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Intel talks Linux, netbooks and rivalry with ARM

Insight newsmaker Intel's Imad Sousou discusses the evolution of the Moblin Linux distribution at recent Open Source in Mobile conference.

Saturday, October 03 2009 05:38 PM

Tags: Mobile processors, Development/design, Mobile platforms, Open Source, ARM, Google Inc., Intel Corp., Operating System, Experience, Moblin

Nokia enters PC market with Booklet 3G netbook

News Handset manufacturer announces netbook weighing 1.25kg and just over 2cm thick, that includes many of the same features as its high-end smartphones.

Tuesday, August 25 2009 09:04 AM

Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Battery, Intel Corp., 3G, Microsoft Windows, Mobility, handset company, PC, Netbook, Notebooks and tablets

Intel, Nokia to develop mobile Linux devices

News The companies will work together on development of Linux-based software projects, and Intel will acquire 3G-related intellectual property from Nokia.

Wednesday, June 24 2009 09:24 AM

Tags: ARM, Intel Corp., Mobile, Mobile Linux, 3G, WiMAX, Linux, Nokia Corp., Intel x86, Netbook

Intel to pitch in on developing Chrome

News Chipmaker will work with Google on the Chrome OS in the same way it contributes to other Linux distributions, which take in parts of Intel's Moblin code.

Thursday, September 17 2009 09:33 AM

Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Intel Corp., Linux Company, Chip Company, Graphics, Novell Inc., Linux, Netbook, Processors

Ubuntu's new Linux tries getting cloud-friendly

News Canonical's newest versions of Linux are due Thursday. Notable features: synchronization for PCs and a built-in replica of Amazon Web Services for servers.

Tuesday, October 27 2009 09:03 AM

Tags: Linux, Operating System, Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, EC2, software, Amazon.com Inc., Chrome OS, Ubuntu, Web Service, Amazon Web Services

Intel previews next-gen Atom, updates Moblin

News Chip architecture changes in "Pineview" promise to boost performance, while beta update to Moblin should let developers customize Linux-based netbook platform's look and feel.

Monday, May 25 2009 02:34 PM

Tags: Processors, Notebooks and tablets, Linux, Intel Corp., Open-source Software, Chip, Graphics, nettop, graphics chip, performance

MontaVista boasts one-second boot-up

News Embedded Linux vendor sets the next benchmark in the race to fast boot times, with its latest demonstration showing a system going from cold boot to "fully operational" in one second.

Wednesday, July 15 2009 06:21 PM

Tags: Linux, Open source, Linux Company, operating system, Environment, Dashboard, Embedded Linux, Linux, Open source, Web

Dell: Chrome is one of many Linux-based OSes

News The PC maker is looking at Chrome OS for the future, but is currently planning on releasing other Linux-based operating systems sooner.

Friday, July 17 2009 10:07 AM

Tags: Operating systems, Personal Computers, PC Company, Google Inc., Media Player, Ubuntu, Google Chrome, operating system, Environment, Linux

Flash to be optimized for Intel, Nvidia netbooks

News Adobe has announced collaborations with Broadcom and Nvidia that will see high-definition Flash video technology tweaked for portable Web-surfing devices.

Wednesday, June 03 2009 11:37 AM

Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Graphics, Mobile processors, Media players, Adobe Systems Inc., Intel Corp., NVidia Corp., Broadcom Corp., Mobile Internet Device, Video

Google move paves way for Firefox on Android

News Mozilla likes idea of bringing its browser to Google's mobile operating system--this could be possible with release of Native Development Kit.

Tuesday, June 30 2009 10:08 AM

Tags: Open source, Browser, Protocols and platforms, Mobile, Google Inc., Web Browser, operating system, Mozilla Corp., phone, Mozilla Firefox

Intel's software shift with Wind River

News The US$884 million deal gives Intel a serious software business. But will it light a fire under the Atom chip for embedded computing?

Friday, June 05 2009 09:19 AM

Tags: Business applications, Open source, Components, Consumer Technology, Processors, Intel Corp., Mobile, Atom, Chip, Wind River Systems Inc.

Via not serious contender to Intel, AMD

News Taiwanese player has strengths to compete in niche areas but lacks the investment and product performance to truly take on the big boys, says analyst.

Wednesday, June 10 2009 07:08 PM

Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Processors, Personal Computers, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Mobile, Cloud Computing, Server Market, Environment, Server

Intel acquires Linux mobile developers for Atom

News The chip giant has acquired open source mobile specialist Opened Hand, which will now focus on developing a Linux software stack for Atom processors.

Monday, September 01 2008 02:23 AM

Tags: Linux, Open source, Processors, Opened Hand, Intel Corp., Mobile, Developer, Environment, software, processor

Report: Fedora development worth US$10.8B

News According the authors of a Linux Foundation report, Fedora would have cost billions of dollars to develop had it been done through proprietary, commercial means.

Friday, October 24 2008 10:05 AM

Tags: Linux, Open source, Software engineering/development, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Cell Phone, Linux Kernel, phone, Amazon.com Inc., Linux Distribution