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NEC pledge WiMAX support to Moblin-based PNDs and mobile devices

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jul 21st 2009 No Comments

car pnd NEC have announced that they will be supporting Moblin-based mobile devices and in-car PNDs with WiMAX functionality. The company already develops WiMAX mobile broadband modules and has recently unveiled a battery-powered WiMAX router; this new announcement will see Intel’s open-source Moblin OS get native support for the high-speed wireless technology.

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Peek ask for help on Mobile Linux Peek messenger

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 8th 2009 No Comments

If you’re a Linux developer who has found that the recession has left you at a loose end, Peek may have just the project for you. They’re throwing open the doors to open-source development on their email-centric Peek device, in the hope that someone will get Linux up and running on the ARM7-based handheld.

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Google Chrome OS announced: on netbooks by 2H10

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 8th 2009 No Comments

If you thought Google’s OS ambitions would end with Android, think again. The search giant has announced Google Chrome OS, an “open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks”, and which promises a start-up to internet-ready delay of just seconds.

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Buffalo, D-Link, LaCie & Seagate sign up to offer Marvell Plug Computers

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jun 24th 2009 No Comments

Marvell’s SheevaPlug wall-wart Linux PC has finally come of age, with the company announcing mainstream retail partners including Buffalo, D-Link, LaCie and Seagate, together with beginning distribution of the Plug Computer development kit in Europe. The original SheevaPlug has a Marvell Kirkwood processor with a 1.2GHz Sheeva processor, 512MB of RAM and 512MB of flash storage; resembling a wall-wart, it plugs directly into a power socket and offers a single USB 2.0 port and a gigabit ethernet port. Suggested uses included a home server, NAS or other form of network-connected device.

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Linux gets native multitouch support [Video]

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jun 17th 2009 No Comments

Windows 7’s native support for multitouch is well known, but if Microsoft thought that would be another knife into Linux then they should prepare for disappointment. A French development group at ENAC have developed native multitouch using Linux 2.6.30, supporting the usual swipe, flip, rotate and pinch-resize gestures.

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Video demo after the cut

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ARM Android netbooks more “snappy” than Windows 7 on Atom say analysts

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jun 15th 2009 No Comments

Two Gartner analysts have lent their weight to ARM processors and the Google Android platform as potential players in netbooks and smartbooks, tipping the pairing as possibly headed for prime time. While they recognized that Android still needs fettling for the larger displays and broader usage patterns of a netbook-style device, Christian Heidarson and Ben Lee, analysts at Gartner, nonetheless praised its “snappy” performance on ARM-based sub-notebooks.

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HP Mini 110 Mi and 110 XP now on sale

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jun 10th 2009 No Comments

HP’s latest netbook, the Mini 110 series, has gone up for sale at the company’s webstore in both Mi and XP editions. Replacing the HP Mini 1000 Broadband, XP and Mi models, the Mini 110 starts from $279.99 for the Linux-based netbook and $329.99 if you’d rather have Windows XP. The listings also confirm pricing for the accessories and upgrades, including how much the switch to Intel’s Atom N280 processor will cost you.

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Pegatron Netbook: Freescale CPU, 8hr battery, super-slim & 3G [Video]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jun 4th 2009 No Comments

Joining Wistron’s N900z on the Freescale Semiconducters Computex stand is this netbook from Pegatron. Running an Freescale IMX51 800MHz ARM-based CPU and Xandros Linux OS, the most interesting aspects of the ultraportable are its super-skinny profile and long, eight-hour battery life.

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Jolicloud “SocialOS” alpha gets video demo

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jun 1st 2009 No Comments

Watch out Moblin and Android – if Jolicloud have any say in things, your path to netbook OS domination won’t be so smooth. In the works since late 2008, Jolicloud is based on Ubuntu and has been fettled for faster boot times and improved internet surfing. It’s also been customized for cloud computing, with Jolicloud’s creators describing it as a Social OS; Sascha from NetbookNews grabbed a demo video at Computex today.

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Video demo after the cut

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Foxconn SZ901 netbook with Linpus Lite Moblin V2 [Video]

By Chris Davies on Friday, May 29th 2009 No Comments

On the eve of Computex 2009, some company’s just can’t keep their excitement to themselves. Foxconn have been spilling the details on their SZ901, and Sascha at netbooknews.de caught up with the 10.1-inch netbook at the Linpus headquarters. Under the hood there’s the usual Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard-drive and, slightly more interesting, a UMTS 3G WWAN module, but it’s the OS which is actually catching our attention.

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