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WELCOME TO THE LINUXDEVICES.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
December 4, 2003
by Rick Lehrbaum -- Editor-in-chief
Online html version:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/dec04-03.html
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_____________________ * * * TOP STORIES * * * ____________________
JAPAN'S #1 CELLULAR CARRIER ADOPTS LINUX FOR 3G PHONES
According to numerous reports in the last several days, NTT DoCoMo,
Japan's largest cellular carrier, has adopted embedded Linux for its
3G phones. NTT DoCoMo apparently hopes the Linux-based handsets will
accelerate adoption of its 3G, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
(W-CDMA) services. DoCoMo has provided information to partners like
NEC about Linux-based handsets that will work with its network.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8011783890.html
HACKABLE MEDIA PLAYER FOR HDTV RUNS EMBEDDED LINUX
Embedded Linux and an open, hacker-friendly architecture power the
world's first high definition media player, the $499 Roku HD1000. The
brainchild of ReplayTV inventor Anthony Wood, the device could touch
off a cottage industry of third-party applications and media packs
that work with its Linux-based OS and user-friendly media APIs. Get
more technical details in our "Device Profile."
http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5269795535.html
WIND RIVER EDGES CLOSER TO LINUX
Wind River moved two steps closer to Linux this week, with a pair of
announcements that it has joined two key organizations. Wind River
says it has joined the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and plans
to contribute to the OSDL's Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) working group.
Wind River also announced that it has joined the Eclipse Consortium,
an industry group devoted to an open cross-vendor platform for
development tools integration, and said it is committed to the Eclipse
platform "to enable global enterprises to standardize embedded
development on a single, open standards-based integrated development
environment."
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5878486556.html
INSIDE IBM'S BLUEGENE/L SUPERCOMPUTER
A team of computer scientists at IBM and the University of
California/Lawrence Livermore Labs has used Linux and embedded
system-on-chip (SoC) technology to achieve a breakthrough in
supercomputer technology expected to radically reduce the size and
cost of highly scalable systems, while increasing dramatically
performance. A prototype the size of a 30-inch television has already
weighed in at number 73 on the Top500 Supercomputer project list,
producing two teraFLOPS (trillions of floating point operations per
second). Our look inside IBM's BlueGene/L supercomputer includes a
foreword with further background information, plus a downloadable
22-page whitepaper written by BlueGene/L team scientists.
http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7249538153.html
LINUX LAB RAISES AWARENESS OF KERNEL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) announced a new initiative
aimed at raising awareness about how the Linux kernel is developed.
With the highly-anticipated release of the final Linux 2.6 production
kernel due shortly, OSDL is taking a series of steps to increase
customer confidence in using Linux.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4704459814.html
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE MEANS "PROFESSIONALISM"
The Consulting Times has published an article by veteran computer lab
manager Tom Adelstein that addresses some common fallacies and myths
about open software and makes a strong business case for the sound
scientific principles behind open source development. The article is
entitled "How to Misunderstand Open Source Software Development."
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6005701174.html
WHITEPAPER: INTEL'S VISION FOR LOCATION-AWARE COMPUTING
Current and future applications for location-aware technologies, as
envisioned by Intel, are discussed in this whitepaper by two
developers in Intel's Corporate Technology Group. According to the
whitepaper, location-aware computing will make mobile devices more
effective and convenient, both at work and in the home. "With this
technology, we're moving away from proprietary, closed location
systems to the Internet, where location is just another piece of data.
By using this data, applications can provide richer, more productive,
and more rewarding user experiences," conclude the whitepaper's authors.
http://deviceforge.com/articles/AT7857629578.html
MISSED LAST WEEK'S NEWSLETTER?
In case you missed our previous newsletter on account of the U.S.
Thanksgiving holiday, here's a list of the top stories from last week:
* Korean sports fans bet on embedded Linux
* SPECIAL REPORT: Eclipse consortium turns two
* An approach to solving the "device driver crisis"
* Software guru releases open source "desktop (and palmtop) roadmap"
* Multimedia standards consortium gains members, embedded momentum
* Mono Project publishes two-year roadmap
* Hot Topic reading list: Mono and DotGNU
* Free software legal expert belittles SCO "shysters"
* Phoenix unveils next-gen BIOS firmware roadmap
* Report plots emerging global telematics market
Read last week's newsletter here:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/nov27-03.html
OTHER NOTEWORTHY ITEMS FROM THE PAST WEEK . . .
* Euro conference seeks papers on open source embedded OSes
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2356962929.html
* Major RTAI test release aims to end patent issues
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4396057813.html
* Latest Intel I/O processors gain real-time Linux support
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9138752005.html
* Embedded Linux BSP supports Renesas SuperH reference board
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6840815079.html
* Software radio boards support Linux
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3698737001.html
* eCos ported to Xilinx Virtex-II Pro PowerPC FPGA
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8965721364.html
* Free CES event matches Japanese CE houses with U.S. partners
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7229529168.html
... and that's not all. Check here for the latest breaking news:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/
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