The nature of embedded systems is being changed with the advent of graphical, intelligent human-machine interfaces and the Internet of Things. Every imaginable system, from coffee makers and washing ...

Michael Mathews of MontaVista Software and Marc R. Erickson of IBMlook at the individual technologies and explore the benefits of thesynergy between them that support integration. Embedded Linux and ...

In an attempt to capitalize on the huge opportunity in the embedded systems market, and the dominance of the Java programming platform, Oracle has unwrapped a new set of offerings facilitating the ...

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Persistent Java objects simplify the storage and exchange of complex object structures. Poet Software's FastObjects j2 is a pure Java implementation of an object database management system (ODBMS). It ...

Embedded systems are computer systems embedded into complete devices, whose dedicated functions reside within a larger mechanical or electrical system. Typically used in both industrial and consumer ...

Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software ...

With the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME), Sun Microsystems delivers a partitioning scheme that embedded Java developers need. Whereas the Java 1-based PersonalJava specification was monolithic, the J2ME ...

Java is spreading into one of the last, most demanding frontiers of computing--but getting it there has required some compromises from Sun Microsystems on the basic principles of the software. For ...

After three days of roaming some 100,000 square feet of exhibition area populated by 200 companies' exhibits and attended by perhaps 20,000 “Penguinistas”, I've certainly had an eyeful of Linux. After ...

Oracle anticipates developers who are now confined to either the Standard or Micro editions of Java will be able to leverage their skills on both, as the company plans to converge the two platforms.