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• Dell slams netbooks, says Windows 7 is our savior

  Michael Dell has given netbooks a big thumbs down, but he thinks Windows 7 can restore our faith in PCs.

• Acer debuts Liquid Android smartphone, new netbook

  Acer, the world's third largest PC vendor, on Wednesday announced two of its most highly anticipated products with Google's Android mobile operating system on board, the Liquid smartphone and an Aspire One netbook.

• Arm chips make their way into commercial laptops

  After comfortably residing for years in mobile devices like cell phones, chips based on the Arm design are finding their way into commercial laptops.

• Intel's new Moblin 2.1 OS available for download

  Intel has made available for download its latest Linux-based operating system, Moblin 2.1, just a few days after announcing the new software.

• Intel ports Linux netbook OS to desktops

  Intel has expanded the scope of Linux-based Moblin by porting the OS from netbooks to mobile devices and desktops, where it could compete with Microsoft's Windows OS.

• Otellini says PC industry on brink of recovery

  The PC industry is set to come out of the most damaging recession in decades as computer shipments begin to pick up, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said on Tuesday.

• New Linux Moblin netbooks to be announced at IDF

  A new Linux netbook based on Moblin will be introduced this week, and it may represent a new way that the Linux community is approaching the mass market.

• Windows 7 enabled netbooks for schools to include open source software

  The 267,000 Windows 7 based netbooks that the NSW Government has started rolling out to high schools will come pre-installed with open source software. The initial roll out that began today will see the 70,000 Year 9 students in NSW schools have a Windows 7 enabled Lenovo IdeaPad S10e by the end of this year.

• Telstra offers Acer laptops with built-in mobile broadband

  Telstra has added three Acer notebooks with built-in mobile broadband to [[xref:http://www.techworld.com.au/tag/nextg|its Next G device|TechWorld :: Next G]] range.

• Android an alternative to Windows in netbooks, says Gartner

  Google's Android mobile phone software worked well on mini-laptops at the Computex Taipei 2009 electronics show and, backed by the strong Google brand, may be headed for prime time, two Gartner analysts said Monday.

• Lenovo targets netbooks with ultrathin laptop

  In an attempt to upset the netbook applecart, Lenovo on Monday planned to introduced a small and affordable laptop that can deliver full PC functionality without compromising features.

• Intel aims to add speed to Atom with new platform

  Intel on Tuesday revealed further details surrounding its next-generation Atom netbook platform that should provide improved system performance and power savings to low-cost laptops.

• Intel goes after Windows 7 on netbooks with Linux

  In an effort to counter the growing dominance of Microsoft's Windows OS in netbooks, Intel on Tuesday announced a beta version of a Linux OS it has developed for low-cost laptops and mobile devices.

• Dell puts low-power netbook chip in new server

  Dell on Friday announced an "ultra-light" server that will be powered by low-power processors designed for use in low-cost laptops.

• NSW education drops $150M for 267,000 school notebooks

  The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) has selected Microsoft and Lenovo as the suppliers for a 267,000 unit netbook deployment for teachers and students costing $150 million.