Weekly Ten: Google Chrome Superbook, Moblin Linux smartphone, USB 3.0 Finally Arrives

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 15, 2010

“2. Built By Google
Pete logs onto his desktop computer. It’s a
“dumb” netbook built by Google and called Google Chrome
Superbook 5, with a fast startup time of 0.3 seconds, the point at
which the Google engineers figured further optimizations were not
useful, in terms of limitations of human perception. More @
GoogleBlogoscoped

“3. Moblin Linux on x86 smartphone: Intel’s small step
forward
Intel has unveiled a new LG smartphone built on Moorestown that
runs the Moblin Linux platform. The device will be among the first
x86 smartphones. More @ ArsTechnica”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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