San Diego, Calif. — (press release) — IBM today announced the immediate availability of a Java based software tool kit that allows developers to create applications and services for a variety of web-enabled devices. The new tool kit, called the Service Management Framework, is one of the few available today that is designed to be fully compliant with the OSGi (Open Service Gateway initiative)… (more…)

Edinburgh, Scotland — (press release) — Spider Software, a UK-based developer of networking protocol software, announced today that it has ported SpiderSTREAMS to Linux to provide a platform for the deployment of wide area communications protocols. (more…)

Sunnyvale, Calif — MontaVista Software has unveiled a new real-time scheduler add-on for the Linux kernel. The real-time scheduler is meant to allow embedded applications to meet real-time performance requirements while preserving the standard Linux programming model and Applications Programming Interfaces (APIs). (more…)

Dallas, Texas based uniView Technologies Corp. announced receipt of a $20M contract to deliver a customized version of its Linux-based Model 110 set-top box. The device, called the “Z Box,” is being tailor made for Zoned In Inc., for deployment by the end of 2000. (more…)

Satya Kuner, of Red Hat's WideOpenNews, has written a brief update on the current state of the embedded Linux market, from newly announced funding to new companies bounding onto the scene. Kuner writes . . . (more…)

Steve Emms of FirstLinux writes . . .

“FirstLinux has a created series of online articles entitled: 'I've installed Linux: What Next?' The goal is to assist Linux newcomers with getting up to speed quickly on learning what they can do with Linux. After solving initial installation problems, the most common questions we get asked at FirstLinux are along the lines of 'What Next?' Now, we've… (more…)

David Sugar, writes . . .

I originally started the ACS (Adjunct Communication Server) project as a GPL licensed multi-line voice telephony server, with the goal to be the most flexible and advanced telephony voice messaging server available. While this project has yet to fully achieve this goal, ACS does enable one to deploy usable voice response solutions today using GNU/Linux and hardware from… (more…)

Los Angeles, CA — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Bluepoint Linux Software Corp. today announced that the company has signed an agreement with Shenzhen Debole Electronics Development Ltd. (Debole) to jointly develop an Embedded Linux Intelligent Housing System for China. (more…)

It's a bit of a mystery . . . but Metaflow, a subsidiary of STMicroelectronics, may be developing the industry's most complete single-chip Internet Appliance. Although system-on-chip (SOC) devices are already offered by rivals NEC, IBM, Intel, Motorola, NETsilicion, Aplio, ATMEL, Axis Communications, and National, Metaflow's new design is rumored to be the first to integrate the “killer combo” of dual… (more…)

Lindon, UTAH — (press release) — Lineo, Inc., a leading developer of embedded Linux system software, today announced that it has now received over $37 million in investment money, mostly from strategic investors. The investment dollars are targeted at continuing to build the company's strength within the rapidly emerging embedded Linux market. (more…)

Billerica, Mass. — (press release) — CSP Inc. (CSPI), a leading provider of high-performance computer systems, announced that it has signed an agreement with Apple Computer, Inc. authorizing CSPI to resell Apple's computer products as part of its clustering solutions. CSPI intends to incorporate Apple's top-of-the-line Power Mac G4's into its FastCluster product offerings. (more…)

Bob Nixon, of On24's TalkOnStocks, interviewed LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum immediately following the announcement by the Justice Department of their decision to ask for a breakup of Microsoft . . . (more…)

OnCore Systems Corporation, a software startup located in Half Moon Bay, CA, today announced its entry into the real-time embedded Linux market. The company's product is called Linux for Real-Time. (more…)

Martigny, SWITZERLAND — Swiss startup Smartdata today unveiled a credit-card sized embedded Linux computer called µ-computer Chipslice. The tiny device, which runs uClinux, is intended to be used in a wide range of mobile, portable, and wearable computing applications. (more…)

Charles Babcock of [email protected] Week points out that, despite the impending breakup of Microsoft, the major near term opportunities for Linux are likely to come from under — not on — the desktop . . . (more…)