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Verizon To Sell Netbooks

Previous rumors of Verizon entering the world of netbooks have been confirmed this Saturday, March 28, 2009. Brenda Raney, the spokeswoman for Verizon, announced that the company plans on carrying 3G enabled netbooks by either the end of the second quarter, or June of 2009. Although information about an estimated release time-period was spoke about, [...]

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Intel shipping HD quality Atom N280 Processors for upcoming netbooks

Intel has begun shipments of their new 1.66GHz Atom N280 processors, a chipset designed for HD viewing on netbooks with less power consumption. While only being .06 GHz above it’s N270 predecessor, the built-in 720p HD video decoding is where the real guts are.
The Asus Eee 1000HE netbook will be the first to ship with [...]

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ETW #9 - Emoji Dogs

Shownotes for #9 - Emoji Dogs
Hosts -
Giles Van Gruisen - http://www.gilesvg.com
Chris Ward - http://www.chrismward.com
Daniel Joel - http://www.danieljoel.com
Pre Story -
iPod Settlement - http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/23/apple-reaches-22-5-million-settlement-for-scratched-ipod-nanos/
Stories -
iPhone Patent - http://www.macrumors.com/2009/01/26/apple-awarded-iphone-and-multi-touch-patent/
Netflix Sales Increase - http://equaltechnews.com/2009/01/netflix-profit-user-base-growing/
MP3 US Government Files - http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/new-zealander-buys-used-mp3-player-finds-classified-us-army-fil/
Tech Picks -
iLife ‘09 - http://www.apple.com/ilife
FrostPlace iTunes App Store - http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=290116587&mt=8
Jolicloud Netbook Linux OS - http://equaltechnews.com/2009/01/jolicloud-netbook-linux-os/
Website Pick - http://www.mail2web.com
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Jolicloud: Netbook Linux OS

Netbooks, which sport small screens and keyboards, and underpowered hardware, are beginning to make their move onto the technology scene. One of the major fall outs for people looking into netbooks is the operating systems that are used. Up to this point in time, Windows XP has been the OS of choice for these netbooks. [...]

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