Korean sports fans bet on embedded Linux -- Linux is being used as the embedded operating system platform for lottery terminals located at thousands of sporting arenas throughout Korea. The devices, called "Toto," leverage commodity hardware, open source technology such as X and Java, and, in recent models, Sangoma WAN cards to produce unobtrusive, inexpensive, and reliable gaming terminals. Learn more about Toto and its use of Linux in our Device Profile.
SPECIAL REPORT: Eclipse consortium turns two -- The Eclipse consortium celebrates its second anniversary this month, and is releasing milestone builds of the third version of its universal platform for tools integration. The Eclipse platform has been downloaded over 18,000 times, and in two short years has spawned an entire "ecosystem" of users and vendors. Eclipse has been recognized with more than eight top industry awards and honors, according to the Consortium, and open technology and commercial offerings associated with Eclipse have also grown at an unprecedented rate for tools technology.
An approach to solving the "device driver crisis" -- This whitepaper describes an approach to solving the "device driver crisis" that plagues both the embedded and non-embedded computer system markets. SciTech, the developer of the "System Neutral Access Protocol" device driver architecture ("SNAP"), says the SNAP approach to device driver development is radically different from traditional methods, and can drastically reduce the complexity of OS- and processor architecture-related device driver support.
Software guru releases open source "desktop (and palmtop) roadmap" -- Jim Gettys has released a roadmap for the open source desktop and palmtop. The roadmap is an attempt to create a "sketch of the names and relationships of these technologies and projects, and a glimpse into their status and development," according to Gettys. Gettys founded (with Bob Scheifler) the X windowing system and edited the final specification for HTML 1.1, but has worked more recently on the handhelds.org and Gnome projects.
Multimedia standards consortium gains members, embedded momentum -- The Khronos Group announced that LSI Logic, Toshiba, and XCE have joined as Contributing Members, bringing its membership tally to 40 companies. The group, founded in Jan. 2000, focuses on developing and deploying standard APIs for authoring and playback of dynamic media on a wide variety of platforms and devices. The new members will help beta test OpenGL ES, an embedded subset of OpenGL that brings advanced 3D graphics to a wide range of embedded systems.
Mono Project publishes two-year roadmap -- Novell has released a roadmap for the Mono project, a community initiative to develop an open source version of Microsoft's .NET development platform. The roadmap specifies project milestones over the next two years. Also available is a discussion-level "Mono Hacking Roadmap" from Mono project originator Miguel de Icaza.
Hot Topic reading list: Mono and DotGNU -- This LinuxDevices.com "Hot Topic" guide is designed to help you get up to speed -- and keep up with -- the latest information and developments surrounding these open source implementations of .NET. The guide includes links to projects, background information, and product and technology announcements.
Free software legal expert belittles SCO "shysters" -- Eben Moglen, General Counselor for the Free Software Foundation, has issued his second statement concerning the recent SCO lawsuits. The statement comprises an entertaining and accessible (for a legal document) summary of SCO's failure to provide either factual or legal support for its lawsuit against IBM alleging copyright infringements.
Phoenix unveils next-gen BIOS firmware roadmap -- Phoenix Technologies unveiled a vision and roadmap for a next generation of system BIOS firmware that the company calls "core system software." As defined by Phoenix, CSS is a new category of core system firmware that transcends the boundaries of traditional BIOSes and delivers "extensible firmware that provides the critical foundation of trust, manageability, and connectivity required for networked computing," in a broad range of devices including desktop and laptop PCs, servers, and handhelds gadgets. (This story is at LinuxDevices.com's sister site, DeviceForge.com.)
Report plots emerging global telematics market -- ABI's newest OEM telematics report: "The Digital Car: OEM Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities In Global Consumer Telematics," delineates global OEM efforts to drive a new generation of telematics services and applications, and gives recommendations on how new opportunities may be exploited to benefit all members of the telematics value chain. (This story is at LinuxDevices.com's sister site, DeviceForge.com.)
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