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ASUS`s Eee Box Brings Atom to the Desktop
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| For the Linux crowd, Asus has incorporated their ExpressGate technology into
| the Eee box. ExpressGate is an embedded Linux OS that boots from the
| motherboard and brings up a fully functioning OS with embedded applications
| (such as FireFox and Skype) in a matter of seconds.
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http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Reviews/ASUSs-Eee-Box-Brings-Atom-to-the-Desktop/
Freescale, Intel count on netbook to lift sales
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| Chipmakers are staking out their turf in the burgeoning "netbook" computer
| market as consumers scramble for companion devices for laptops and smart
| phones.
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| The tech companies have invested millions of dollars to roll out new
| processors for netbooks, which are half the size of a notebook computer but
| bigger than an iPhone or BlackBerry.
|
| [...]
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| Netbooks using Freescale's model will only be able to run on Linux. ARM-based
| processors also require special software add-ons for some social-networking
| applications such as Facebook, said Bill Kircos, an Intel spokesman in
| Arizona.
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http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2009/01/07/20090107biz-netbooks0108.html
Related:
Asus ships 700,000 Eees in a month
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| Admittedly, Asus still has some way to go if it wants to beat its own goal of
| shipping 24 million motherboards this year. So far, the firm has ‘only’
| managed to ship 17.22 million units in Q3.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/06/asus-manages-ship-700-eees
More evidence of Microsoft "tying up" the Asus EeePC
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| Then, one of the makers of Netbooks will release a fantastic product using
| the paid Ubuntu/Netbook Remix, which will make us all forget about the EeePC
| — or, maybe we’ll remember it as one of the makers which used GNU/Linux in
| order to launch a product, and then gave in to Microsoft’s pressure.
|
| The real question is: will the next maker manage to resist Microsoft’s
| pressure? Or will everybody end up closely tied up with Microsoft?
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/more_evidence_microsoft_tying_up_the_asus_eeepc
Microsoft worried over Linux ULPCs
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| An un-named Microsoft official quoted in the original article claims that
| manufacturers currently offering Linux on their low-cost devices “have made
| some good inroads with open-source, and Microsoft wants to put a stop to it.”
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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05/12/microsoft-worried-over-linux-ulpcs/1
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
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
Acer bets big on Linux
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| Acer has stated that it will be pushing Linux aggressively on its laptops and
| netbooks.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2218172/acer-pushes-linux-hard
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