According to ZDNet UK News, researchers at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute offer a do-it-yourself kit and online instructions – in 15 steps, you’ve got a Palm Pilot robot.

IBM today announced availability of
a special academic license for the IBM Application
Developer’s Kit for Linux, reports Internet Wire, valued at more than
$27,000 to qualified higher education faculty for
use in teaching, learning and research.

Hewlett-Packard Co. is continuing its growth in the embedded applications market, reports ZDNet eWeek, recently releasing
several new offerings for its Chai software platform.

Wirex Communications’ Immunix Workgroup Server
Appliance is targeted at small offices and departments that don’t have the
expertise to set up, maintain or administer such a beast, from Network Computing.

According to Business Wire on NewsAlert the new program is designed
to address the growing need for cutting-edge Linux and clustering solutions in the university setting.

Linux Orbit compares and contrasts the usability of GIMP and Photoshop in the workplace.

PRNewswire reports, Jabber.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Webb
Interactive Services, Inc., today announced that
Diamond Technology Partners will standardize on
the Jabber instant messaging platform.

Today Coventive Technologies, one of Asia’s leading open source software providers, announced that it
is pursuing its international vision by establishing a new organization to serve North American
customers and partners, from Business Wire.

PRNewswire: Lineo, Inc., a leading innovator
in Linux-based embedded systems, real-time and high availability solutions,
today announced the release of BusyBox 0.47, an upgrade to the Swiss Army
knife of freely available open source embedded Linux utilities and tools.

IDG News Service on NetworkWorldFusion News reports, Compaq Computer Corp.’s newly released OpenVMS Version 7.3 builds on the company’s
promise to enhance the 24-year-old operating system
it acquired from Digital Equipment Corp. two years
ago, users and analysts said.