August 2009 Archives

The LiMo Foundation has announced the newest round of LiMo-compliant handsets that have been released to market. Plus, Immersion and KDDI have signed up as members.

They are built for Japan's largest mobile operator NTT DOCOMO, by LiMo members NEC and Panasonic Mobile Communications.

Next-generation features including high megapixel cameras, rich media capabilities, and upgraded connectivity support resonate deeply with today's demanding mobile audience, delivering a richer, more immersive mobile experience.

Didn't expect to be writing about Microsoft in this blog, but here we are. A bit late flagging this, from last week... but even Redmond is seeing the benefit of Open Source.

Microsoft has announced the release of 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community. It apparently includes three Linux device drivers, which have been submitted to the Linux kernel community for inclusion in the Linux tree.

The drivers are intended to enhance the performance of the Linux operating system when virtualised on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V.

More Android developments to flag, as Google's venture into an Open Source mobile platform gains some momentum.

Check out these two items involving MIPS and T-Mobile:


MIPS moves closer to running Android on set-tops
MIPS Technologies has stepped up its plan to widen the market applications for Android platform beyond mobiles. Following its port of the Android platform to the MIPS architecture, the microprocessor firm is making the source code publicly available...
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T-Mobile launches next-gen Android mobile phone in the US
The mobile phone market will be watching as T-Mobile launches its next generation Android mobile phone, myTouch 3G, in the US today. Designed by HTC of Taiwan, T-Mobile myTouch 3G is being presented as the "Google phone"...
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Just flagging a quick one, from DAC at the end of last week - Mentor unveils Android, Linux strategy at DAC

Written by Rick Nelson, Editor-in-Chief of our sister title EDN, he begins:

Mentor Graphics announced its acquisition of Embedded Alley Solutions as a key component of its Android and embedded Linux strategy Wednesday afternoon at the Design Automation Conference.

Mentor also announced the integration of its Nucleus Graphical User Interface tool with the ARM Mali graphics processing unit; it announced the availability of a Linux and Nucleus operating-system combination for the Marvell Sheeva MV78200 dual-core embedded processor; and it said that it is extending Embedded Alley's Android mobile-applications platform to support Freescale Semiconductor's QorIQ and PowerQUICC III processors.

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Check out an in-depth article recently added to the site - Security concerns drive Carrier Grade Linux

A previous article we carried on CGL - Carrier Grade Linux 4.0 - Raising the bar - proved very popular, so he we hope this one is equally appreciated!

Increased concern about hacking and the security of network equipment is driving more operators to look at using carrier-grade solutions based around Linux, writes Glenn Seiler, of Wind River, Networking Solutions.