Greenbelt, MD — (press release excerpt) — Empress Software today announced that the Empress Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) is now available for the QNX Neutrino RTOS, the embedded operating system that forms the core of the new QNX realtime platform. Empress on QNX Neutrino delivers powerful performance, enabling the creative design of scalable, reliable, deterministic applications. (more…)

uCommon is a new project consisting of what will be a series of somewhat related free software packages that are being developed primarily for use as network services for tiny footprint embedded Linux kernel based systems. These packages will be licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL) and many will be telephony related. (more…)

Mountain View, CA — (press release) — Trolltech is proud to present the release of Qt/Embedded, version 2.2.2. For the first time, Qt/Embedded is released under both a commercial and an open source license, the GPL (GNU General Public License). Also released today is the Qt Palmtop Environment, which is the first Personal Information Management (PIM) package for embedded Linux released under the GPL. (more…)

The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) executive director, Murry Shohat, is headed to Japan to brief the 50+ members of EMBLIX (Japan's consortium for embedded Linux) on the mission of the ELC. Shohat is reciprocating for the well-received presentation by EMBLIX Vice President John Cheuck at the ELC's Embedded Systems Conference Member Luncheon. (more…)

In this “guest column,” Karim Yaghmour, maintainer of the open-source Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT) project, offers a perspective on some of his experiences and insights gained over the past two years of managing an important free software project. Yaghmour also reviews the history of the development of the LTT and discusses current status and future plans for the project. (more…)

Salt Lake City, UT — (press release) — Century Software Embedded Technologies today announced an enhanced version of it's Microwindows-based applications toolkit and PDA operating environment for the new Compaq iPAQ handheld computer. The commercially supported product provides a fully functional screentop, web browser, terminal emulator, popup keyboard and handwriting recognition as the basis for… (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Metro Link and LynuxWorks today announced support for Metro-Media, Metro Link's X Window System extension, on LynuxWorks' BlueCat Linux, bringing multimedia functionality to embedded applications. This combination of technology gives developers the ability to embed MPEG video in their Linux-based target devices. (more…)

Natanya, ISRAEL — (press release excerpt) — Jungo and Lineo have announced a partnership whereby Lineo can add Jungo's cross platform development tools to the options for Embedix. Jungo's WinDriver and GO-HotSwap products are cross platform, therefore potentially lowering the barriers between Linux and major operating systems and thus enabling easy migration to embedded Linux from other OSes. (more…)

National Semiconductor has announced availability of the SP1SC10, a set-top-box reference platform based on the National Geode SC1200 system-on-chip processor. The reference platform, which supports Embedded Linux (as well as other operating systems), is designed to convert an ordinary TV ste into an information appliance that seamlessly integrates digital and interactive TV broadcast services, Internet… (more…)

In light of recent events on the tracing tools side of Linux, some reflections came to mind which I would like to share with the Linux community. It is my hope that my perspective and experience as a maintainer of an open-source project called the Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT) and as a consultant in the open-source field may be helpful to others in understanding how the open-source movement is evolving. (more…)

Orange County, CA — (press release excerpt) — REDSonic and AAEON Electronics today announced their partnership to support REDICE-Linux on AAEON's PC architecture single-board computers (SBCs). REDICE-Linux is currently available for AAEON PCM-6890B & GENE-4310 and will soon be available for most of AAEON's SBC product lines. (more…)

Maastricht, the Netherlands — (press release excerpt) — at the Embedded Systems Conference (Europe) today, embedded Linux provider Lineo, Inc. announced the shipment of enhanced versions of Availix, a high availability clustering Linux solution, and Embedix, the company's flagship embedded Linux operating system. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Silicon Motion Inc. today announced that it is providing integrated graphics chips that fully support the newest Linux operating system. Silicon Motion offers the following set of functions for Linux based applications:

• A power management capability that reduces power consumption
• Dual-display technology that allows two independent applications to… (more…)

TimeSys today released the following statement challenging the accuracy of a recent announcement in which MontaVista claims to have released the “first Linux Trace Toolkit for PowerPC processors” . . . (more…)

Henry Kingman, producer of ZDNet's Linux Resource Center, reports on a press conference earlier this week in which Indrema CEO John Gildred detailed his company's plans to redefine the high-end gaming market through Indrema's upcoming Linux-based set-top gaming system which will be supported by an open source game development model, plus, hopefully, an enthusiastic game development community. (more…)