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Linux netbook uses Chinese chip
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| A new netbook for European schools runs Linux on a Chinese-designed
| processor. With a generous 10-inch, 1024×600 display, the 2.4-pound Emtec
| Gdium boots Mandriva Linux from removable USB flash keys, running it in 512MB
| of DDR2 RAM on a 900MHz Loongson-2F processor made by STMicroelectronics
| (ST).
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4526797348.html?kc=rss
Mozilla, ARM and Others Eyeing a New Class of Device
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| While most of the truly tooth-and-nail mobile open source competition we're
| going to see will come from smartphones based on the Symbian, LiMo and Google
| Android platforms, smartphones aren't necessarily the only space where we'll
| see competition. In fact, Nokia's n800-series UMPC tablet systems have been
| based on open source for a long time. They haven't been huge hits but they're
| popular with some users.
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http://ostatic.com/170933-blog/mozilla-arm-and-others-eyeing-a-new-class-of-device
Recent:
First AMD-based "netbook"?
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| Likely to be less touch-typeable than larger Linux netbooks such as the Asus
| EEE PC 1000, the Everun Note is said to include a 60GB hard drive, as well as
| a 1.3 megapixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, and an SD card reader.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2653030653.html?kc=rss
Will 'netbooks' crush laptop sales?
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| Advanced Micro Devices has no immediate plans to release a processor designed
| for low-cost laptops, sometimes called netbooks, saying its not yet clear
| whether or not growing shipments of these devices will cannibalize sales of
| mainstream laptops.
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| Some low-end netbook models use an existing AMD Geode processor, but the
| company hasn't announced a specific processor aimed at this product segment,
| apart from general plans to release chips based on a low-power architecture
| called Bobcat in 2010.
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http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/news.asp?id=49507
Intel & Microsoft Killed the $100 Laptop
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| The article points that the stand taken by Intel and Microsoft is similar to
| the stand by large drug companies who, instead of working for the illnesses
| that plague the poor, (such as malaria) choose to focus on low-volume,
| high-margin drugs for cancer, heart ailments and diabetes.
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http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Intel_Microsoft_Killed_the_100_Laptop/551-92095-581.html
Microsoft dropped Vista hardware spec to raise Intel profits
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/03/01/microsoft_intel_vista_capable_emails/
Microsoft 'Caves' To Intel
http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/28/microsoft-vista-intel-tech-ebiz-cx_wt_0228vista.html?partner=yahootix
Intel Backstabs Microsoft by Abandoning Vista
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| The news that Intel has decided it won't upgrade its PCs to Vista must be
| especially bitter for Microsoft because court documents show that Microsoft
| may have launched its ill-fated "junk PC" Vista scheme at the behest of
| Intel. Is this the kind of payback that Microsoft expected?
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147678/intel_backstabs_microsoft_by_abandoning_vista.html
Intel won't touch Vista
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| So that leaves two other choices, Linux and Mac. Linux is a distinct
| possibility, they already have an in-house distro that causes employees look
| nervously around the room when you talk about it. Although it is not a
| desktop variant, there is no reason that they could not roll one given two
| years.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/23/intel-dumps-vista
Otellini: 'MID revolution will be centred round Linux'
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| Intel CEO says Microsoft's insistence on pushing Vista will hand market to
| open source rival
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| Intel's CEO has said that he sees the revolution that is about to happen
| around mobile internet devices (MID) such as the Eee PC and other Atom-based
| sub-notebooks will be "centred round Linux", in an interview with Associated
| Press.
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http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/29939/Otellini-MID-revolution-will-be-centred-round-Linux
EU files new charges against Intel
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| European Union antitrust regulators made new accusations against chipmaker
| Intel on Thursday, saying it paid retailers to not sell PCs using chips made
| by rival Advanced Micro Devices.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9584_22-211270.html
Intel "paid vendors not to use AMD"
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| AMD filed suit in Delaware against Intel in June of 2005, accusing its
| competitor of abusing its monopolistic position. The complaint charges that
| customers were forced not to use AMD processors. At that time the Japanese
| anti-trust body was investigating Intel and the EU Commission also had its
| eye on Intel's behaviour.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/107495/from/rss09
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