Tiny, modular Linux system targets embedded apps —
Jun. 13, 2007 —
 Canadian single-board computer (SBC) startup Virtual Cogs has started shipping its first product: a miniature, modular, embeddable, Linux-based computer. The VC21 is comprised of a Freescale i.MX21-powered processor module, along with a dozen stackable, "Cog"-branded daughterboards that add cameras, touchscreens, sound cards, and so on. ...
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Windows Mobile 3G phones gain video telephony —
Jun. 12, 2007 —
 Windows Mobile device-maker HTC will integrate Spirit DSP's voice and video software into its tri-band 3G phones, branded as TyTN in Europe and HTC-Z in Japan. The "TeamSpirit Mobile Voice&Video Engine" adds "complete" video telephony functionalities to the HTC devices, ...
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Indian-language mini PC runs Debian —
Jun. 12, 2007 —
 A Canadian start-up has started shipping a compact, fanless PC pre-installed with a lightweight Debian Linux OS said to support all major Indian languages. Thinteknix claims its "Chimp" PC offers a full PC experience, while saving users from spyware, worms, and other problems endemic to Windows-based ...
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Device security suite automates certificate management —
Jun. 12, 2007 —
Mocana has added certificate management capabilities to its flagship device security software suite. The Certificate Management extension to Mocana's Device Security Framework combines a device runtime with a network-based application, with the aim of helping network operators efficiently provision and revoke certificates issued to VoIP phones and other connected devices. ...
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TiVo frets over GPLv3, Torvalds still unconvinced —
Jun. 12, 2007 —
In its annual report filed with the SEC in April, PVR (personal video recorder) pioneer TiVo cautioned that, "If the currently proposed version of GPLv3 is widely adopted, we may be unable to incorporate future enhancements to the GNU/Linux operating system into our software, which could adversely affect our business." ...
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Linux management tools target device makers —
Jun. 12, 2007 —
A vendor of network-based provisioning and management tools for Linux systems has decided to market its products in source code form. Open Country said its OCM Provision and OCM Manager products can help Linux device developers build more manageable appliances, blades, desktop clients, and computing systems. ...
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MIMO-enabled enterprise access point runs Linux —
Jun. 12, 2007 —
 Bluesocket used Linux in what it claims to be the first enterprise-class wireless access point based on MIMO (multiple-input, multiple output) technology. The BSAP-1700 runs the Network Equipment version of Wind River Linux, and works with Bluesocket's "BlueSecure" controller devices, also based on Wind River Linux. ...
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How new features get into Windows Mobile —
Jun. 12, 2007 —
How does the Windows Mobile development team go about deciding what new features to add to Windows Mobile from among the many user requests? A relatively lengthy post on the team's blog by Mike Calligaro discusses the issues that go into prioritizing new feature development. ...
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Telecom equipment maker beefs up CGL support —
Jun. 11, 2007 —
 Emerson Network Power's embedded computing business (formerly Artesyn Communications Products) will employ an engineering team dedicated specifically to supporting MontaVista's Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) OS on Emerson's telecom blades and systems. The team will be available to port, test, certify, support, and Q/A customers' MontaVista deployments. ...
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Embedded database update supports carrier grade Linux —
Jun. 11, 2007 —
McObject reports that the latest release of its in-memory real-time embedded database has been "tested compatible" with MontaVista's Linux implementation for telecommunications equipment. ExtremeDB 3.1 features an improved high-availability subsystem said to fit well with MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 4.0. ...
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Freescale aims network processor at industrial apps —
Jun. 11, 2007 —
Freescale is readying a reference design kit that promotes its PowerQUICC II SoCs (system-on-chip processors) in industrial automation and control applications. Due in Q3, the MPC8360E-RDK includes a COM Express processor module based on the MPC8360E, said to be inexpensively re-programmable in microcode to accelerate complex industrial networking protocols. ...
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Linux mobile phone group releases first specs —
Jun. 11, 2007 —
 After nineteen months of work, the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum has started publishing its first open, royalty-free specification, aimed at reducing fragmentation among Linux implementations for mobile phones. Additionally, LiPS has hired industry veteran William Weinberg as general manager, focusing on business development. ...
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A technical overview of the Linux kernel —
Jun. 11, 2007 —
 IBM's DeveloperWorks website has published a broad, technical article describing the history, architecture, and salient features of the Linux kernel. Written by M. Tim Jones of Emulex, the article examines Linux's major subsystems, architecture-dependent features, and interesting functionality such as KVM (kernel-based virtual machine). ...
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Bridge chips get Windows CE driver support —
Jun. 11, 2007 —
Bsquare has developed Windows CE 5.0 drivers for NXP Semiconductor's family of bridge chips that translate and transport data between buses in mobile devices. The new drivers enable equipment makers to use NXP's SC16IS7xx bridge chip family with Bsquare's DevKit PXA270 development platform, ...
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Tiny PXA270 processor module gains CE 6.0 support —
Jun. 11, 2007 —
 Phytec and Adeneo have jointly released a Windows Embedded CE 6.0 board support package (BSP) for Phytec's tiny processor module based on a 520MHz PXA270 application processor. The BSP includes drivers for all standard interfaces available on the module, ...
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Windows CE speeds up retail checkout process —
Jun. 11, 2007 —
 Hoeft & Wessel has introduced a Windows CE-based self-checkout terminal for retail stores. The skeye.quickpay is claimed to improve customer service while reducing costs and increasing the efficiency of the checkout process by up to 30 percent. ...
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Wireless sensor platform gains .NET MF support —
Jun. 11, 2007 —
 Crossbow Technology has ported the .NET Micro Framework, Microsoft's new low-end embedded software platform, to its second-generation wireless sensor platform. The company will demonstrate the new Imote2.Builder development kit and .NET MF support for its Imote2 platform at the Sensors Expo tradeshow in Chicago next week. ...
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Thin client notebook runs Windows XP Embedded —
Jun. 11, 2007 —
 AT Labs has added a new model to its line of wireless Windows XP Embedded thin client notebooks. The NB-7500 NetBook provides all the connectivity features of a standard notebook computer, controlled from a single point of update and management, ...
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SDR middleware runs on tiny SBC —
Jun. 08, 2007 —
 PrismTech has ported its software-defined radio (SDR) middleware to a tiny ARM-based single-board computer (SBC), in order to demonstrate the stack's low SWaP (size, weight, and power) requirements. The Spectra Operating Environment (OE) for Gumstix boards runs on Linux, and targets both government and civilian applications. ...
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Windows CE targets GPS/MDTV/phone device —
Jun. 08, 2007 —
 Intrinsyc Software announced this week that a "leading" device-maker in Taiwan plans to use its Windows CE-based Soleus feature-phone software platform in a new consumer device. The undisclosed electronics manufacturer will use Soleus in "its first combination GPS and MDTV [mobile digital television] device with mobile ...
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Webinar to explore enterprise uses of Windows Embedded —
Jun. 08, 2007 —
 Microsoft has announced a free public webinar that will explore the growing use of Windows Embedded technologies within enterprises. The event, titled "Windows Embedded Opportunities in Enterprise Organizations," will be held on June 28 at 1:00 PM PDT. ...
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Rugged Windows CE PDA drafted by U.S. marines —
Jun. 08, 2007 —
 Tallahassee Technologies Inc. (Talla-Tech) has received an $18.5 million order from the U.S. Marine Corps for small, rugged, Windows-CE powered computers capable of providing "situational awareness to the dismounted Marine." The Talla-Tech RPDA-57 "Rugged Personal Digital Assistant" will be used to meet the requirement, ...
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Multimedia framework targets Windows Mobile on OMAP —
Jun. 07, 2007 —
ArcSoft Inc. demonstrated "feature-rich" multimedia messaging technologies aimed at device designs powered by Texas Instruments (TI) OMAPV1030 and OMAP 2 processors, this week at the Computex show in Taipei. In particular, ArcSoft's support for the OMAPV1030 is based on its "TotalMedia Mobile for Windows Mobile" product, ...
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Via debuts tiniest motherboard yet —
Jun. 07, 2007 —
 Via CEO Wenchi Chen revealed a business card-sized motherboard billed as the "world's first industry-standard form-factor for PC/phone convergence," at Computex today. The "mobile-ITX" board measures 3 x 1.8 inches -- half the size of Via's "pico-ITX" form-factor -- and runs Linux or Windows XP Embedded. ...
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Embedded computer maker adds Debian Linux —
Jun. 07, 2007 —
 Embedded board-maker VersaLogic has started shipping free Linux BSPs (board support packages) for two more of its single-board computers (SBCs). Based on Debian Linux, the BSPs are expected to streamline hardware setup for customers of the company's Gecko and Puma boards. ...
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