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Dual-core ARM SoC clocks to 1.2GHz — May 14, 2008 —

Marvell has released three new RISC-based system-on-chips (SoCs) designed to consume very low power at 1GHz-plus speeds. The dual-core MV78200 controller and single-core MV78100 and MV76100 controllers are based on Marvell's ARMv5TE-compliant Feroceon CPU core, and ship with Linux drivers, toolchains, and BSPs (board support packages). ...

Verizon Wireless, seven others join Linux phone org — May 14, 2008 — Verizon Wireless has chosen Linux as its mobile phone "platform of choice," it said. Starting with feature phones in 2009, followed by iPhone competitors, Verizon will offer Linux phones compliant with specifications from the Linux Mobile Foundation (LiMo), an industry group it joined today, along with seven other companies. ...

Android Developer Challenge announces first-round winners — May 13, 2008 —

The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) has announced 46 winners out of 1,788 submissions for the first round of the Google Android Developer Challenge. Each winner earns $25,000, with the chance to compete for awards of $275,000 and $100,000 in later rounds.

Low-end RAID controllers support Linux — May 13, 2008 —

Adaptec has announced a new family of entry-level RAID controllers that support RAID 0, 1, and 10. The Series 2 RAID controllers ship with open-source Linux drivers and are designed for controlling low-cost SATA and SAS disk and tape-drive systems, says the company. ...

Wind River joins open source high-availability group — May 13, 2008 — Wind River Systems has joined the OpenSAF Foundation, which aims to standardize high-availability (HA), open-source middleware for Linux-based carrier-grade systems. Wind River will contribute to the OpenSAF project, joining founding members Emerson Network Power (ENP), Ericsson, HP, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Sun Microsystems. ...

Thin clients bulk up on software — May 13, 2008 —

Thin client vendor Bosanova has announced an alliance with Ericom Software, in which the former's hardware products will be bundled with the latter's client software. Ericom's PowerTerm WebConnect clients provide access to Windows terminal servers, hypervisors such as VMWare or XenServer, and legacy hosts, says Bosanova. ...

Embedded Linux Conference videos available — May 13, 2008 —

Free Electrons has published an amazing multimedia re-cap of CELF's Embedded Linux Conference, which took place Apr. 14-18 in Mountain View, Calif. Featuring video transcripts, slides, and detailed notes from 22 talks, the article offers something for every Linux device developer or user. ...

New COM design claims extra robustness — May 13, 2008 —

MEN Micro has introduced a new COM (computer-on-module) standard, along with two Linux-compatible modules based on it. With resistance to extreme vibration and temperatures, ESMexpress targets harsh environments such as railways, and is available initially in PowerQUICC and Intel Atom-based versions. ...

Push email gains ad-friendly Web 2.0 app integration — May 13, 2008 — A vendor of push email software and a vendor of web-based applications for mobile devices have released a jointly produced mobile communications suite. Funambol and Lazlo say their joint offering provides mobile users with push email and web-based email, contacts, and scheduling applications, while offering service providers easy advertising integration. ...

Hats off to Fedora 9 — May 13, 2008 —

The Fedora project today released a new version of its completely free and redistributable Linux distribution. Showcasing lots of next-generation Red Hat features, Fedora 9 also boasts new features of its own aimed at making the distribution appeal more to newer Linux users. ...

Lightweight browser ported to Linux-friendly DSP — May 13, 2008 —

Japanese phone stack vendor Access has ported its lightweight NetFront Browser (pictured at left) to support Analog Devices' (ADI) Blackfin digital signal processor (DSP). The combined, Linux-compatible technologies are aimed at Internet-enabled devices such as the IP set-top boxes (STBs). ...

Web-based app server ported to tiny ARM9 CPU module — May 12, 2008 —

Real Time Logic (RTL) has ported its web-based application server to an ARM9-based CPU module from Digi Embedded Solutions. The Linux-compatible BarracudaDrive app server is now available for Digi's ConnectCore 9P 9360 core processor module, which is available in a new Linux-based hardware/software development kit.

Linux-ready SDIO controller supports multiple memory cards — May 12, 2008 — QuickLogic has upgraded its SDIO host controller IP (intellectual property) with support for multiple, independent memory cards. Available for three different QuickLogic FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays), the SDIO PSB ("proven system block") targets handheld devices that require more than the typical 8GB available per memory card, says QuickLogic. ...

Linux-based touchpanel targets elderly homecare — May 12, 2008 —

Blue Heron Network has demonstrated an Ubuntu Linux-based touchpanel PC aimed at helping patients in the early stages of neuro-degenerative conditions like Alzheimer's stay independent for as long as possible. The WiFi-enabled Reside@Home Monitor keeps homecare patients connected to family and caregivers via the Internet, ...

Balanced XIP and the AXFS filesystem — May 09, 2008 — This whitepaper compares four approaches to storing program code on flash memory, including eXecute-in-place (XIP), fully shadowed, demand paging, and "balanced" XIP. It concludes that balanced XIP can save memory costs, while lowering launch time, especially when used with the open source AXFS (advanced XIP filing system) for Linux. ...

ARM-based controller has StackableUSB expansion — May 09, 2008 —

Micro/sys has announced the first single-board computer (SBC) combining its StackableUSB expansion bus with an ARM-based Intel XScale processor. Intended as an industrial controller or protocol converter, the RCB1626 runs Linux, has dual 10/100 Ethernet ports, and operates from -40 to 85 degC, the company says. ...

Intel multi-core threading library supports Sun Studio — May 09, 2008 — As part of their ongoing alliance, Intel and Sun Microsystems have ported Intel's Linux-compatible multi-core C++ development library to the Linux- and Solaris-compatible Sun Studio. The Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB) technology has also been made available for the latest version of the Solaris operating system (OS). ...

Multi-protocol wireless mesh gateway runs Debian — May 09, 2008 —

Zaragoza, Spain-based Libelium announced an x86-based multi-protocol mesh router with a Debian GNU/Linux-based OS and a user-extensible browser-based open source management interface. The modular "Meshlium" router targets ultra-long-range Zigbee-based sensor networks, fleet tracking with least-cost GPRS/WiFi routing, and multiprotocol WiFi/Bluetooth hotspots.

Embedded Linux is doomed. DOOOMED! — May 08, 2008 — In an opinion piece for Embedded.com, Green Hills Software CEO Dan O'Dowd has resumed his crusade against embedded Linux -- with a new twist. O'Dowd argues that recent marketing by commercial Linux distro vendors MontaVista and Wind River prove that they agree that embedded Linux is "chaos." ...

Article explores Linux hot-patching utility — May 08, 2008 — LWN.net has published an article about ksplice, a hot-patching utility for the Linux kernel that was developed by an MIT grad student. Ksplice lets users make changes to running kernel code -- for example to apply a security patch -- without rebooting the system or interrupting services running on it. ...

Sun demo's RIA tools on Android — May 08, 2008 —

At this year's JavaOne conference, Sun Microsystems demonstrated its JavaFX technology for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). The Linux-based, GPL-licensable technology will first appear for desktop operating systems (OSes) this Fall, says Sun, with JavaFX Mobile and JavaFX TV due in Spring 2009. ...

Panel PCs support PoE, Linux — May 08, 2008 —

Contendo Systems announced two flat-panel PCs that run Linux or Windows CE, and can use PoE (power over Ethernet). The ITP-070 and ITP-104 feature touchscreen displays, microSD storage, sealed aluminum cases, and Marvell PXA270 or PXA320 processors running at up to 806MHz.

New Palms on horizon? — May 07, 2008 — According to TamsPPC -- the PocketPC Blog, Palm is rallying software partners for a Q3 launch of two Treo successors. The blog reported an insider tip on two Palm smartphones code-named "Zeppelin" and "Skywriter," which have been rumored to run Linux and/or Windows Mobile. ...

Embedded track added to Linux conference — May 07, 2008 —

IDG World Expo announced an "Embedded Linux" track for the Mobile Linux Conference program at this August's LinuxWorld conference. The track includes presentations and panels on embedded Linux development, life-cycles, user interfaces, and virtualization, and a tutorial on hacking the Linksys NSLU2 (pictured at left). ...

Ubuntu ported to a PDA — May 07, 2008 —

Ubuntu Linux 7.04 is now available for Sharp's Zaurus PDAs. The 0.1 release comes with a minimalist filesystem that can be launched in an emulator, enhanced with software from the vast Ubuntu archives, and then flashed onto a real Zaurus. ...

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