When Intel introduced the Atom processor last year, the chip's primary function was for implementation into what the company called MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices). Instead, the chip became one of the ...

Canonical on Thursday updated its Linux distribution for netbooks, simplifying the interface and adding new programs that the company says will make it easier for users to access and use Web content.

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. The company introduced a beta ...

There isn’t a lack of Android MIDs and smartphones these days, and soon there will be an Android netbook on the market. Acer will release its dual-boot Android ...

Microsoft is clearly positioning Windows 7 as Linux-killer for netbooks. Can it succeed? I’ve spent considerable time with both Windows 7 and Linux, and here are my conclusions about which operating ...

Google has taken the wraps off its Chrome OS for the first time. At an event held at its Mountain View HQ on Thursday, Google vice president of product management Sundar Pichai gave the assembled ...