Korean firms PalmPalm Technology and M-dream have unveiled a strategic cooperation aimed at running a Linux video game, Puzzle Bubble, on a new Linux-based CDMA/IMT2000 cellular phone that is slated to begin shipments this November in Korea. The phone, which uses PalmPalm's Tynux embedded Linux as its internal operating system, is a joint development of PalmPalm Technology and the SK Telecom Central R&D… (more…)

Sandy, UT — (press release extract) — Linux Networx announced today that Rockwell Science Center will be using Linux Networx clustering technology for simulating aerodynamic fluid flow in the analysis of aerospace systems. Rockwell Science Center's Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) department will use the cluster system to develop fluid-simulation software tools that enable design evaluation,… (more…)

Atlanta, GA — (press release extract) — ZNYX Networks today announced the first CompactPCI switch solution to solve critical time-to-market issues by employing open-source Linux for switch management. The new OpenArchitect CompactPCI switch enables OEMs and system integrators to deploy both standard and customized next-generation IP switching solutions using readily available open source applications. (more…)

Research Triangle Park, NC — (press release extract) — Red Hat today announced a new course on embedded systems engineering, plus two other advanced training courses focused on IA-64 engineering, and on Apache and secure Web server administration. The three training courses will cover:

• Embedded Systems Engineering Course — teaches embedded developers how to use the Red Hat Embedded DevKit… (more…)

FreeIO.org has released its first two hardware designs under the GNU General Public License (GPL), and has another design in process, which will be released later this year. The two designs just released are:

• Flapjack — Fully programmable ISA bus I/O Board, using only through-hole parts. (more…)

Lineo has issued a formal statement in response to MontaVista Software's recent press release entitled “MontaVista First to Deliver Hard Real-Time Linux.” In the Lineo response, the company challenges several assumptions of the MontaVista announcement [story]. (more…)

In this whitepaper, Greg Haerr discusses the history, design tradeoffs, and evolution of the ViewML embedded Linux browser, and describes its internal architecture. Haerr writes . . . (more…)

Nokia has disclosed details of its wireless multimedia concept prototype, MediaScreen. The device is intended to demonstrate a new concept design that combines digital Television (DVB-T), Internet, and Mobile Phone technology. Key components of the system (see photo) are a 12″ TFT LCD display, a digital terrestrial… (more…)

The rapidly expanding use of embedded Linux continually faces the challenge of deploying open source software, developed primarily for desktop/server environments, inside resource-constrained embedded devices. Today's desktop/server systems typically include hundreds of megs of RAM and tens of gigs of disk. (more…)

Note from editor: Nokia has today launched a new product, a home “infotainment” center, which relies heavily on embedded Linux and other “open” technologies. Here, we reproduce a pair of press releases: a general announcement featuring information about the product's features and benefits; and second announcement which highlights the technologies used and Nokia's open source strategy and plans… (more…)

(announcement) This morning I have released the first public distribution of the new user mode “unified” Voicetronix API. This new API, like it's predecessor, is being made available under the GNU public license (GPL). The Voicetronix API allows one to build free telephony applications using Voicetronix 4-port analog DSP telephony cards, and acts as both an API and “driver” for this purpose. (more…)

Seattle, WA — Linux Journal, the monthly magazine of the Linux community, is proud to announce the publication of a special supplement to be released in October 2000. The supplement, titled Embedded Linux Journal, will focus on the use of open-source operating systems in embedded systems design, and more specifically, the use of Linux in developing and running these devices. (more…)

MontaVista Software has taken the wraps off what it calls a “hard real-time fully preemptable Linux kernel prototype,” based on Linux kernel 2.4. The company claims its kernel modification has the power to revolutionize the application responsiveness of Linux, while fully preserving the Linux programming model. (more…)

This article by Shekhar Govindarajan, at PCQuest, explains exactly how to turn a Linux system into a server that can stream MP3s over a network to client devices. Govindarajan writes . . . (more…)

This whitepaper by Boris Kuschel provides an introduction to the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), oriented to the embedded Linux market. Kuschel defines WAP, explains its importance in wireless communication between devices, and discusses the requirements for supporting WAP in Linux based servers and client devices. Kuschel writes . . . (more…)