Big Mouth Billy Bass as a webcam? This and 99 other projects have been announced as finalists in Embedded Linux Journal's “Win an MZ104 — Embedded Linux Design Contest”. The contest is based on products by Tri-M, ZF Micro Devices, BlueCat, and M-Systems. (more…)

Henry Kingman, senior producer of ZDNet's Linux Resource Center, attended a session at LinuxWorld Expo in New York and filed this report . . . (more…)

At a small booth at LinuxWorld, a new project just set up shop: the “linAXE Project”. There, I met a couple of guys who answered the question “When did this project get started?” with a single word: “TODAY!” (more…)

Lineo, a prominent provider of Linux software for smart devices and embedded systems, announced the acquisition of Embedded Power Corporation, a small software company that specializes in real-time operating systems (RTOS) for microprocessors (µPs) and digital signal processors (DSPs). (more…)

ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley reports on Microsoft's increasing talk about making Windows source code available to its customers. Don't hold your breath, though — the big M's not about to open-source Windows! Foley writes . . . (more…)

Milpitas, CA — (press release excerpt) — NetClue Corp. has announced that Delphi Automotive Systems will use NetClue's Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) compliant technology and File Viewer for Delphi's Mobile MultiMedia Product Line. NetClue's technology for Internet file viewing will be used with text-to-speech software. (more…)

Augsburg, Germany and Bloomfield, New Jersey — (press release excerpt) — Tuxia today announced a close partnership with National Semicondoctor whereby Tuxia's Linux-based TASTE operating system will supports National's Geode system-on-chip processors and reference platforms. The partnership will enable the development of Linux-based information appliances, such as personal access devices, television… (more…)

New York; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — Lightning, a manufacturer of secure Internet access gateways, today announced its contribution to the open source community: The company's Linux distribution is based on the very latest Linux kernel 2.4 and is used for advanced routing and gateway functionality. (more…)

New York; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — At LinuxWorld today, RidgeRun, Inc., announced their Open Multimedia Interface (OMI), an API and multimedia plug-in for Linux. With OMI, Linux software developers now have an easy way to integrate multimedia functionality into applications and games. (more…)

New York; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — RidgeRun, Inc. announced today that it is partnering with DevelopOnline to offer RidgeRun's DSPLinux SDK, based on Texas Instruments' TMS320DSC21 digital signal processor (DSP), through DevelopOnline's Web-based open platform development site. (more…)

New York; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — Metrowerks announced an enhancement to its CodeWarrior software development tools for the Linux operating system with new functionality to help Linux programmers increase their productivity and decrease their speed to market, including full Java support, native debugging, and concurrent and distributed compiling. (more…)

New York, NY; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — Applied Data Systems (ADS) today introduced the “Tandem”, a “two-headed” single board computer (SBC) system, available with embedded Linux. The Tandem is one of the first multi-display systems running embedded Linux on the Intel StrongARM SA-1110 processor. (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software today announced the availability of VisualAge Micro Edition (VAME) for Hard Hat Linux by MontaVista. VAME is an integrated development environment with runtime components incorporating IBM's latest embedded Java technology, the J9 Virtual Machine. (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — Alchemy Semiconductor announced today that it is partnering with MontaVista Software to provide an embedded Linux development tool kit for its Au1000 system-on-chip (SOC) platform. Alchemy, an Austin-based fabless semiconductor company will leverage MontaVista's flagship product, Hard Hat Linux, to target the Internet Edge Device market. (more…)

New York, NY; LinuxWorld Expo — (press release excerpt) — Today, TimeSys Corporation unveiled TimeSys Linux/RT Version 2.0, a Linux distribution with enhancements to meet embedded real-time quality-of-service requirements. TimeSys Linux/RT Version 2.0 is the world's first complete QoS solution that operates directly within the Linux kernel, rather than running as an additional layer beneath Linux. (more…)