A developer's perspective on Agenda's VR3 Linux PDA -- in this sixth article in our ongoing series on Exploring Linux PDA Alternatives, Jerry Epplin takes a close-up look at the new Agenda VR3 Linux PDA, from both a user and developer point of view, and offers a few well-intended recommendations. story
Building a Linux/RTAI based software radio -- this article describes an interesting do-it-yourself demonstration of the capabilities of RTAI, a real-time Linux add-on. The demo consists of a floppy-booted Linux system that uses an RTAI task to create a radio carrier on which synthesized music is superimposed. The whole thing is done in software! The article takes you step-by-step through the whole process and provides links to the required software. Are you geek enough to replicate this experiment in your lab, office, or home? Well, are 'ya? story
iomojo creates open camera server project -- this article describes the activities and aspirations of iomojo, a Silicon Valley startup founded on the conviction that there is about to be an explosion of interest in "media-centric server appliances," in home, business, and embedded environments. story
RTLinux now supports NetBSD -- FSMLabs announced that its RTLinux operating system is now available with a NetBSD component. While standard RTLinux uses Linux as its general purpose OS, RTL/BSD uses NetBSD, providing the identical POSIX threads API and many of the same development tools. story
G.Mate announces special YOPY development kit offer -- G.Mate (Korea) has announced a special promotion of the YOPY Development Kit (YDK) in order to encourage the development of application programs and to enlarge the YOPY PDA's developer community. story
Battle for the Unseen Computer -- MIT Technology Review has published a comprehensive and entertaining article about the current state of embedded software and the growing impact of open source on the embedded market. The article is oriented toward non-technical folks, who aren't necessarily immersed in the embedded arts. story
Open-source development drives innovation -- CNET has published an interesting article from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School about the apparent benefits of open source development with respect to innovation, and the implications of this growing trend. story
Lineo and Samsung formalize "Lineo Korea" -- Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, and Lineo have formalized their previously reported Korean joint venture, under the name Lineo Korea. story
India's $200 Linux-based "Simputer" set to launch -- Reuters news agency reports that the "Simputer," a $200 Linux-based computer system, will launch in Bangalore, India on April 25. The device is intended to bring computing and connectivity to millions in India who do not have access to conventional PCs. story
DivX emerges as open standard for digital video compression --DivXNetworks has announced that the open source version of DivX video compression technology ("OpenDivX") has been ported to all major operating systems and processor platforms, less than three months after release of the source code. story
Konqueror/Embedded -- an embedded browser project -- the Konqueror/Embedded project aims to build a special version of the web browsing component of the KDE browser, Konqueror, suitable for resource constrained embedded systems. It makes use of Qt/Embedded. story
Flek -- a cross-platform environment for FLTK -- Flek provides a set of high level cross-platform environment libraries based on Fltk, an open source C++ graphical user interface toolkit for X, OpenGL, and Win32. Flek is extremely portable, light and fast. story
Project Mayo -- multimedia open source projects -- Project Mayo bills itself as "your home for multimedia open-source projects." The project intends to be the portal for all open-source projects related to DivX and high quality video online. story
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