IBM has just begun an intriguing promotional campaign which features the rallying cry: “Peace, Love, Linux.” You can view the first of this new series of major IBM Linux promotions, an online presentation. (more…)

Embedone has announced a new development board for designers of Linux and StrongARM based embedded systems. The EM-110 development board is based on an Intel StrongARM SA-110 CPU and boasts high performance, low power consumption, and low heat generation. These qualities are important elements of many of tomorrow's mobile, Internet-enabled, post-PC devices. (more…)

Santa Ana, CA — (press release excerpt) — REDSonic, Inc. today announced a partnership with Ampro Computers to provide complete, Linux solutions for the embedded marketplace. The strategic alliance will provide the embedded community with total software-integrated single-board computer (SBC) hardware solutions that facilitate an accelerated product time-to-market. (more…)

Will Knight, of ZDNet UK, reports that Japanese manufacturing giant Sharp Electronics has announced plans to introduce a Linux-based PDA. Knight writes . . . (more…)

Bloomberg News reports that Sharp Electronics, which leads Japan's market for handheld electronic organizers, has said it will challenge Palm and Microsoft on their home turf by introducing a device running Linux . . . (more…)

In this SDTimes article, Edward J. Correia offers some perspective on the release by Sun Microsystems of the Java 2 Platform Micro Edition for Linux. Correia writes . . . (more…)

This article by Jerry Epplin sheds some light on the issues associated with using GPL software in embedded applications, and attempts to dispel the “FUD” (“Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt”) being propagated by some competitors to Linux. Epplin explains what is required to strictly comply with the GPL, defines and discusses the distinctions between static and dynamic drivers and modules, and points out a gray… (more…)

Wind River's worries

In a recent article in Integrated Communications Design, Mike Downing interviews Curt Schacker, vice president of corporate marketing for Wind River Systems. (more…)

Robert La Quey attended the annual Bluetooth conference held in San Diego, CA last week and filed this report on the status of the Bluetooth market and some issues relative to Embedded Linux support for Bluetooth. La Quey writes . . . (more…)

In this article entitled The GNU GPL and the American Way, Richard M. Stallman, founder of the GNU project, responds to recent claims by a Microsoft executive that open source software is somehow “un-American”. Stallman draws a distinction between “open source software” and “free software” and clarifies the intention of the word “free” in that phrase. (more…)

This LinuxDevices.com device profile previews Ericsson's “blip” — a new uClinux-based gadget that brings localized wireless services to your Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone or PDA. Shopping and travel may soon be a lot more fun! (more…)

Alternatives to Pocket PC are being looked at to run Hewlett-Packard's handheld, according to this article by Paul Grant of ZDNet UK . . . (more…)

Coming soon, to a public location near you?

Ericsson Business Innovation has announced the “blip,” a small self-contained device that communicates wirelessly with mobile phones, PDAs, and other kinds of mobile devices that are equipped with Bluetooth short-range wireless technology. (more…)

The Bluetooth North America 2001 conference was presented by the World Research Group at San Diego February 21-22, 2001. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group includes Promoter companies 3Com, Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Lucent, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and… (more…)

Feature

• ZapMedia ZapStation/Harman Kardon DMC 100, by Don Marti — Java-based “Digital Media Center” plays DVDs, MP3s and more, and it's running Linux. (more…)