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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...
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...
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...
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,
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
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
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...
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...