. (more…)

Bellevue, WA — (press release excerpt) — General Software, Inc. has demonstrated a high-availability application that monitors the health of the operating system in an embedded telecommunications device. If the operating system stops working, the application can reboot the device within seconds, even in the case of blue-screen and panic conditions. (more…)

By Stephen Shankland; Special to ZDNet . . .

Lineo has bolstered its effort to push its version of Linux into set-top boxes and other nontraditional computing devices, announcing a plan to acquire Convergence Integrated Media. (more…)

Christchurch, New Zealand — (press release) — Kiwi-Classifieds Limited (KCL) announces the introduction of the eKa SOHO Gateway, a new Linux based gateway product for Small Office Home Office (SOHO) environments. This low cost device facilitates connectivity between most information devices, including the Palm/Pocket PC, ADSL modems, Wireless LANs, Home networking peripherals, and much more . (more…)