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The Amida Simputer, originally developed as a "poor man's computer," is now being pitched as a device that can handle a wide range of business and personal-computing requirements. The Linux-powered handheld combines the functions of an organizer and an MP3 player and has handwriting recognition capabilities.

The simple example of finding out how many copies of a program are running shows some of the power of the C++ Standard Template Library.

The Web pioneer says big corporate customers tell him that by going to the open-source software, "they're saving a lot of money"

Motorola's handset manager explains why his company is developing an open-source platform, even as it sticks with Microsoft

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After years of railing against open source, Microsoft Corp is preparing to shift its stance by releasing code to the open source community. A member of Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative has told ComputerWire open source code is "coming". Stephen Walli, platform's business development manager, added Microsoft would likely release "non core" code - i.e. code that is not a part of the operating system.

Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC) will ship in Q2 a platform for residential home gateway applications running embedded Linux. The platform targets clients for low-cost media gateways, IP set-top boxes, and video endpoints, and will be demonstrated at this week's Embedded Systems Conference.

In a bid to make greater use of the open-source community, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has submitted an open-source licensing agreement to the Open Source Initiative. If approved, the NASA (news - web sites) Open Source Agreement will require developers using NASA code to share modifications with NASA and the open-source community.

DeviceLogics is shipping a DR-DOS based Linux loader that loads the Linux kernel while preserving DR-DOS in memory so that, upon Linux session completion, the system returns to DR-DOS. "DRLX" targets companies migrating embedded systems from DOS to Linux, as well as single-board computer OEMs wishing to simplify Linux installation.

The Training Camp Designated as First LPI-US Approved Training Partner

...real-time performance is a key requirement for embedded systems, along with ability to run on inexpensive hardware. Reliability and high performance under high load are additional considerations, as is graceful crash recovery, he says. Linux meets most of these requirements...

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Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) announced its latest "OMAP" processor, a multi-core ARM + DSP. TI says the OMAP5912 processor is optimized for portable data terminal (PDT) applications requiring high-performance signal processing capabilities as well as high-level application support via multiple operating systems.

The Linux Professional Institute's United States Affiliate (LPI-US) has announced that The Training Camp has been approved to receive designation as a LPI-US Approved Training Partner (LATP).

This article describes a project to develop a free, open, alternative Linux distribution for the Terapin Mine, a small portable device that can function as a USB hard drive, MP3 player, or photo slide show viewer.

Brian Behlendorf, who co-founded the Apache Web-server project, says he never considered founding a commercial busines based on the open-source code.

More companies are implementing the Linux operating system and other open-source software because it can be used without incurring licence fees. Forrester Research reports that 14% of US companies recently interviewed have implemented Linux in some parts of their business, and 70% plan to use it more in the future.

What is C99? Who needs it? Is it available yet? The author discusses the 1999 revision of the ISO C standard, with a focus on the availability of new features on Linux and BSD systems.

Embedded RISC core vendor ARM says Linux 2.6 and the GNU tools now support the ARMv6 Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). ARMv6 patches were accepted from ARM kernel legend Russell King into the 2.6.0-test4 release, and ARM has worked to bring ARMv6 support to the GNU GCC tool chain as well.

SIPfoundry, a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization for the development of open source Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based VoIP communication solutions, today announced its incorporation, the formation of its board of directors and availability of its web site: http://www.SIPfoundry.org. SIPfoundry will be the industry's premier open source community focused on Internet Protocol (IP) telephony, messaging, presence and collaboration and has already received the backing of leading SIP-based open source projects. SIPfoundry's governance structure ensures the organization's autonomy with its activities defined and administered by an independent, elected board of directors from throughout the industry.