Wind River Systems has acquired the intellectual property including patents, copyrights, trademarks and associated product rights for RTLinux, the software industry's only commercially-available, patented, hard real-time Linux technology developed by Finite State Machine Labs, Inc.

Energy chain, power and cable and polymer bearing specialist, Treotham Trading has changed its name to Treotham Automation to reflect its growing influence in this sector.

OEM Technology Solutions Pty Ltd has opened a Brisbane office, establishing a permanent presence in The Sunshine State.

Technology that first appeared in digital watches and calculators back in the 1970s is being used to develop durable and community friendly low-energy street lighting.

Triple Point Calibrations has been appointed the Australian distributor for Ohm Labs Incorporated.

Phihong USA has proposed allowing midspans used in power-over-ethernet applications to put the power onto the data pair as required for Gigabit systems.

In its fifth year, the Technology Futures Conference (TFC) will debate the proposed solutions to the global challenges that must be overcome to achieve an environmentally secure future.

Arrow Asia Pac has announced an agreement to acquire the component distribution business of Adilam Pty Ltd from 1 June 2007. Adilam is an electronic component distributor in Australia and New Zealand.

AEEMA has welcomed Federal Labor’s proposed $500 million ‘Green Car Innovation Fund’, which would enable the automotive industry to play a key role in addressing climate change.

National Instruments is hosting the fourth annual Automated Test Summit online, which will feature technical sessions focused on identifying trends and overcoming new challenges in automated test.

Co-founder of Aucom Electronics Ltd, Mark Empson, has launched Advanced Motor Control Ltd with North Island-based director Howard Evans, formerly of Danfoss and AuCom.

Emona Instruments has received a Highly Commended placing in the "Learning" category at the fifth Secrets of Australian ICT Innovation Competition Awards Ceremony in March.

Intel Corporation has announced two energy-efficient 50 W server processors that represent a 35 to nearly 60% decrease in power from Intel's existing 80 and 120 W quad-core server products.

Emerson Process Management has announced a name change for the company's TankRadar gauging systems from Saab Rosemount to Rosemount.

Soanar announced last week that it has been appointed distributor and technical representative for German-based ZMD AG in Australia and New Zealand.