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/09/06/23/splashtop.at.sony.acer/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/sonyvaionw.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Splashtop instant-on platform from DeviceVM is coming to Sony's VAIO NW-series notebook PCs and Acer's AspireRevo nettop PCs, as per a pair of Tuesday launches. Sony's implementation of the platform is called Quick Web Access, while Acer calls its RevoBoot. In either case, Splashtop, which could be described as a lightweight Linux operating system, allows users to access the Internet within a ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/23/splashtop.at.sony.acer/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/01/good.os.intros.cloud.os/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/goscloud.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Good OS, makers of the gOS Linux operating system that debuted in computers sold at Wal-Mart, on Monday announced it will soon introduce its Cloud operating system that can give users near-instant access to Google, Yahoo and Windows Live services, as well as rich client applications and multimedia content. Good OS introduced the Cloud on a GigaByte touch-screen netbook at the Netbook World Summit ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/01/good.os.intros.cloud.os/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/28/lenovo.s10e.with.splashtop/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0808/lenovoideapads10.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Lenovo today revealed an upgraded version of its IdeaPad S10 netbook that caters to owners looking for quicker access to the Internet. Where most netbooks have to wait as they boot into either Windows XP or a full Linux distribution, the S10e adds a Linux-based SplashTop interface dubbed QuickStart that starts up almost instantly and gives immediate access to most common Internet functions, inclu... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/28/lenovo.s10e.with.splashtop/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/15/ms.developing.instant.on/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0810/microsoftinstantonsurvey.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft could be hoping to preempt the further spread of Linux into its territory by developing its own pre-boot interface, a survey sent by a reader to Engadget shows. Tentatively called just Instant On, the proposed feature would mimic the approach taken with Dell's Latitude Instant On or the Splashtop interface on some ASUS mainboards and notebooks by giving users basic web browsing, media p... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/15/ms.developing.instant.on/ Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:15:00 GMT