Netbooks
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Power boosts beyond battery advances
News In the face of slow progress in battery technology, PC makers are increasingly working on device components to extend battery life for laptop users.
Tags: Components, Battery, Hewlett-Packard Co., Notebook, phone, performance, energy efficiency, Dell Computer Corp., Components, Sony Corp.
Netbooks changing the PC game
News Boosted by telco bundles, netbooks are "the only PC segment enjoying growth this year" and forcing big change to the industry, says Canalys.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Notebooks and tablets, PC Company, Asia-Pacific, Sales, leader, analyst, telecommunications company, computer game, PC
Smartbook won't replace smartphones, maybe netbooks
News While consumers are unlikely to give up their phones for smartbooks, they may do so for netbooks, says industry analyst.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Network infrastructure, Development/design, Qualcomm Inc., Computer, Phone, laptop computer, Smart Phone, mobile, Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
Developers get beta SDK for Atom
News Test software-building kit for the Atom Developer Program is part of chipmaker's push to build a network of app stores.
Tags: Processors, Notebooks and tablets, Software engineering/development, Intel Corp., netbook environment, Software Developer Kit, software, Developer, SDK, Beta
Microsoft reposts Windows 7 download tool
News Software giant restores a tool that allows Windows 7 to be more easily installed on older Netbooks. This time, though, it is under an open source license.
Tags: Windows 7, Notebooks and tablets, Open Source, Microsoft Corp., software, Windows 7, GPL, Tool, USB, Microsoft Windows 7
Ubuntu to run on ARM-based Netbooks
News Canonical and the chip designer are to collaborate on a version of Ubuntu tailored to ARM's architecture, with a focus on low-cost subnotebooks.
Tags: Linux, Notebooks and tablets, Processors, Open source, ARM, Ubuntu, operating system, processor, Ubuntu Linux, desktop
XP is dead; long live XP
News news analysis Windows XP was supposed to be discontinued on Monday, but a series of concessions by Microsoft have ensured that is no longer the case.
Tags: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, ASUS, performance
Michael Dell talks Netbooks, services, green IT
News The smallish devices known as Netbooks may be all the rage, but the CEO still needs some convincing.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Services, Green IT, Hewlett-Packard Co., Green IT, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, phone, CIO, Google Android
Intel Atom sales boost global chip market
News Research from IDC has found that Intel's Atom chip, found in Netbooks, accounted for about half the growth in microprocessor sales in Q3.
Tags: Mobile processors, Processors, VIA Technologies Inc., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., International Data Corp., Chip, Sales, Server, Intel Atom
Google has its own plan for netbooks
News No, the search giant isn't saying it will build a netbook. But it sure knows what it would like one running Chrome OS to resemble, and that's a little different from the netbook of today.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux desktop OS, Personal Computers, Google Inc., Operating System, Wi-Fi Hotspot, software, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Hardware
Acer: We'll have first Chrome OS netbook
News Company's chairman says in an interview that Acer has been working since earlier this year on being first to offer Chrome OS on netbooks.
Tags: Operating systems, Cloud computing, Notebooks and tablets, Open Source, ARM, Google Inc., Dell Mini, Operating System, Acer Inc., Cloud computing
Dell brings Chrome OS to its netbook
News With an experimental project, Dell has adapted Google's browser-based operating system to its Mini 10v netbook.
Tags: Operating systems, Cloud computing, Personal Computers, Google Inc., Dell Mini, Computer, Operating System, software, Web Browser, Google Chrome
Microsoft pulls Windows 7 download tool
News Software giant takes down tool aimed at making it easier to put Windows 7 on Netbooks after blogger raises question about whether the software improperly uses open source code.
Tags: Open source, Open Source, Microsoft Corp., software, GPL, Tool, USB, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux
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.
Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Intel Corp., Linux Company, Chip Company, Graphics, Novell Inc., Linux, Netbook, Processors
Schmidt: Enterprise is Google's next opportunity
News Next big source of revenue for Google is selling services to big business, CEO Eric Schmidt says. Also, consumer and enterprise customers aren't that far apart.
Tags: Services, Business applications, Google Inc., Chrome OS, advertisement, CEO, Information Technology, Business applications, Web Browser, Gartner Inc.
