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The Open PC Project wants to construct a fair priced PC for Linux users. The results of a first survey have now been published.

Intel announces the availability for use in schools of the Classmate PC Convertible.

The new netbook processor from Intel is the N450, its I/O handled by the NM10 controller chipset. The CPU under the codename Pine Trail should be released in October 2009.

Notebook maker Acer is of the opinion that Android will be spreading its wings in the netbook market over the next two years.

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.

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.

Hardware manufacturer Toshiba has released a series of notebooks with pre-installed OpenSolaris 2008.11.

The Agora netbook from Kogan Technologies could be considered the most affordable netbook out of Australia. Availability starts in April 2009 at a price of merely AU$499.