Embedded in Cork

The Register reports from the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver on the threat to embedded devices from hacking. However the specific threat to a router requires direct hardware access. More worrying are the threats that are going to emerge as more and more embedded devices acquire IP addresses and are exposed to remote access. EmbeddedSphere #3 contains some more links on the topic.

Doug Gaff, an embedded enginer with Rind River speaks highly of his time at Virginia Techn University. Sadly the University, especially internationally, will be mainly known for the terrible killings that took place there this past week. Doug’s post helpfully points to the positive aspects of the University and town of Blacksburg, in particular it’s contribution to engineering.

Damien Mulley is looking for your old mobile phones. Although not strictly related to embedded software the request is curious enough to make me wonder what he is up to, especially as the phones need to be in working order and you won’t get them back.

Finally Clare Dillon from Microsoft Ireland highlights a free one day introduction to developing software for Windows Mobile. It’s been run by Microsoft in Dublin on May 14th.