Windows CE, for example, targets the market currently dominated by Santa Clara, Calif.-based Palm Inc. Microsoft's range of embedded offerings pits it against a number of competitors. The software maker has also developed an embedded operating system based on the Windows NT 4.0 kernel. That embedded operating system will run on Microsoft's Stinger smart phone and the AutoPC - a computer terminal installed in a car dashboard - Microsoft has said. Microsoft this month also released a Beta 2 version of the next generation of Windows CE, code-named Talisker. Products running Windows XP Embedded are expected to hit the market as early as January, the company said.
Microsoft said Tuesday that it would release the final version of the embedded software soon after Windows XP officially debuts Oct. The operating system also supports the Kerberos security standard as well as Universal Serial Bus and Universal Plug and Play. Windows XP Embedded will feature support for a range of networking technologies such as the 802.11 wireless LAN standard and variations of that wireless protocol. Some of those include such features as Microsoft's instant messaging technology, Windows file protection and Microsoft's encrypted file system. Windows XP Embedded includes more than 10,000 components, the company said. An embedded operating system is built as a set of components, allowing developers to pick and choose the pieces of the operating system they need for certain devices.
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