(press release excerpt) — IBM today introduced its latest version of DB2 Everyplace, a compact relational database. In addition to existing support for the Palm platform, DB2 Everyplace version 7.1, supports four new platforms including Microsoft Windows CE/Pocket PC, EPOC, Neutrino, and embedded Linux. (more…)

Santa Clara, CA — (press release excerpt) — Lutris Technologies has announced Lutris Enhydra Wireless, the latest product in Lutris' family of certified and supported Open Source Enhydra Java/XML application servers. Lutris Enhydra Wireless offers developers, systems integrators and corporate IT departments the ability to develop a single Internet application that delivers content to any device, in any… (more…)

Software Development Times reports that Metrowerks Corp. is developing a version of its CodeWarrior integrated development environment (IDE) for Embedded Linux, and that the company has unveiled its plan to integrate CodeWarror with the Embedded Linux offerings of Lineo, LynuxWorks, and MontaVista Software. SD Times writes . . . (more…)

Axis Communications has introduced a new model of its intelligent Network Camera, the Model 2120. With its built-in 100 MHz RISC microprocessor running an embedded Linux operating system, and its Ethernet connection, the device can serve as an intelligent tool for remote monitoring of live video via either an intranet or the Internet. (more…)

This morning a new and much more complete website has been launched for the Bayonne project at http://www.bayonne.cx. The new website replaces the old and obsolete Bayonne information page that was formerly found there. (more…)

The Software Group Limited releases Linux drivers and administration utilities for its SGP hardware adapter to the public domain under the Free Software Foundation's General Public License, version 2. The software is freely available as source code. The drivers interface with existing GPL synchronous wide area communications packages, connecting Linux with serial synchronous communications links running… (more…)

With all the talk about open source operating systems and related software, how often do we hear about open source BIOS? Sure enough, there are a few ongoing projects such as LinuxBIOS. But to date, there has been no truly well supported effort to provide comprehensive technology for system initialization and… (more…)

RedBoot is a new embedded system debug/bootstrap environment from Red Hat. It is designed to replace the existing debug/boot tools CygMon and GDB stubs. It provides a complete bootstrap environment, including network downloading and debugging. It also provides a simple flash file system for boot images. (more…)

This article by LinuxDevices.com's Rick Lehrbaum provides a profile of the embedded Linux based Nokia Media Terminal, including what it does and what's inside — from both a hardware and software perspective. The article also offers some insight into Nokia's philosophy with respect to open source software. Lehrbaum writes . . . (more…)

Mary Jo Foley, of ZDNet News, writes . . .

Embedded operating systems are designed to be hidden from users. So if you haven't heard of QNX Software Systems Ltd.'s QNX Neutrino, you're not alone. (more…)

Product overview

Nokia describes its Media Terminal as a powerful “infotainment center” for the home, which allows consumers to gain the benefits of both Internet access and digital broadcasting. The product leans heavily on open technologies including Linux, Mozilla, and HTML, and is based on an internal “x86” PC-like embedded computer architecture. (more…)

(press release) — SuSE Linux 7.0 passed 233 of the 243 tests in the Linux Standards Board's Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (LSB-FHS2.1-1) test. SuSE's Distribution surpassed Red Hat in compliance by 10 tests, Caldera by 29, Mandrake by 33, and TurboLinux by 14, making SuSE Linux 7.0 the most standards-compliant Linux distribution tested. (more…)

Carmichael, CA — (press release excerpt) — addressing the need in Embedded Linux systems for a high speed and low power digital interface, Trans Digital Corporation has announced availability of its Transfer Engine IP Core. The core can easily be integrated into SoCs based on popular ARM, MIPS, and other 8/16/32-bit RISC processors. (more…)

Socorro, NV; Markham, CANADA — (press release excerpt) — FSMLabs and Quanser Inc. announced today that they are joining together to support Quanser's SimulinuxRT (SLX) products on RTLinux. SimulinuxRT brings Mathworks industry standard Matlab, Simulink, and RealTime Workshop products to RTLinux with exceptional performance. (more…)

Lanner Electronics FW-7872 — Dec. 22, 2008 — This Lanner Electronics “half-rack” network appliance targets network security and acceleration applications, and runs Linux on a Core2Duo or… (more…)