28Jul Thundersoft makes Google Android act like a desktop operating system
When computer makers started talking about using the Google Android operating system on netbooks earlier this year, I kind of laughed and moved on. After all, the OS was developed for cellphones with tiny touchscreens, not mini-laptops with higher resolution screens, keyboards, and touchpads. But software company ThunderSoft is making me think twice about Google [...]
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Thundersoft makes Google Android act like a desktop operating system
28Jul Linux netbook distributor having trouble keeping up with demand
System76 sells laptop and desktop computers preloaded with Ubuntu Linux. The company’s Starling Netbook was one of the first Intel Atom powered mini-laptops to ship with Ubuntu 9.04. And apparently demand for the netbook has been so high that the company is having trouble keeping the netbook in stock.
The company’s president tells Works With U [...]
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Linux netbook distributor having trouble keeping up with demand
28Jul Linux netbook distributor having trouble keeping up with demand
System76 sells laptop and desktop computers preloaded with Ubuntu Linux. The company’s Starling Netbook was one of the first Intel Atom powered mini-laptops to ship with Ubuntu 9.04. And apparently demand for the netbook has been so high that the company is having trouble keeping the netbook in stock.
The company’s president tells Works With U [...]
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Linux netbook distributor having trouble keeping up with demand
28Jul ARM mobile computing director test drives Pegatron prototype
Bob Morris is Director of Mobile Computing for chip-maker ARM. And this week he’s begun testing a Pegatron netbook prototype using an ARM Cortex-A8 based processor that clocks in at 800MHz. Pegatron has been showing off a version of this device since January, but it looks like it’s getting close to being production-ready.
Morris says the [...]
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ARM mobile computing director test drives Pegatron prototype
28Jul Deals of the Day
Netbooks
Refurbished Dell Vostro A90 w/8.9″ screen, Atom N270 CPU for $197 – Dell (via Dealnews)
Get a Dell Inspiron Mini 10v for $99 with purchase of select desktop or notebook PC (today only) – Dell (via Little Laptop Deals)
Samsung N120 Intel Atom 1.6ghz 10.1″ for $379.99 – Mwave
Samsung N110 Intel Atom 1.6ghz 10.1″ for $379.99 [...]
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28Jul Deals of the Day
Netbooks
Refurbished Dell Vostro A90 w/8.9″ screen, Atom N270 CPU for $197 – Dell (via Dealnews)
Get a Dell Inspiron Mini 10v for $99 with purchase of select desktop or notebook PC (today only) – Dell (via Little Laptop Deals)
Samsung N120 Intel Atom 1.6ghz 10.1″ for $379.99 – Mwave
Samsung N110 Intel Atom 1.6ghz 10.1″ for $379.99 [...]
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28Jul Acer launches Aspire One D250 with HD screen
A few months ago Macles reported that Acer would be launching a version of the Aspire One 571 netbook with a high resolution 1280 x 720 pixel display. While I haven’t rally heard anything about that since, it looks like the Aspire One D250 is getting the HD screen treatment… at least in Norway.
Norwegian [...]
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28Jul HP Mini 5101 now available with Linux, HD screen, other options
HP has started offering configuration options for the Mini 5101 business-class netbook. The pre-configured version of this netbook starts at $399, while the base price for customizable models are $539 if you want Windows XP and $498 if you choose the model with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. Bear in mind, the only way to get [...]
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HP Mini 5101 now available with Linux, HD screen, other options
28Jul Forget adding power to your netbook, use a netbook battery to power everythng
People spend a lot of time figuring out how to make their gadgets last longer. And in the realm of netbooks, that’s usually meant shopping around for third party extended capacity netbook batteries or building your own. But one hacker is taking a different approach, and using a standard netbook battery as a charger for [...]
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Forget adding power to your netbook, use a netbook battery to power everythng
28Jul Report: Acer, Asus hold off on new netbooks until 2010
Like pretty much every other computer maker (with the exception of Apple), Acer and Asus have released a few netbook models in the first half of 2009. But according to a report in DigiTimes, that’s going to be it for this year. Don’t expect these companies to launch new models before the holidays, because DigiTimes [...]
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