IDC: Netbooks Fuel European PC Market
Jan 19, 2009The US market researcher IDC has recorded an increase of 1.8% in European PC sales for the last quarter of 2008. A weak rise compared to 2007.
more »Intel Reports Huge Fourth-Quarter Losses
Jan 16, 2009U.S. chipmaker Intel reports a fourth-quarter 2009 revenue of $8.23 million that is 19% less than the previous quarter and 23% down from a year ago.
more »Free Firmware for Broadcom WiFi Chips
Jan 13, 2009Developers Francesco Gingoli and Lorenzo Nava have released firmware under GPL for a number of Broadcom 802.11 chips.
more »Sony DSC-G3 Camera Has Wi-Fi and Linux
Jan 12, 2009Outwardly Sony's DSC-G3 is a 10-megapixel camera with Wi-Fi, but inside lurks the Busybox Linux system.
more »HP Mini Mi Linux Netbook Released
Jan 10, 2009Hardware provider Hewlett-Packard has released a Linux version for its mini-laptop. HP wants to be clear from the outset that disabling the Linux command line interface in the product is not an act of heresy.
more »NVIDIA 180.22 Drivers Support OpenGL 3.0 and More
Jan 09, 2009The NVIDIA proprietary drivers for Linux are now out of beta phase and into a stable version. The new generation includes a number of new features.
more »Acer Puts DVD and Sources to Linpus Lite Online
Jan 07, 2009Acer has put the source RPM packages and a recovery DVD for its increasingly popular Aspire One Linux netbook online for free download. Sources for the kernel and further components are also available.
more »AMD Publishes R600 and R700 3D Code
Dec 30, 2008Close to year's end, U.S. chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has released the Linux code for its ATI R600 and R700 microprocessors.
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