Welcome to LinuxDevices.com's Embedded Linux Newsletter Apr. 15, 2004 by Rick Lehrbaum Editor-in-chief

Embedded Linux rocks Rio juke joints -- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil start-up Ponto-i has developed a modern, Linux based jukebox with a retro look reminiscent of the 50s. The "Digipop" jukebox runs a custom Linux distribution based on Debian, along with LinuxBIOS, and uses a mix of custom and commodity PC hardware. Find out more about the Digipop jukebox in our complete Device Profile.

Linux based Office-in-the-Box comes with phones -- The Ipeya Small Office IP System (SIPS) is a Linux-based "office in the box" that integrates a VoIP (voice over IP) telephone/voicemail system with a small office/home office (SOHO) router/server. It includes IP-telephones and legacy telephone adapters, and supports several types of networking. Find out more about the Ipeya SIPS in our complete Device Profile.

Is Linux a national security risk? -- Proprietary RTOS vendor Green Hills and its CEO Dan O'Dowd have launched a broadside against the use of Linux in military and defense applications, starting with a speech at the Net-Centric Operations Industry Forum in McLean, Va. O'Dowd opined, essentially, that foreign developers contributing to the Linux source code pose a national security threat to the U.S. Said O'Dowd, "Now that foreign intelligence agencies and terrorists know that Linux is going to control our most advanced defense systems, they can use fake identities to contribute subversive software that will soon be incorporated into our most advanced defense systems." Responses were quickly published by the Groklaw website and by embedded OS vendor LynuxWorks. Be sure to visit the LinuxDevices.com reader talkback thread at the end of the first of the following three articles.

• Linux a national security risk, competing RTOS vendor claims
  
• Groklaw responds to GHS 'FUD'
  
• LynuxWorks blasts GHS 'FUD'
  

Analyst tallies worldwide embedded software developers -- Ever wonder how many embedded software developers there are in the world? We did too, so we asked respected embedded industry analyst Paul Zorfus, of research firm First Technology Inc. Here's what we learned . . .

Intel unveils next-gen XScale processors -- Intel took the wraps off its next generation XScale mobile processors this week, at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei, Taiwan. Intel says that its new PXA27x processors (formerly code-named "Bulverde") incorporate several new technologies aimed at the multimedia, low power, and security requirements of advanced cell phones and wireless PDAs. According to Intel, the processors can support full motion video conferencing on mobile phones and DVD-quality video playback on PDAs.

OTHER NEWSWORTHY ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE PAST WEEK . . .

• Linux a 2006 story, claims mobile phone software heavyweight
  
• CELF Linux source tree gains new mobile phone, telematics chips
  
• Software tool aims to assess IP risks of re-used code
  
• Residential gateway reference design includes uClinux
  
• SSL VPN Toolkit available for embedded Linux
  
• RTAI release brings real-time add-ons to Linux 2.6
  
• Real-time Linux gains VME control library
  
• Claimed-first EPIC SBC runs embedded Linux
  
• Geode GX1 based Mini-ITX SBC supports fanless operation
  
• IBM sells 400 series embedded PowerPC technology to AMCC
  
• Open source conference registration opens
  
• Sample Chapter: Linux Programming by Example -- The Fundamentals
  

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You can access 2004's newsletters here:   Apr. 8,   Apr. 1,   Mar. 25,   Mar. 18,   Mar. 11,   Mar. 4,   Feb. 26,   Feb. 19,   Feb. 12,   Feb. 5,   Jan. 29,   Jan. 22,   Jan. 15,   Jan. 8

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