Tux gets his feathers dirty in the "real world"
This article by Bryce Nakatani explains how Linux is being put to work in "real world" applications like industrial control and home automation, using networked I/O modules such as those made by Opto 22.
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A sneak preview of IBM's Linux/Java enabled TechMobile
The IBM alphaWorks team recently treated LinuxDevices.com to a sneak preview of a technology demonstration that is being unveiled publicly this week at IBM's Solutions Developer Conference in San Francisco, and later this month at LinuxWorld (also in San Francisco).
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Embedded Linux Journal announces contest finalists
The Embedded Linux Journal has announced that the first round of their "NIC contest" is over, and NIC systems are being sent to the twenty lucky finalists. This second annual design contest is based on projects using the New Internet Computer (NIC) as a platform. Projects range from the serious, to the silly, to the sublime . . .
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SIMPL project moves to new home
The SIMPL project, which aims to bring QNX style send/receive/reply messaging to Embedded Linux based systems, now has a SourceForge presence. When linked against the SIMPL library, a Linux process can do QNX style messaging to other local Linux processes, or to nonlocal Linux processes over a TCP/IP network.
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ELC announces new board of directors and officers
The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) announced the results of its annual board of director's election. The ELC's 120+ members voted from a field of 16, electing seven directors. Five incumbents were re-elected and two new candidates gained board seats.
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Market analyst report tracks embedded Java trends
The demand for lightweight information appliances will fuel a growth in the Java VM (Virtual Machine) market at a compound annual rate (CAGR) of 83.5% from 2000 to 2005, according to a report just released by hi-tech research firm Cahners In-Stat/MDR.
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New discussion forum devoted to Little Linux systems & SBCs
Based on the high level of interest in small systems and single-board computers (SBCs) for use as platforms in Linux-based projects & products, LinuxDevices.com has created a new discussion forum area devoted to these two closely related topics.
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NSF awards $53 million supercomputing bid
The National Science Foundation has awarded contracts worth $53 million to build a grid that connects supercomputer clusters across the country into a single large computing resource called the Distributed Terascale Facility. A big winner will be IBM, who will build four Linux supercomputer clusters for the program.
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Other news items & announcements of interest . . .
PowerQUICC SBC supports Linux-based wireless connectivity
Partnership enhances Linux-based set-top box support
Metro Link ports Micro-X to Sony PlayStation

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