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• Nokia, Intel release MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks

  The mobile software collaboration project between Intel and Nokia has yielded the first release of MeeGo for netbooks with version 1.0 now available for download.

• Intel, Nokia let MeeGo come outside to play

  Developers got their first look at MeeGo last week, with the release of key components of the as-yet unfinished operating system.

• Novell, MSI team on first SUSE Moblin-based netbook

  MSI and Novell will ship in February the first netbook based on the SUSE Moblin open-source Linux operating system. The pair is showing the device at this week's CES event in Las Vegas.

• 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.

• 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.

• Microsoft aims Windows Embedded at smartbooks

  Microsoft plans to use Windows Embedded to combat rival operating systems in smartbooks and a number of other devices meant to always be connected to the Internet that Microsoft calls CIDs, or consumer Internet devices.

• Nokia and Intel to team on mobile architectures

  Intel and handset maker Nokia are teaming to develop new mobile computing device and chipset architectures, the companies said Tuesday.

• Android Market to work on Intel's Moblin

  Handheld devices running Moblin 2.0 will be able to access Google's Android Market, potentially making the Intel operating system as appealing as Android for mobile carriers paid to host application downloads on their networks.

• Acer will use Moblin Linux across its products

  The world's third-largest PC vendor plans to roll out the Moblin Linux operating system, championed by Intel, in its products, a top executive said Wednesday.

• Linpus sets date with Moblin 2.0 for netbooks

  Taiwanese Linux distributor Linpus Technologies plans to make a version of Moblin 2.0 available for download next week, a move timed to coincide with the annual Computex hardware exhibition in Taipei.

• HP snubs Moblin, rolls out Mi Linux-Atom netbook

  In a pre-emptive strike against the expected onslaught of ARM-based netbooks running Google Inc.'s Android operating system, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday announced a new Intel Atom netbook that will run HP's custom version of Linux and cost just US$279 upon its debut.

• 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.

• Novell throws support behind Moblin Linux for Intel Atom netbooks, devices

  Eschewing its own SUSE Linux, Novell Inc. said today that it will back Intel Corp.'s Moblin Linux in the fast-growing market for netbooks and smartphones.

• Grand ambitions for Linux

  Like a fervent preacher appearing before his flock, Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin emphasized benefits and potential for the Linux platform Thursday during an industry conference that also featured an update on mobile Linux efforts.