Las Vegas, NV; COMDEX — (press release excerpt) — TUXIA announced today that Nanozilla, an embedded Browser derived from the open source Mozilla project, is now available for VIPER, TUXIA's customizable Personal Information Manager (PIM) Suite for PDAs based on the Intel StrongARM architecture. Nanozilla for VIPER runs on Nano-X and supports HTML 4.0, JavaScript, Cookies, CSS, XML, XUL, and conforms to W3C Internet Standards.

In addition to Nanozilla, VIPER supports a range of applications and features for a PDA such as comprehensive synchronization capabilities, networking capabilities including Wireless LAN, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) support for access to a Windows Desktop. There is extensive Enhanced Multimedia support including MPEG and MP3 and support for Compact flash or IBM's micro drive.

All VIPER applications are written with using a combination of FLTK (Fast Light Tool Kit) and Nano-X.VIPER is a fully GPL and Open Source based project and can be downloaded via www.tuxia.org.

“TUXIA's ground-breaking work in offering Mozilla-based browsers for the embedded space enhances the scope of the Mozilla project,” said Mitchell Baker, leader of the Mozilla project.

“The Mozilla.org community has produced a high quality, flexible, and standards-compliant browser, and TUXIA will continue our cooperation and contribution to mozilla.org especially in embedded areas,” said TUXIA Chief Development Officer, Quy Tonthat.

Nanozilla is the first release of a Mozilla-based embedded browser specifically optimized for Interactive devices such as media gateways, interactive TVs, and many more device applications. Nanozilla provides true desktop browser compatibility in the smallest possible footprint. Among the most important enhancements are dramatically reduced flash memory and RAM requirements, graphical user interfaces tailored for intuitive usage, and a built-in window manager optimized for devices with low resolution displays such as set-top boxes, and Information Appliances.

 
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