Intel's tablet adventure looking more like its netbook disaster
Intel's rise and fall in tablets are starting to resemble the company's misadventures in netbooks less than a decade ago.
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Chromebooks getting VMware virtual desktop service
VMware will offer virtual desktop services for Google's Chromebooks, allowing them to run Windows applications on the pared-down laptops based on the Chrome OS.
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Three reasons netbooks are not enterprise ready
Sales of lightweight, low-powered mini-laptops, widely known as netbooks, have been growing rapidly with consumers during the past six months and are predicted to stay on this path. And the tech industry can't seem to get enough of talking about netbooks these days; the hype meter has been clicking up steadily for months. But do these little engines really have a place in the enterprise?
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Google Android not a netbook threat to Windows 7
Google's Linux-based Android operating system was designed for cellphones, but excitement is building about the prospect of Google running Android on low-power netbooks.