Hi-Muse -- the ultimate music appliance? -- this LinuxDevices.com "device profile" previews the Hi-Muse music system. The device can record, play, and store music from CDs and other sources and provides a simple means to locate, listen to, and store music from Internet radio stations, music portals, and other online sources. Initial prototypes are based on an x86 CPU equipped with 64MB of RAM and a 15GB hard disk and runs a modified version of Red Hat Linux. story
Small system for Linux-based thin clients -- Advantage Business Computer Systems announced a compact Linux-based thin client system that includes all the features of a complete desktop PC, and is packaged in a sturdy metal enclosure with mounting flanges. The device, which includes a 64-bit x86 STPC CPU, a standard set of PC I/O ports, a CRT/LCD SVGA display controller, and a built-in 10/100 Mbits/sec Ethernet port, is suited to a broad range of applications. story
Toolkit adds HA support to Hard Hat Linux -- MontaVista announced their first High Availability toolkit. The Hard Hat Linux High Availability Tool Kit provides a standards-based, off-the-shelf software platform for building fault-resilient systems based on CompactPCI and customer-specific hardware. story
IBM to let Linux fans use mainframe for free -- want free access to an IBM mainframe? Big Blue is setting up one of its powerful 10-processor mainframes as an open-access "virtual server" for use in exploring and developing Linux tools. story
Speedup for Java based embedded apps -- under espertec's new FastBCC technology, bytecode is still translated at load-time into optimized machine code. But unlike earlier implementations, it is translated during the bytecode verification phase (single-pass compilation) adding only a small overhead over the mandatory verification time. story
Trolltech announces beta 1 of Qt 3.0 -- Trolltech announced beta 1 of Qt 3.0, the cross platform C++ GUI application framework that forms the basis of the popular Linux K Desktop Environment (KDE). story
Linux Clustering supports CompactPCI systems -- Lineo announced the availability of Availix Horizontal Clustering 1.3, which supports CompactPCI hardware. The product supports scaling up to seven processors. story
New Agilent SOC supports Linux, targets mobile apps -- Agilent Technologies introduced a new high performance, low power, and high integration system-on-chip for PDAs and battery-powered mobile information appliances. The new SOC integrates a 200 MHz ARM920T CPU, a wide selection of I/O, full color LCD controller, and supports Embedded Linux. story
Three reasons why Linux will trounce the embedded market -- in this article on IBM's developerWorks website, freelance writer Judy DeMocker explains why Linux seems likely to be successful in the embedded market. story
Software for Intel Network Processor supports Linux -- Microware Systems Corporation (well known for their OS9 embedded OS) announced LAN/WAN routing/forwarding software for Intel's Network Processor family. Interestingly, the package supports deployment on Embedded Linux as an alternative to OS9. story
1st release of Nanozilla browser for appliance apps -- Tuxia announced the release of Nanozilla, a Mozilla-based browser targeted to resource-constrained Internet appliances and embedded devices. It features reduced disk and RAM footprint, an intuitive GUI, and optimized support for low-resolution displays. story
Intel introduces Linux-based Network Processor support -- Intel's newly announced development environment for the IXP1200 Network Processor family uses LynuxWorks' BlueCat Linux as its target OS. story
the Video for Linux resources page -- links to programs and information about the Video for Linux API, which now handles more than just video. story
Micro Java Network -- a portal site covering tools, downloads, articles, discussions, and FAQ's relating to the deployment of Java on mobile devices (including ones in which Embedded Linux serves as the embedded OS). story
the Hardware Book -- online info about cables & connectors -- an extensive collection of free information about connector pinouts, cable descriptions, cable adapters, and links to other useful information. story
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