Dell just announced the first shipping Moblin netbook, a developer-edition Mini 10v that runs Canonical’s Moblin Netbook Remix. No pricing info yet, but it’ll go on sale tomorrow, September 24, on Dell.com. We’re told they have units on the show floor for us to play with, we’ll be back with way more details soon.
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Techaisle‘s study on ownership and use of Netbooks among businesses shows that current and potential Netbook buyers are more technologically sophisticated than non-Netbook owners and support mobility products within their businesses. These small businesses not only support and use mobile applications such as direct push email they have a defined policy for the use and support [...]
According to Digitimes, the next generation Pine Trail platform, including the newer Atom N450 processor, will be delayed from a launch Q4 2009 to anywhere in the first half of next year, 2010.
The reason being is to allow the existing netbook market to settle. Current netbooks are selling hot. It’s estimated that sales will [...]
Google announced that they are getting into the Operating System business with Google Chrome Operating System. The new OS is described as their attempt to “re-think” what operating systems should be.
Google Chrome OS will be an open source, lightweight operating system that is initially targeted at netbooks.
Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work. Continue reading Google Announces Google Chrome Operating System – Mac Rumors
Dell is reportedly developing a new pocket-sized device for “tapping into the Internet”. The device will run Google’s Android software (not Microsoft’s Windows) and will be powered by an ARM CPU (not Intel’s Atom, or VIA’s Nano). While the device will be similar to an iPod touch, though slightly larger, it too will be without cellphone [...]
DELL believes every child should have the opportunity and tools to learn the skills necessary to succeed in the digital world.
The company recently set a new standard in education technology with the launch of a netbook influenced by the needs of students, the Latitude 2100. The Latitude 2100 is also [...]
Meklort and I worked on the project again last night and things are shaping up quite well. The NetbookBootMaker is now reverting back to the DellEFI method of caching kext for the installation. We ran into too many issues with the new method… like Kernel Panic and missing Quartz Extreme.
What is left to do before releasing [...]
