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Talkback The sharp peak in Linux loaded netbooks gives the lie to this assertion. Netbooks though, are not the same deal. The main problem with desktop Linux adoption is that people already have desktops and they don't currently run Linux.
[February 13, 2009, 12:47]
IDC: Netbooks could find a business home
News In the whole of 2008, almost seven million netbooks shipped in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), IDC said, as the arrival of the first affordale models generated strong interest from buyers. The release of several new netbooks from October...
[February 19, 2009, 14:15]
Netbooks prop up European PC sales
News The continued surge in popularity of 'netbooks', or mini-laptops, helped the PC market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa see strong growth in the third quarter of this year. Laptops and netbooks helped the overall EMEA PC market grow 27 percent...
[October 21, 2008, 10:32]
Intel talks Linux, netbooks and rivalry with ARM
News Imad Sousou is the director of Intel's Open Source Technology Centre, which is behind the Moblin project — aimed at providing optimised Linux technology for netbooks and mobile internet devices. With Moblin v2.0, there haven't been any devices...
[September 17, 2009, 14:29]
Netbooks turn into Androids
Blog Analyst firm Ovum has predicted that Android, the Google-led open source mobile OS, will appear on Netbooks before too long. It's hardly the most incisive of predictions (and it's been made before) -- most netbooks already run Linux, and Android is...
[March 20, 2009, 12:09]
Freescale and ARM promise £140 netbooks
News According to Freescale, this combination makes it possible for manufacturers to build netbooks with retail prices under $200 (£137) and battery lives of eight hours. Monday's announcement brought to fruition a prediction made by ARM executives in...
[January 5, 2009, 16:16]
Flash to be optimised for Intel, Nvidia netbooks
News Adobe is to optimise its Flash web-video technology for playback on netbooks and other devices using Intel's Atom and Nvidia's graphics processors, the company announced on Tuesday. These chipsets are found in several netbooks, including Acer's...
[June 2, 2009, 16:56]
Asus to phase out 7-inch Eee PC netbooks
News Asus is to phase out its seven-inch-screen Eee PC netbooks in mature markets, company chairman Jonney Shih said on Tuesday. During a press conference at the CeBIT technology show, Shih told ZDNet UK that the manufacturer would concentrate on its 10...
[March 3, 2009, 13:00]
Voda avoiding Linux netbooks due to user confusion
Blog Vodafone has dismissed the preinstallation of Linux onto its netbooks, citing consumers' perception that netbooks are equivalent to laptops in their functionality. David Pollington, the operator's head of consumer and internet technical research...
[September 16, 2009, 9:23]
HP considering Android for netbooks, says report
News HP is considering using Google's Android operating system on its low-cost netbooks, an executive at the company told The Wall Street Journal. But now experts are predicting that the open-source operating system could be used on other devices, such...
[April 1, 2009, 9:00]
Those pesky netbooks...
Talkback Yep - definitely netbooks to blame and nothing to do with the complete failure of Vista, the rise of open source, a resurgent Apple, still not having coherent web strategy, Google's complete dominance of web advertising, or side-lining Ray Ozzie.
[January 22, 2009, 15:18]
What Do We Expect from Netbooks?
Blog Comment How do netbooks - by which I mean the cheapest ones with flash memory - stand up as web servers? I have a website - it has maybe a couple of thousand page requests a day, and very little graphics. It's currently hosted on a shared server.
[April 21, 2009, 11:29]
Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic Koala) on Netbooks - Part 1 (Overview)
Blog One of the first things I always do (and not only on netbooks, but it is particularly important here), is right-click on each of the panels, choose Properties, and enable the Autohide attribute. Another useful area to adjust on netbooks is Power...
[November 4, 2009, 12:07]
Voda avoiding Linux netbooks due to user confusion
Blog Comment Netbooks need to be supplied preconfigured with the flash plugin, a full set of cups printer drivers, and wireless driver, and a PDF or video clip explaining how to select the appropriate printer driver and how to configure wireless.
[September 18, 2009, 9:44]
HP ditches Linux option for UK netbooks
News HP has dropped Linux as an operating-system option for its latest netbooks in the UK market. The 2133 belongs to the previous generation of netbooks and has been superseded by the Mini 1000, which uses Intel's Atom processor rather than the less...
[February 5, 2009, 12:10]
Sony: Netbooks are 'in-between' products
Video While netbooks look like being a major seller this Christmas, Sony is one company that has stayed away from the format, preferring to offer its Vaio laptops, which are seen by many as expensive. While others might panic over sales, the head of the...
[December 19, 2008, 15:18]
Dell: Netbooks won't change shape of PC market
News Netbooks are unlikely to change the shape of the PC market, according to Michael Dell. We have introduced a product there, but I don't think [netbooks] will be the massive growth factor in the industry.
[September 25, 2008, 13:06]
Intel adds two new Atoms for netbooks
News Intel on Wednesday introduced two new Atom processors for mobile internet devices, or MIDs, such as netbooks, and demonstrated an upcoming Atom-based netbook platform that it said significantly cuts power usage.
[April 8, 2009, 16:56]
Voda avoiding Linux netbooks due to user confusion
Blog Comment If consumers are buying netbooks (or anything else) with Linux loaded, under the impression that it is going to be identical to their Windows-based PC or Notebook, then they are likely to end up either disappointed or enlightened.
[September 17, 2009, 9:13]
Android-powered netbooks predicted for 2009
News Android-powered netbooks will emerge in 2009, analysts are predicting. The laptop market is becoming increasingly complex, according to Laurent Lachal, open-source research director at Ovum, with a growing variety of low-cost netbooks and laptops...
[March 19, 2009, 8:06]
