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Japan's Turbolinux began shipping its Wizpy digital media devices on Friday. The Flash-based, USB device includes a version of the Linux operating system that can be used to run the open source OS on nearly any computer. According to Turbolinux, the idea behind the device is "to turn all the world's...

TurboLinux last week announced the release of a palm-sized USB device that comes with the firm's FUJI operating system embedded in its 4 GB flash memory. Called "Wizpy," the device will allow users to load Linux on any computer. The company plans to first distribute Wizpy in Japan in February. An En...

Java backer Sun Microsystems and open source application development player Laszlo Systems have announced a partnership to support OpenLaszlo applications on Java Micro Edition devices. The two companies said the deal will boost the portability and flexibility of both products, and would form the ba...

PalmSource this week announced that it will push its new software library, which is part of the Access Linux Platform, into the open source developer community. The firm said its libsqlfs software library, a SQLite add-on, would ease implementation of the ALP. The library is immediately available fo...

Mobile phone giant Nokia released its S60 mobile browser source code under the open source BSD license this week, claiming the move will promote handset platform consistency and avoid the fragmentation that has held back mobile browsing. Nokia is choosing to open the mobile browser engine code becau...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's open source security audit program has identified the biggest X Window System security vulnerability in the last six years. The X Window System is used in Unix and Linux operating systems. It also ships as an optional GUI with Apple's Macintosh computers. C...

Access subsidiary PalmSource on Tuesday announced its much-anticipated Linux-based operating system for handheld devices. The Access Linux Platform will bring full compatibility to devices with a Linux core. The ALP Software Developer Kit is scheduled for release to licensees by the end of 2006. The...

Windows and Linux are celebrating together. That's because new research predicts these competing platforms will become the dominant force in advanced mobile operating systems. As the demand for advanced devices accelerates, the battle among vendors will intensify, the Diffusion Group contends in "Ad...

Yet another Linux phone standardization has been created, the third of its kind to address mobile criteria: The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum launched today. The consortium of leading companies said it is banding together to accelerate the adoption of Linux in fixed, mobile and converged device...

Nokia yesterday announced that it has started selling the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. The pocket-sized device is Nokia's first Linux-based terminal product and is dedicated to Internet browsing and e-mail communications over WiFi. "We are very excited to start shipments of our first Nokia Internet Ta...

The Open Source Development Labs yesterday said it has formed a new working group focused on accelerating the adoption of Linux in the rapidly-growing mobile market. The OSDL said it is creating the Mobile Linux Initiative in response to input from its membership and the growing global demand for Li...

PalmSource and MontaVista Software said today that they will work together to speed the development of next generation Linux-based mobile phones, a move that furthers PalmSource's decision to move its Palm OS onto the Linux kernel. The companies have joined each other's partner programs. MontaVista ...

Linux-based messaging vendor Scalix Corporation announced late last week a wireless solution designed to extend its e-mail and calendaring software to mobile devices. Developed in partnership with enterprise mobility solutions vendor Notify Technology Corporation, Scalix's Wireless Solution provides...

Norwegian technology companies Opera Software and Trolltech yesterday announced a strategic partnership agreement to combine their strengths and pursue joint business opportunities. Opera authors the popular browser by the same name. Trolltech develops Linux technologies and cross-platform software....

Nokia introduced its first device in its new Internet Tablet category at the LinuxWorld Summit in New York today. The pocket-sized Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is a dedicated device optimized for Internet browsing and e-mail communications. The Nokia 770 features a high-resolution (800x480) widescreen ...

Adobe Systems today launched its free Adobe Reader 7.0 for the Linux operating system, allowing users to view and print content published in PDF format. Novell and Red Hat applauded the move, but analysts said not to expect heavy Linux investments from Adobe going forward. Adobe Reader 7.0 joins Ad...

Linux has so far barely made a blip in the mobile phone market, accounting for less than 1 percent of units shipped in 2004, according to IDC. However, yesterday MontaVista announced an effort to change that. The company, which develops mobile phone software for Linux, has created Mobilinux Open Fr...

In a move that illustrates an emerging trend in the mobile market, Japanese wireless operator NTT DoCoMo yesterday announced a US$3 million investment in MontaVista Software, a U.S. developer of Linux software for telecommunications equipment and mobile handsets. DoCoMo will obtain an equity stake i...

PalmSource, the separate company that develops the palmOne mobile operating system, announced today it would buy China MobileSoft, whose Linux technology will give PalmSource an instant foothold in the open-source market. Analysts praised the move. "PalmSource will greatly extend its reach in both t...

Riding on the Firefox 1.0 fanfare that saw more than 9 million users download the open-source Web browser, the Mozilla Foundation today announced the launch of its Thunderbird 1.0 mail client. Thunderbird focuses on new features and settings to help stop spam and prevent viruses, the two biggest pro...