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Linux 2.6.30 strong ARMs into mobile device support
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| If amount of development activity is any thing to go by the next Linux kernel
| release, version 2.6.30, will be a boon for mobile device makers with more
| than 50 updates for the ARM platform being included.
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| The Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) architecture is running billions of mobile
| phones and other portable devices and has attracted Google and Canonical for
| their Android and Ubuntu Mobile ports the chip, respectively.
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| [...]
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| According to Wikipedia, as of January 2008, over 10 billion ARM cores have
| been built, and iSuppli predicts that 5 billion a year will ship in 2011.
| That's big potential for Linux on mobile devices.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/304074/linux_2_6_30_strong_arms_into_mobile_device_support
Recent:
ARM-based MIDs run Android, report says
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| China-based Routon Electronic Co. is readying two ARM11-based mobile Internet
| devices (MIDs) that can run Linux or Android, according to an industry
| report. Routon's P760 MID and the touchscreen-only P730 MID (pictured) are
| both equipped with a Samsung S3C6410 processor clocked to 677MHz, says the
| story.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2738659174.html?kc=rss
Demand for Intel Atom processors slowing
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| Intel has started turning its supply priority of Atom processors to
| second-tier and China-based vendors hoping to clear inventory, added the
| sources.
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http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090424PD209.html
"Googlephone" Isn't a Model, It's a Class
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| Last fall, T-Mobile became the first wireless provider to offer a handset
| based on Google's Android platform: the T-Mobile G1. And the world rejoiced.
| Now, some six months after that debut, Samsung has jumped in the game with
| its own Android offering.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/googlephone-isnt-model-its-class
ARM wants the sub $200 netbook market
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| The combination of ARM with Linux - see Ubuntu's latest release - is almost
| an impossible one for Intel to beat, price wise, with the British Chippie
| flogging its SOCs for between $10-$20 whilst Chipzilla's Atom starts at $35
| apiece.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/916/1051916/arm-sub-usd200-netbook-market
Microsoft is The Big Loser Among the Big 3
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| Ultimately, all three companies are going to be fine for a long, long time,
| but for one quarter at least, it looks like Apple and Google get a chair and
| Microsoft is left standing alone and blue as the battle for dominance
| continues.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4279.html
Atom UMPC first casualty of OQO money woes?
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| UMPC maker OQO has canned its latest model, if rumours fed by Twitter tweets
| are to be believed. It has also been claimed that pre-orders have been
| cancelled.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/04/23/oqo_speculation/
Microsoft slashes rates for temp workers, blaming bad economy
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| Microsoft, citing the "realities of a deteriorating economy," will reduce by
| 10 percent the amount it pays employment agencies for many of its temporary
| workers -- and cut by 15 percent the target billing rate for future temporary
| work.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_slashes_rates_for_temp_workers_blaming_bad_economy_40321577.html
Microsoft reaffirms grim outlook for year
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| Shares of Microsoft sank 58 cents, or 3.4 percent, to $16.63 in midday
| trading amid a broader market sell-off.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008780059_apmicrosoftanalystmeeting.html?syndication=rss
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