Embedded system developers have a wide range of operating systems available to them today. Of course, the most straightforward operating system is to have no operating system! However, many systems ...

After introducing interrupts and the foreground/background architecture, I am finally ready to tackle the concept of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). In this first lesson on RTOS (commonly ...

The company has lined up high-profile partners for an upcoming version of its Windows software designed to be stuffed into all sorts of nontraditional computing gadgets. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

Some of the reasons Microsoft has not cracked into the embedded software market as much as might be expected are peculiar to the software giant, and some pertain to the market as a whole. The primary ...

In this research, a dependable and high performance distributed operating system on embedded computers connected by networks is designed and developed. Applications such as database server, search ...

Although Microsoft hasn't revealed much about its plans for a Vista-based successor to its Windows XP-based embedded operating system, the company is already working on one. Microsoft released during ...

PARK RIDGE, Ill. — Microsoft Corp. dropped the latest piece of its .Net strategy puzzle into place Wednesday (Nov. 28) when it unveiled the embedded version of its new Windows XP operating system.

The Windows CE 5.0 Network Media Device Feature Pack may be a mouthful, but it's going to make Windows CE easier to swallow. Microsoft is working to add functionality to its popular Windows CE ...

The potential riches of the Internet appliance market are prompting players from all sectors of the industry to be more liberal with closely guarded architectural plans in the interest of gaining ...