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The key hack that made free software possible was a legal one: using copyright to keep software free. It did that by demanding a quid pro qu...

One of the many confusingly-similar groups in the open source space is Linaro: a Not For Profit (NFP) organization that aims to make embedde...

Because anyone can take Linux and use it as they wish without needing to ask permission (provided they comply with the licence), it ends up ...

I've been pretty sceptical - and critical - of the BBC's TV over IP efforts, including Project Canvas : Project Canvas is a proposed...

As I've noted before, it's pretty well established that the GNU GPL stands up in the courts: gone are the days when detractors of co...

As regular readers of this blog will know, free software has an importance that extends way beyond the world of software. But for most peopl...

Open source software is everywhere these days. In particular, Linux is being used increasingly to power embedded systems of all kinds. That...

Never a dull moment in the embedded Linux market. First Intel acquires Wind River, now the slightly less well-known Cavium acquires MontaV...

This is big: Intel Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wind River Systems Inc, under which Intel will acquire all...

Well, the question as to how the great Microsoft vs. TomTom suit would finish has been answered: Microsoft and TomTom announced on Monday th...

One of the sure signs that open source is taking hold in computing is that it is spreading far beyond its heartland, the datacentre. Smartph...

It's often forgotten that one of the strengths of GNU/Linux is the extraordinary range of platforms it supports. Where the full Windows...

Here's a GNU/Linux-based computer the size of an RJ-45 jack: Specs listed for the Digi Connect ME 9210 are said to include: * Proce...

Linux is already widely-used for embedded systems. Here's another interesting application , from a UK company, too: EVOKE Flow brings y...

On Linux Journal .

Embedded systems are something of an iceberg: most of the activity is happening invisibly, so it's easy to overlook how far Linux has c...

On Open Enterprise blog .

Real-time and embedded Linux is an iceberg: for all its low visibility, it's pretty big below the surface, and getting bigger. If you w...

Here's an interesting straw in the wind: I just got a chance to try out a Webware PC: a computer built around the new P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-...

Can Ubuntu do no wrong? First Dell , now this : To fulfil the aims of our mission and in response to the technical challenges that these de...