A sneak preview of Infomart's "Kaii" Linux PDA -- A Bangalore, India based development company perceived an opportunity between the high-end, high-cost Pocket PC PDAs and the low-end, low-cost Palm PDAs, and created a new PDA called "Kaii" to fill that gap. The device attempts to leverage the nascent Linux-PDA market being created by Sharp's new Zaurus PDA, by attempting to offer a high level of software compatibility with the Zaurus. But unlike Sharp's device, the Kaii uses a 160MHz Hitachi SH3 processor and provides an on-screen, rather than physical, keyboard -- differences meant to bring about a less costly device. Story
Where's the free beer? -- Kevin Dankwardt sets out to find out how many implementations of Embedded Linux are available for free -- as in "free beer". Story
Motorola targets "6NINES" with new HA Linux platform -- Motorola Computer Group announced HA Linux 3.0, the latest version of its software platform targeting telecommunications original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). With this offering, Motorola has taken what it describes as significant steps toward providing the key operating system features required for 6NINES availability, or the equivalent of 30 seconds or less of downtime annually. Story
Nokia unveils Linux-based platforms for "All-IP" mobility networks -- At the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, Nokia announced new Linux-based platform technology for what are being termed "All-IP" mobility networks. The first products based on the new All-IP technology will be the open, carrier-grade FlexiServer and FlexiGateway platforms. Story
Embedded Planet picks TimeSys to supply embedded Linux for SBCs -- Embedded Planet announced that it has selected TimeSys Corporation to be the exclusive provider of embedded Linux operating systems for its PowerPC-based single board computers. Story
RTAI v24.1.8 released for Mot MPC7xx, 8xx, 82xx, IBM 4xx CPUs -- DENX Software Engineering has released a new version of the RTAI real-time extension (version 24.1.8) to the Linux kernel which now runs on a wide range of PowerPC systems, including Motorola MPC7xx, MPC8xx, MPC82xx, and IBM 4xx CPUs. Story
Embedded Development with Qt/Embedded -- This article from the March 2002 edition of Dr. Dobb's Journal is about developing Linux-based applications for handheld devices using Trolltech's C++ GUI Qt/Embedded toolkit. Story
Setting up your Qtopia Developer Workstation -- As the Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA platform requires components from multiple sources to create a working developer environment, Jason Perlow and Chris Larson have created a "cheat sheet" to help you get going quickly in developing apps for the Zaurus. Story
Intel taps PalmPalm for XScale Embedded Linux -- Intel launched its new PXA210 and PXA250 XScale processors in Asia this week beginning in Seoul, Korea, where PalmPalm Technology Inc. announced that its Tynux Embedded Linux OS will support the new XScale devices in next generation PDA designs. PalmPalm will join Intel at two subsequent XScale launch events, in Taiwan on February 22 and in Beijing on February 25. Story
Red Hat Embedded "Year 2001 in Review" -- Red Hat published a list of year 2001 accomplishments in the embedded arena and included the statement that "Today millions of people depend on Red Hat embedded technologies for anything, from staying connected while on the move, to watching the next generation of digital televisions." Story
Toolset simulates full computer and digital systems -- Virtutech announced the release of a full system simulation platform that can simulate complete computer and digital systems at the instruction-set level. Story
Linux/Java platform supports multimedia GSM/GPRS/3G phones -- RidgeRun launched a new Linux/Java based platform, called Escali, which is intended to assist companies in developing multimedia GSM/GPRS and 3G mobile phones based on TI's OMAP dual-core (RISC/DSP) processors. Story
New Linux version of object-oriented design tool -- Excel Software announced QuickUML Linux, an object-oriented design tool that provides extensive integration and ease-of-use for a core set of UML system development models. Story
Managing processes and threads -- Systems-programming guru Dr. Edward G. Bradford unravels the mysteries surrounding process and thread management in Linux and Windows, in this online article at IBM's developerWorks website. Story
Advanced filesystem implementor's guide, Part 9 -- This installment of IBM's series of whitepapers on Linux filesystems introduces XFS, SGI's free enterprise-class filesystem which is now available for Linux. Previous articles in the series covered ReiserFS, devfs, JFS, ext3, and others (link to other articles included). Story
Porting UNIX applications to Linux -- Hints and Tips -- This IBM whitepaper provides hints and tips, and a roadmap, for porting UNIX applications to Linux. Story
As part of our continuing efforts to support the rapidly growing Embedded Linux Market, we are pleased to announce the online 2001 Embedded Linux Market Survey. The survey, which is structured in three parts, asks developers of Linux-based embedded systems and intelligent devices to anonymously provide information about their applications, their embedded Linux OS requirements and preferences, and the perceived advantages and disadvantages of using Linux in embedded applications.
Read them here: Feb. 14, 2002, Feb. 7, 2002, Jan. 31, 2002, Jan. 24, 2002, Jan. 17, 2002, Jan. 10, 2002, Jan. 3, 2002, Dec. 20, 2001, Dec. 13, 2001, Dec. 6, 2001, Nov. 29, 2001, Nov. 22, 2001, Nov. 15, 2001, Nov. 8, 2001, Nov. 1, 2001, Oct. 25, 2001, Oct. 18, 2001, Oct. 11, 2001, Oct. 4, 2001, Sep. 27, 2001, Sep. 20, 2001, Sep. 13, 2001, Sep. 6, 2001
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