http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/26/qualcomm.demo.may.show.lenovo.android.pc/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/qualcommandroid.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A demo of a smartbook prototype from Qualcomm may have provided more details of Lenovo's smartbook for AT&T, including its choice of OS. The design, which cosmetically resembles the publicly displayed Lenovo system, runs on a comparatively fast 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and has been shown running Android, suggesting Google's OS is at least a candidate for the system. Previously, it had ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/26/qualcomm.demo.may.show.lenovo.android.pc/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/googles.brin.sees.two.oses.merging/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/googlechromeos.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google co-creator Sergey Brin followed up the introduction of Chrome OS with hints that the new operating system may eventually merge with Android. While the two are currently separate in most ways, the executive suggested the two could unite simply because smartphones and notebooks increasingly share common traits. He pointed out that both have Linux at the root and WebKit for their browsing en... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/googles.brin.sees.two.oses.merging/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/pegatron.demos.10.inch.smartbook.with.ubuntu/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/pegatronnetbookin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A 10-inch smartbook from Pegatron was spotted at the Connected Community Technical Symposium on Friday. It runs on Linux Ubuntu and is powered by an ARM processor, though other details are scarce. The sighting comes just one day after Pegatron GM Chou Biao Sheng said the company will bring out a smartbook in the first quarter of 2010, priced at less than $200.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/pegatron.demos.10.inch.smartbook.with.ubuntu/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/nokia.n900.with.maemo.linux.now.in.the.us/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nokian900-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nokia on Wednesday lived up to an earlier promise by officially announcing its N900 smartphone is now available for purchase in the US. The company's first phone to use Maemo Linux is being touted as a mobile computer, thanks in large part to the OS and its ability to Mozilla-based browser with Flash support as well as the capability to run many apps at the same time. There is also 32GB of storage... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/nokia.n900.with.maemo.linux.now.in.the.us/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/most.nokia.phones.to.use.maemo.by.2012/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nokian900-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nokia will abandon Symbian for all its Nseries services by 2012, the company said at a launch event for the N900. The Maemo-based smartphone is the only one of its type in Nokia's lineup so far, but the company plans to gradually phase out Symbian S60 on all its Nseries devices over time. It should eventually end in relatively mainstream devices and not just high-end flagships like the N900, whi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/most.nokia.phones.to.use.maemo.by.2012/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/public.chrome.os.preview.soon/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/googlechrome-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google's rumored Chrome OS release should primarily center on its first public demo of the platform, a notice tonight. An event is said due on Thursday that should include a "complete overview" of the web-centric OS, including its technical underpinnings as well as demos. It's now thought by TechCrunch that a code release is possible but that a more formal release isn't coming until 2010.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/public.chrome.os.preview.soon/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/flash.and.air.betas.also.bring.hw.decode/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/adobeflash.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe today fulfilled earlier promises and provided betas for both Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2. Both are the first from Adobe to have a Flash layer that supports multi-touch input, including gestures such as pinching to zoom the window. Flash Player specifically gets H.264 hardware decoding through newer video chipsets and, initially for Windows PCs, can significantly reduce the workload on the ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/flash.and.air.betas.also.bring.hw.decode/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/13/google.to.have.small.chrome.os.release/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/googlechrome3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google's Chrome OS could be available to try in as little as a week's time if a rumor proves true. A promised early version is now said by TechCrunch to be arriving sometime next week. Few details are available, though it's presumed that a lack of broad driver support will limit it to certain computers or environments.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/13/google.to.have.small.chrome.os.release/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/tech.used.to.elevate.user.rights/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/microsoftretailconstruction-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The USPTO recently granted Microsoft a patent, No. 7,617,530, which describes a method for running a command as an administrator. The filing has sparked outrage by many, including Groklaw blogger Pamela Jones, who believe the company has simply rebranded the sudo Unix command developed in the 1980s by members of the Computer Science department at SUNY/Buffalo.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/tech.used.to.elevate.user.rights/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/lenovo.smartbook.uses.snapdragon.chip/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/lenovosmartbook.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Qualcomm at its investor conference today showed what should be one of the first production smartbooks. The Lenovo design (pictured) would sit in between netbooks and smartphones in size and will run one of Qualcomm's own Snapdragon processors. It's similarly expected to use AT&T-based 3G for Internet access beyond Wi-Fi.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/lenovo.smartbook.uses.snapdragon.chip/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:10:00 GMT