http://www.deviceforge.com tomorrow's device technology today en-us Embedded virtualization specialist VirtualLogix has announced series B funding of $16 million. New investors included Intel Capital and round leader Esprit Capital Partners, while existing investors Atlas Venture and Index Ventures also contributed. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS4412619417.html A joint venture formed last year by NEC, Panasonic, and TI has announced its first product, a hardware/software reference design for a "3.5G" W-CDMA baseband subsystem for mobile phones. Adcore-Tech says it has already started licensing its design to partner companies developing mobile handset communications chips. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS5261761834.html An industrial-strength handheld computer made by Psion Teklogix is now usable on AT&T's BroadbandConnect and EDGE wireless networks. The Workabout Pro is powered by Windows CE 5.0 or 6.0, and offers built-in barcode and RFID scanning, GPS, Bluetooth, and WiFi capabilities, among other features. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS9491588046.html Tilcon and Telelogic have collaborated to integrate Tilcon's GUI development software with Telelogic's model-driven development environment. The combination aims to help embedded developers design, validate, test, and target advanced 2D/3D HMIs (human-machine interfaces) across multiple platforms, including Windows CE and Windows XP Embedded, http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS9183533216.html WJ Communications has introduced a compact UHF RFID reader module for embedded applications. The WJM1000 module is targeted at applications such as RFID-enabled printers, mobile products, and handheld devices, and is supported by a free demo and development software development kit (SDK) running on Windows CE, http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS6589520918.html MTI Instruments (MTII) has launched a stand-alone multi-channel data acquisition box that help users solve complex measurement problems with an intuitive, non-programming interface. Dubbed EVE, the system runs Windows XP Embedded (XPe) and is claimed to be "100% compatible, out-of-the-box, with virtually all sensors." http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS7322561048.html Sprint is readying a new Pocket PC phone manufactured by Taiwanese device-maker HTC. The "Mogul" will eventually support EV-DO Rev. A download rates up to 3.1 Mbps, and will be the first CDMA phone in the U.S. to run Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional Edition, Sprint claims. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS4989436519.html Mass hysteria erupted in the blogosphere today, when two leading technology standards groups joined forces to issue a press release containing over 50 acronyms. WARNING: Read on at your own risk! http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS8080900965.html NewStep Networks, a supplier of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) software for carriers and enterprises, says it has certified FMC interoperability of a new SIP-based dual-mode (GSM/VoWiFi) handset from Paragon Wireless. The hipi 2300 runs Windows Mobile and includes a 1.9 Mp camera and Windows Media audio/video support, http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS5587205227.html A vendor of "full-system" virtualized software development tools has added support for a dual-core PowerPC processor targeting high-end network devices. Virtutech says a newly available Freescale MPC8572E PowerQUICC III simulation model for its Simics tools lets software development begin ahead of silicon availability. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS9137735364.html Mobile applications may contain hidden exceptions, hangs, and deadlocks that go undetected during the during normal course of testing only to reveal themselves in the customer's hands. Stress/Stability testing is a valuable tool for finding these elusive, obscure bugs before they get into the field. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS9820807273.html I-O Corp. has launched a new line of thin clients small enough to mount on the back of standard LCD monitors. Described as "about the size of a three-CD set," the Pro|Edge thin client series is available with either Windows CE or Windows XP Embedded. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS4179444470.html The PC/104 Consortium, which maintains the specifications for numerous board-level embedded computer standards, has announced its 2007-2008 officers, including representatives from RTD Embedded Technologies, Via Technologies, Kontron, and Versalogic. Additionally, the group said it plans to incorporate PCI Express buses into three of its form-factor standards. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS3064417746.html Summit Data Communications has added two new products to its line of WiFi radio cards and has ported its WiFi software stack to Windows XP and XP Embedded. The 20G family of cards provides wireless LAN access to mobile devices with external CompactFlash and PCMCIA slots. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS3191873811.html The open source community needs a federated but decentralized system for tracking bugs and patches, according to Mark Shuttleworth. Speaking in a keynote address at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit in Sunnyvale this week, the amateur astronaut and Ubuntu founder called for better collaboration among open source developers and companies. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS8193874923.html SysMaster used embedded Linux to create a four-line IP (Internet protocol) video phone with built-in PBX and audio/video playback capabilities. The Tornado M20 can help network operators deliver voice or audio/video services to consumers and business users, according to the company. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS2136302856.html VirtualLogix has started shipping version 2.0 of its virtualization platform for telecom. VLX for Network Infrastructure (VLX-NI) 2.0 adds high-availability features, support for mixing legacy 32-bit and new 64-bit OSes on Intel's 64-bit EMT64 architecture, and the capability to run unmodified legacy OSes on processors with Intel Virtualization Technology. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS7546408668.html Fabless chip-maker Mindspeed Technologies is sampling a family of inexpensive, dual-core, ARM11-based network processors targeting voice-enabled CPE (customer premises equipment) for use by small-to medium-sized enterprises. The "Comcerto 100" chips are accompanied to market by an OpenWRT Linux BSP (board support package) and design kit. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS7246413100.html Synchronica plc has added support for standards-based push email to its mobile data synchronication services software for wireless carriers, ISPs and ASPs. Mobile Gateway 3.0 now supports the Open Mobile Alliance Electronic Mail Notification (OMA EMN) standard developed by the LEMONADE working group of the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS9227643771.html Mistral Software has released a Windows CE 6.0 board support package (BSP) for TI's DM644x digital video evaluation module (DVEVM). The package provides drivers for all the DVEVM peripherals along with an OEM Adaptation Layer (OAL) claimed to meet Microsoft's Production Quality OEM Adaptation Layer (PQOAL) standard. http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS3301529361.html