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Netbooks eat into Microsoft's revenues

Citigroup Global Markets analyst Brent Thill thinks that the drop in first-quarter earnings and revenues at Microsoft is related to the success of netbooks, or low-end laptops. In a report explicitly... Read more...

Netbooks could prove an opportunity for Linux

Novell's chief technology and strategy officer for Linux thinks that the popularity of netbooks could prove an opportunity for the Linux operating system. This is because low-cost netbooks will... Read more...

New Atom chips due as early as next month

If everything goes according to plan, Intel will launch its first dual-core Atom processor next month. This revelation was made by an Intel employee to a CNET reporter, even as senior vice president... Read more...

Designing a dedicated web tablet

Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch has issued a call to create a "dirt cheap touch screen web tablet" which will be used primarily to surf the Internet. The basic idea is to give it relatively... Read more...

Canonical showcases UBuntu Netbook Remix distribution

Canonical, the commercial sponsor of well-known Linux distribution Ubuntu will be demonstrating a reworked version of Ubuntu specially catered to netbooks at Computex this week. Based on

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Intel shows off new Atom processors

Intel has announced the availability of two Atom processors at the Computex 2008 conference in Taiwan this week. The Atom N270 processor is targeted at low-cost notebooks while the Atom 230 is

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Asus preps new Eees, WiMAX laptop

It's often been said that Asus' Eee PC--that sub-$500, ultraportable wonder--created an all new category of mobile device and a quick glance at the competition that has sprouted up since pretty much... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Dell continues to hint at Eee PC clone; 3G iPhone rumors abound in Italy;

> Palm's Centro looks like it's headed to Verizon as well. Article> The OLPC project may abandon Linux.... Read more...

HP Mini-Note 2133 gets real

Silly HP, you should have known that you couldn't hide anything from us. Right on schedule and exactly as... Read more...

HP UMPC 2133 specs revealed

While we still don't have an official announcement from HP, and while the device is nowhere to be seen on the CTIA show floor, despite the fact that it's said to go on sale in a week, Read more...

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