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Jolicloud To Get More Social

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As much as I am a fan of Jolicloud, one of the things that annoy me is that the term social is thrown around a lot from the Jolicloud crew, yet there are minimal social features integrated into Jolicloud. There is a rating ability…

Hands-On with Windows 7 CE Embedded (Video)

Windows Compact Embedded 7 is now out and shown off below. ARM devices can easily use Windows CE but with out a custom user interface this embedded system is too limited to be usable for the average consumer. Below is a video of Windows CE…

MeeGo for Tablets get shown off in a Pre-alpha video

MeeGo is set to launch a pre-alpha version of its Linux-based software for smartphones next week, but what is exciting is that the tablet version is more likely to be seen on devices before the smartphone UI. The Netbook Kernel has…

Ding Dong XP is Dead on October 22nd for Netbooks

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard that XP is dead, but it looks like Mircrosoft has is reminding OEMs that they are not supposed to be installing Windows XP on Netbooks after October 22nd, 2010. If you are wondering how this will effect…

Best of Computex Awards – Netbook Nation #18

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Netbook News has out their Best of Awards for Computex 2010. Find out who we think wins our awards for Best Netbook, Best Software, Best Tablet and Best Future Technology of the show. Netbook News even gives you a look at our favorite bizarre gadget…

HP Slate Changing Chipset & OS? If Windows is Out, Who is in?

Another day another rumor, Arrington over at techcrunch is restating a rumor heard over at Crunchgear a few months ago about HP changing the O/S of their Windows 7 tablet the HP Slate. We first saw the HP Slate at CES in the hands of Microsoft…

KDE Plasma Netbook Workspace Running on MeeGo

this is an early build of the KDE Plasma Netbook Workspace running on top of MeeGo on an Eee PC 1005HA. KDE offers a user interface that has been custom tailored to the usage patterns of Netbooks. Their interface comes pre-configured with a selection of…

Alternative Netbook O/S – Easypeasy 1.6 released

EasyPeasy is based on the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution and was originally called “Ubuntu-eee” until Canonical intervened. The latest version is built on Lucid Lynx code and EasyPeasy ships with a number of optimizations that help it run on Asus Eee PC netbooks and…

Cedar-Trail M Atom 2011 supports Chrome OS

Next generation Netbook platform we’ll be seeing in 2011, the Cedar-Trail M Atom, will naturally support Windows 7 but also support Google Chrome OS. Intel has come out with MeeGo, in case you missed it, its a collaboration of Intel’s Moblin & Nokia’s Maemo…

Acer Aspire One D260 Hands on Video: No Dual Boot Mentioned

The big news around the Acer Aspire One D260 was supposed to be that it comes with a dual boot O/S featuring Google’s Android OS with a Windows 7 operating system. It does not get turned on in the video and there is no mention…

Spilt Beans at IDF? MeeGo Announced with Netbook UI Details

Intel’s Developer Forum kicked off in Beijing today and among the news we expected to hear was MeeGo. Incase you missed it MeeGo is Intel & Nokia’s Love Child, its Intel’s Moblin with its Linux kernel teamed up with Nokia MeaMo which will bring QT…

Jolicloud gets a Face Lift with a Desktop Mode

Jolicloud has now a desktop mode available with their latest update. We are starting to see it look a bit more like a traditional Operating System interface. This new look is going to be great hooked up to external monitor or on netbooks sporting a…

Chromium Ion Flow with Better Battery Life!

While Google’s Chrome OS is going to hit the streets until the end of the ties year a Chrome Fanboy, Hexxeh, has taken the the open source Chromium OS. Hexxeh, has been providing popular builds of Chromium OS and his latest release, Flow, adds…

Samsung doing a 10-inch Chrome OS netbook later this year

Chrome is coming to netbooks and Samsung’s Phil Newton apparently just confirmed that the company will be debuting a Chrome OS netbook later this year, according to a report by Australia’s Channel News. The laptop will be similar to the N210 which is in…

Jolly good for Jolicloud

A recent tweet from OS maker, Jolicloud, declared on Friday that it was “finalizing Via C7M (1st gen netbooks) and [Intel] Atom Pinetrail (Latest netbooks) support,” and was therefore “moving from 98 to 99.9% compatibility!” It’s true that by moving to support the VIA…
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