First External USB 3.0 Hard Drive from Freecom
Sep 28, 2009German company Freecom has announced, by its own reckoning, the first external USB 3.0 hard drive.
more »Via’s Netnotes to Operate with Linux
Sep 18, 2009The chip manufacturer Via Technologies has introduced a new notebook class intended to run via Linux OS. The Via chips-equipped Netnotes will initially only be available in China.
more »LG Tries Android Smartphone in European Market
Sep 16, 2009The previously Windows-dedicated Korean company has ventured this fall into its first Android smartphone for the European market.
more »ARM Joins the Linux Foundation
Sep 16, 2009The Linux Foundation has reinforcements from the hardware camp. CPU manufacturer ARM joined the Foundation on Monday.
more »Open PC: KDE Nettop with Amarok and Firefox
Sep 15, 2009The Open PC Project wants to construct a fair priced PC for Linux users. The results of a first survey have now been published.
more »Linux Kernel 2.6.31 Brings USB 3.0
Sep 10, 2009Seventy percent drivers, about six percent firmware and sound and many filesytem updates. That's how Linus Torvalds describes the the biggest changes to the new Kernel 2.6.31.
more »Linutop 3: Fanless Mini-PC with Linux
Sep 09, 2009The French company Linutop has released its like-named mini-PC in version 3. The energy-saving Linux machine is perfect for office workplaces, Internet kiosks and advertising displays, for example.
more »Easypeasy 1.5 with UXA Support
Sep 08, 2009Based on Ubuntu 9.04, Easypeasy comes with additional support packages for netbooks and for the first time, support for Intel's UXA drivers.
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