Everex follows Asus Eee to announce 9in sub-notebook
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| Not content with mounting a serious challenge to Asus' elfin Eee PC, US
| manufacturer Everex this week said it will follow up its 7in CloudBook
| sub-notebook with larger models later in the year.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/17/everex_announces_9in_cloudbook/
Windows (Vista) is totally left out. Only a rusty version from 2001 is seen as
a contender, but it's antiquated, heavy, not flexible (e.g. for small screens)
and not secure. Linux only faces the challenge of Symbian in Devices.
Symbian is big in Japan again
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| This will provide Symbian with a great morale boost because it is effectively
| competing against Linux based phones with the software provided by Montavista
| (in which Docomo owns a stake).
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/17/symbian-big-japan-again
Yesterday:
Microsoft cans key conference
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| SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has decided that it does not love its popular Mobile
| and Embedded DevCon any more and has pulled the plug.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/16/microsoft-cans-key-conference
Related:
Four billion embedded systems shipped in '06
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3686249103.html
Linux loyalty runs high among embedded software developers, says VDC
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| Looking ahead, 87% percent of Linux users plan to use Linux in their next
| project. In both cases, use of free distributions outnumbered use of paid
| distributions by a sizable margin.
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http://software.tekrati.com/research/9436/
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