Microsoft describes the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) as an “open source” license, and says it is against the American Way. (more…)

Love letters… PDF format?… even the toaster?… “lightweight” browsers… all that and a shoehorn. (more…)

The skinny on building your own SMS gateway.

GSM (Global System of Mobile Communications) short messages have become tremendously popular in just a few years. Popularity of Short Message Services (SMS) was not foreseen and surprised telecommunication companies, but its popularity had an effect. (more…)

Linux is becoming commodity infrastructure.

In his keynote speech at Macworld Expo in January 2001, Apple CEO Steve Jobs declared that the PC was not dead, just boring — and that Apple would cease to make their PCs boring by making them “hubs” for people's “digital lifestyles”. (more…)

Check out the recent additions to the Microwindows Project. (more…)

ELJ continues to grow.

This is the second issue of ELJ to hit the newsstand on its own. The excitement started when we did an ELJ supplement attached to our sister publication Linux Journal last year, and it continues to grow. (more…)

As embedded and real-time Linux explode, development tools are necessary to track behavior–here's one. (more…)

Erik shows how to set up an embedded system so you can gain wireless control of your home. (more…)

Lamphere describes a straightforward technique that allows kernel debugging in the safety of user space. (more…)

Java-based “Digital Media Center” plays DVDs, MP3s and more, and it's running Linux. (more…)

Nicholas gives us a head start on reducing the Linux footprint with TinyLogin. (more…)

Let's get smaller, writable and multiuser! A new library, new kernel and other bells and whistles gives us more practice building a highly functional Linux system with a tiny footprint. (more…)

The rapidly growing and diverging single-board computer market can be hard to keep up with. Here's some history and some help. (more…)

The idea of a new phone system server project on embedded hardware, David created a free common embedded library. (more…)

Axis network cameras have no built-in MPEG support, but with a little effort it is still possible to create MPEG movies using them. (more…)