June 1 Qualcomm presented its new superflat Eee PC with Snapdragon chipset and Xandros or Android to the public. But the enthusiasm waned shortly thereafter.

When the Computex show opens in Taipei on June 2, among the announcements will be a series of Linux notebooks with ARM processors.

KDE hackers are working on a netbook user interface for KDE 4. First results are evident.

In December 2008, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) filed a lawsuit against network giant Cisco, claiming that its subsidiary Linksys had multiple violations of the GPL. The two parties have now reached an agreement.

Dell takes the new 10" 2100 netbook out of its Latitude business series to target students, but it also serves as a mobile business device. Ubuntu 8.10 runs on it.

The first beta of the Moblin distro for netbooks and mobile Internet devices shows what's possible in an innovative interface.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) is becoming true to its name by providing universal access to monitors, this time for Linux.

Chip giant Intel was handed a record fine of 1.06 billion Euro ($1.45 billion) for allegedly abusing its leading position in the CPU market.