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Philips pushes Linux for consumer electronics
News A new project by Intel and Philips is using the Linux operating system to boost the market for converged consumer electronics. Linux is used in some consumer electronics, such as the TiVO digital video recorder, because it is freely available...
[September 5, 2002, 16:44]
Linux heads for TVs and videos
News TimeSys, a seller of Linux designed to be embedded into various computing devices, has joined the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum, and its competitor, MontaVista Software, plans to announce a similar move next week.
[August 11, 2003, 9:15]
ARM backs Linux for consumer devices
News ARM on Monday announced it has become an associate member of the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF), a group founded in June by Matsushita and Sony, which already use Linux in products such as set-top boxes.
[October 27, 2003, 16:30]
Consumer electronics giants opt for Linux
News Given the level of interest in the consumer electronics market, the companies are also considering setting up a forum to promote the further development of Linux. Sony and Matsushita said Wednesday that, under a new joint development agreement...
[December 18, 2002, 9:32]
Trolltech switches sides in mobile Linux war
News At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday, Trolltech announced that it has now joined the rival LiMo Foundation. The LiMo Foundation also announced four other new members on Monday: the development company Acrodea, the Chinese...
[January 8, 2008, 12:08]
Windows 'cheaper than Linux'
News Recently, Matsushita Electric, Sony, Hitachi, NEC, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba announced the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum, or CELF, a consortium designed to adapt and advance the operating system for use in consumer...
[July 18, 2003, 9:26]
Mobile Linux alliance formed
News The Linux Phone Standard Forum (composed of several companies, including PalmSource and France Telecom's Orange), the Open Source Development Lab and the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum all have been working on efforts to define requirements or...
[June 15, 2006, 13:05]
Linux heads for embedded status
News The company has changed course now, hiring Ken Klein as chief executive and joining several Linux-related groups: the Open Source Development Labs, the Eclipse Consortium and the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum.
[February 23, 2004, 7:25]
Yamaha, NEC back Linux start-up
News Consumer-electronics companies have taken an interest in embedded Linux companies since the late 1990s. It can also be used to connect multiple PCs to each other as well as to consumer-electronics devices.
[November 22, 2002, 9:53]
Korea, China, Japan start open-source collaboration
News Japan's computer and consumer hardware industry -- which includes global heavyweights such as Sony, Matsushita Electric Industrial and NEC -- have long searched for an alternative to Windows, which they contend gives Microsoft too much control...
[April 1, 2004, 12:30]
IBM puts Linux on TV
News They haven't taken off yet, but so-called information appliances -- devices combining a PC's capabilities with the ease of use and low cost of consumer electronics -- are expected to become more and more popular.
[May 17, 2001, 7:33]
PalmSource pushes on with Linux plans
News PalmSource joined the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) this week, pushing ahead with its plans for a version of the Palm OS that runs on top of Linux. The organisation was founded two years ago by Matsushita Electric Industrial, Sony...
[March 10, 2005, 15:45]
Texas Instruments backs mobile Linux
News Other groups devoted to similar purposes include the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum, the Mobile Linux Initiative and a still-unnamed alliance between manufacturers such as Motorola and Samsung, and operators such as Vodafone and NTT DoCoMo...
[July 19, 2006, 11:10]
PalmSource and Orange team up for mobile Linux standards
News The Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) has implemented an effort to define various phone profiles. The Linux Phone Standard (Lips) Forum wants to standardise Linux interfaces so that higher-level software won't have to be customised for each...
[November 14, 2005, 7:55]
OSDL to push Linux for mobiles
News One problem is that at least two similar projects already are under way: one at the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum and the Linux Phone Software Forum, set up by France Telecom and its allies. The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), an industry...
[October 17, 2005, 9:35]
Yopy survives death rumours
News G.Mate said that its partner is Samsung Electro-Mechanics, a distinct division from Samsung Electronics, maker of the Nexio. Linux has begun to make its way into a range of new PDAs from manufacturers as diverse as Sharp, Samsung and Royal Consumer...
[January 11, 2002, 17:15]
Sharp hones new Linux handheld
News In the coming weeks, sources said, the consumer-electronics maker is expected to make the handheld available to developers. Click on the TalkBack button and go to the Linux lounge forum A consumer version is expected in the first quarter.
[October 8, 2001, 10:27]
Red Hat edges ahead of estimates
News Red Hat has been transforming itself to focus chiefly on two areas: converting Unix customers to Linux and helping to create software for "embedded" systems such as network routers or consumer electronics.
[December 19, 2001, 10:45]
CES: Samsung chief executive unveils home gadgets
News Samsung chief executive Daeje Chin unveiled several new products in Las Vegas on Tuesday, as he spoke of the convergence of digital content and consumer electronics. During his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show, the Korean executive...
[January 9, 2002, 9:12]
Headed to a highway near you - MP3 players
News More details to come Delphi demonstrated several MP3 players at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. That contrasts with product cycles for consumer electronics devices, which run months instead of years.
[January 25, 2001, 9:07]
