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      WELCOME TO LINUXDEVICES.COM'S EMBEDDED LINUX NEWSLETTER 
                          January 16, 2003
                by Rick Lehrbaum -- Executive Editor

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SONY PRESIDENT SEES UBIQUITOUS LINUX-BASED AV/PC PLATFORMS 
IN OUR FUTURE
In a well publicized keynote talk before 1,500 attendees of the
Consumer Electronics Show, Sony President Kunitake Ando expounded
on his company's vision of a "single, seamless platform across AV,
PC and mobile devices, with TV at the center," forming a
"ubiquitous value network."  He pointed to television "reborn" as
the focal point for the delivery, use, and interaction with
broadband entertainment in the home, and spotlighted Sony's new
Cocoon device, a Linux-based platform of broadband AV devices. 
Here are two related stories . . .

*  MORE EXCERPTS FROM KUNITAKE ANDO'S TALK 
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2725551583.html

*  EE TIMES:  LINUX AND TV CALLED KEY TO BROADBAND TSUNAMI
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4820805510.html


ONKYO EMBEDS LINUX IN YOUR LIVING ROOM
Onkyo has introduced a family of home theater equipment with
built-in Ethernet ports and an embedded Linux operating system,
according to an online article at ExtremeTech.  The NAS-2.3 has a
10/100 Ethernet port, and is capable of acting as a music server to
a network of "Net-Tune" family devices.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7073159802.html


SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES UNVEILS LINUX-BASED 'MOBILITY SERVER'
Symbol Technologies introduced a 'Mobility Server' for retail
wireless networking, which uses Linux as its embedded operating
system, at the National Retail Annual Federation Convention and
Expo in New York City. Together with a companion client bridge, the
Spectrum24 Mobility Server is said to offer a simple, reliable, and
cost-effective wireless security solution for wireless network
deployments.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5359417382.html


DOES DISH NETWORK'S DISHPVR 721 SATELLITE RECEIVER USE EMBEDDED LINUX?
A LinuxDevices.com reader asked:  "I believe the Dish Network PVR721
uses embedded Linux. It even comes with breakout built in. Am I wrong?
Please reply."  Editor Rick Lehrbaum jumped at the opportunity to
research this question, and came up with some interesting results.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3193876970.html


IBM, MONTAVISTA PROPOSE LINUX "DYNAMIC POWER MANAGEMENT" STANDARD
IBM's Austin Research Lab and MontaVista Software report that a
combination of technologies can significantly extend battery life
in consumer electronic products.  The key, they say, is an improved
power saving technique called Dynamic Power Management.  The two
companies have coauthored a whitepaper which describes the
technology and suggests standardizing on a Dynamic Power Management
and policy framework that can support a range of system
requirements and components.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4297534594.html


SUPER BOWL XXXVII SCORE:  LINUX 0, LYNXOS 1
It seems Embedded Linux can't win them all.  LynuxWorks announced
an exciting design win for LynxOS over Embedded Linux due to their
customer's real-time performance concerns.  We felt it might
instructive to learn more about why the customer decided to switch
from Linux to an RTOS rather than use the approach of adding
real-time to Linux via an add-on like RTLinux.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6380734055.html


EXISTENTIAL (EMBEDDED LINUX) PROGRAMMING
Can programming be Existential? These and other questions confront
the "Accidental Embedded Programmer" on his continued quest for the
"Lost Art of Computer Programming." Curt, whose day job is all
about VxWorks embedded programming, but who increasingly finds
himself craving Embedded Linux, embarks on learning about Embedded
Linux through books, websites, mailing lists, and by purchasing
(and programming) a small embedded processor board.  Curt shares
his impressions of two good books, the selected target board, and
what he describes as the "perfect distro for [his] needs."
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7711719560.html


IBM'S "WACKY LITTLE LINUX ANIMATIONS"
Tired of all this serious stuff about embedded Linux?  IBM invites
you to take a little break and enjoy these wacky little Linux
cartoon animations . . .
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5372561085.html


OTHER NOTEWORTHY ITEMS FROM THE PAST WEEK . . .

*  2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention call for participation
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8262842459.html

*  BIOS pioneer Phoenix unveils Linux-based connected-device SDK
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9539723011.html

*  GNU Bayonne telephone system at LinuxWorld NYC
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2347687130.html

*  Consortium releases beta of BioAPI Linux/Unix reference
   implementation
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6444445078.html

*  Embedded Linux/Java development kit gets security enhancement
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5231531121.html

*  RTLinuxPro 1.2 released
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3108628643.html

*  Embedded Linux gets Digital Rights Management support
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4835727996.html

*  SBS rolls out eight Gigabit Ethernet PMCs
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2336203697.html

*  Intel releases performance analyzer tool for Linux
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4600267531.html

*  First Linux-based Telecom test system
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5900945758.html

*  Crusoe hops on PC/104 bus
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8480965961.html

*  Force adds Linux to CompactPCI server blade
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5479520344.html

*  Hyper-Threading speeds Linux
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6729087899.html

*  SCO and Wincor Nixdorf collaborate on Linux-based retail POS 
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9723402994.html

*  Nokia releases J2ME toolkit for Linux development platforms
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4036671701.html

*  New book:  "Managing RAID on Linux"
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2044519405.html


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*  LINUX-FRIENDLY SYSTEM-ON-CHIP PROCESSORS
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*  LINUX-FRIENDLY EMBEDDED SINGLE BOARD COMPUTERS
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*  LITTLE LINUX SYSTEMS FOR PROJECTS & PRODUCTS
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*  EMBEDDED LINUX "COOL DEVICES"
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*  LINUX-BASED PDAs
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*  EMBEDDED LINUX MARKET
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