Lately I keep receiving spam mails containing a worm. They have the subject "See this patch from Microsoft". Attached is a .exe file which contains a worm.

As I looked at the eMail-adresses which also received this message I recognized some of them from the QNX-newsgroups.

I think I will now be more careful with posting my eMail address in the newsgroups. Maybe the adresses should only be visible for logged in users?!

Hope nobody gets problems through these "worm-mails".

Frank

ex-QSS VP Alec Saunders joins Versatel Networks as VP of marketing. Versatel Networks, Inc (formerly CML Versatel, Inc.) is a spin-off from CML Technologies Inc., a leading supplier of telecom switching systems for over 20 years for the Enhanced 911, Mobile Radio Dispatch and Air Traffic Control markets.

QNX Software Systems today released the next edition of QNX® Momentics®, the integrated development suite that allows embedded developers to take full advantage of the highly reliable QNX Neutrino® RTOS. Check out what's new at http://www.qnx.com/products/new.html. Commercial version of QNX Momentics v6.2.1 is shipping now: http://www.qnx.com/products/. Non commercial edition is still on the old v6.2, and v6.2.1 is expected to come by the end of the month.

Artesyn Communication Products today announced MTP3, SCCP and ISUP protocol layers to enhance SpiderWareSG(tm), a SIGTRAN signaling gateway blade. These layers are designed to run on an IP-based SIGTRAN client like a media gateway controller (MGC) or softswitch for seamless communication with the SpiderWareSG blade.

OTTAWA, Feb. 4 -- Making it easier than ever for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to fine-tune their embedded development projects and get to market, QNX Software Systems today released System Profiler, a graphical system analysis tool for QNX(R) Momentics(R) Professional Edition, the company's open, Eclipse-based development suite. The System Profiler goes beyond conventional debugging and code analysis tools to analyze how all the components in a complex realtime system interact with each other. Not only can developers troubleshoot and optimize their systems with greater ease but the systems themselves can perform faster and more predictably.

Encirq 2e (http://www.encirq.com) is available, and evaluation downloads are also available. The Encirq 2e Development Environment includes a suite of software tools and libraries for developing custom, full-featured data management systems specifically generated for your embedded project, whether or not the target device includes an operating system.

QNX Software Systems, Ltd., today announced the appointment of Dave Curley as vice president of marketing. Reporting to QNX President Dan Dodge, Mr. Curley will be responsible for overseeing future product initiatives, forging strategic relationships with current and future customers and partners, and developing targeted marketing programs.

Astra Network is pleased to release the second open beta of the High Availability and Fault Tolerant Architecture (HAFTA) Toolkit.

You can download the qpr from this link.

This release includes documentation and source for the checkpoint library as well as the completed tutorial explaining the use of the checkpoint library.

This release also fixes issues raised during the first beta release.

As always please post issues and questions in the appropriate HAFTA forum at http://www.astranetwork.com/forums

Chipmaker Transmeta today released sample and quantity versions of a new version of its low-power Crusoe processor that can be embedded in some pretty harsh environments.

The new Crusoe Special Embedded (SE) microprocessors were designed and tested for long-term use in places where a chip's temperature can reach as high as 100(degrees) C.

Robert Krten just released the ramdisk utility for beta. This means that it now has most of the functionality that it will have. Source and executable are available at www.parse.com