Dell Inspiron Mini 10 now available with Ubuntu
Dell has announced that they are now offering their Inspiron Mini 10 netbook with Linux option.
The company said that they are also working on offering more options like more RAM and an ATSC TV tuner.
Dell Inspiron Mini 10 was already available with Windows XP operating system. [...]
Now Dell is said to be making an Android notebook
Dell has been a smaller player in the netbook market as they have launched a couple of models in the recent times.
But the company is now said to be working on a Google Android based netbook model that could soon go on sale.
Dell has [...]
Ubuntu Linux 9.04 Netbook Remix designed for netbooks
Canonical is targeting netbook market with the launch of the special edition Ubuntu Linux 9.04 Netbook Remix.
This edition of Ubuntu is designed specifically for use on netbooks.
Netbooks are the cheap laptops which are designed to be used as a second machine at home.
These low power machines [...]
Hewlett-Packard working on Android powered netbook!
US based personal computer maker Hewlett-Packard has confirmed reports that they are indeed working on some prototype netbooks featuring the Google Android mobile platform.
Android was developed primarily for the smartphone market but it has been tested on some netbook devices.
Google has also hinted that the platform might feature [...]
Hewlett-Packard likely to support three Windows 7 editions on netbooks
US based personal computer maker Hewlett Packard has said that they are likely to offer three different variants of Windows 7 on their future netbook models.
Microsoft is expected to launch Windows 7 either later this year or early next year.
They have learned from the mistakes made [...]
Net Applications: Apple now has a 10% market share
Market research company Net Applications has stated in a report that Apple now has a 10% market share in the OS market.
The report said that Apple’s share grew to 9.93 per cent in January. The share of Windows OS was around 88.26 per cent.
Apple [...]
Moblin 2 Alpha released for Netbooks
US based microprocessor giant Intel has announced the launch of first Moblin 2 alpha release.
This edition is aimed to be used on the low cost portable computers popularly known as netbooks.
Intel has an interest in this market as they sell Intel Atom processor which are designed specifically for [...]
Windows XP comes with tons of restrictions from Microsoft for netbooks
ITExaminer.com has posted information on the limitations Microsoft put on netbook manufacturers when it comes to Windows XP.
The limitations:
SSD cannot be bigger than 16GB. Hard Disk cannot be larger than 160GB.
Graphic engine cannot support anything better than DirectX 9.
System RAM cannot be more than 1GB.
The [...]
Moblin Enabling Center opens in Taipei
Moblin mobile operating system has received a tremendous boost with the opening of the Moblin Enabling Center in Taipei on Tuesday.
This center would concentrate on developing mobile computing devices powered with this Linux based mobile platform.
Taiwan based hardware companies would use this center as the testing ground for their mobile [...]
Windows XP continues to live on life support from Microsoft
Customers are still preferring to buy new computers with Windows XP.
Microsoft has been trying to phase out this vintage operating system to get the market to adopt Windows Vista.
However, they have failed to do so even after two years of Vista availability.
The US based software [...]
