Jolicloud is getting ready to roll out a new cloud-based service that the company says will offer a new way to interact with all of your online services from one place — and that place can be a web browser, smartphone app or tablet app. When Jolicloud first launched, the company made an operating system for netbooks based on Ubuntu…

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The first Chrome OS laptops are starting to ship today, bringing Google’s vision of an operating system built solely around a web browser to the masses… or to any masses that care to order a Samsung Series 5 or Acer Cromia Chromebook. But Google isn’t the only company offering an operating system aimed at low power notebooks with an emphasis…

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Jolicloud founder Tariq Krim has shared the first photo of the company’s new apps for the iPad and Android tablets. Jolicloud started out as a Linux-based operating system designed for netbooks with a heavy reliance on web apps and online profile syncing. But recently the company rebranded the operating system as Joli OS and started pushing a web app for…

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There was a time when it looked like the rise of low cost netbooks would finally lead to the rise of Linux as a consumer operating system. Then Microsoft slashed Windows prices for PC makers building netbooks and the rest is history. But there’s still a niche market for netbooks that ship with Linux, or with no operating system at…

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When Jolicloud originally hit the scene, the operating system was designed to blur the lines between desktop and web apps on low power netbooks. But I always found the “cloud” part of the name to be a bit silly, since basically the operating system just let you install native Ubuntu Linux apps or shortcuts for launching web apps in a…

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As expected, the folks at Jolicloud have officially launched Joli OS 1.2. The operating system is a light-weight Linux-based OS designed to blur the lines between web apps and native desktop apps. For instance you can “install” web apps such as Google Docs as well as native apps such as LibreOffice. Both will show up as shortcuts on you desktop,…

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Jolicloud will likely launch the next version of Joli OS, a light-weight, web-centric operating system for netbooks and other computers this week. Today the company is outlining some of the changes in store for Joli OS 1.2. There aren’t any huge changes to the user interface, but Jolicloud is bringing a few important new features to the OS. First, there’s…

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Jolicloud will unveil version 1.2 of its Linux-based operating system later this week. But it won’t be Jolicloud 1.2. Instead the company will name the operating system Joli OS 1.2. The name change is part of a shift in focus. Jolicloud initially launched as a netbook operating system, blurring the line between native and desktop apps by letting you “install”…

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The Dell Inspiron Duo is a convertible tablet style netbook with a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom Dual core processor, 10 inch, 1366 x  768 pixel capacitive touchscreen display, and an unusual design that lets you rotate the screen for use in tablet mode without relying on a swiveling mechanism that feels like it’s going to break off at any moment….

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Google Chrome OS is an operating system based around a web browser, designed to almost make the computer irrelevant by letting you run web apps, store your data in the cloud, and easily access your settings and information from any machine with a web browser. Jolicloud is a Linux-based operating system that works much the same way, but also lets…

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The folks behind the Jolicloud operating system are pushing out version 1.1 later today. The OS started off as a “netbook” OS, but with this release, Jolicloud has been optimized for desktops and other computers as well — although there’s still code designed to make the operating system pretty zippy on an Intel Atom-based netbook. The mote noticeable change in…

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Sure, the Jolibook netbook is already shipping with version 1.1 of the Jolicloud operating system, but you can’t actually download the full version of Jolicloud 1.1 to install on your netbook just yet. The good news is, you won’t have to wait much longer. While Jolicloud 1.1 was originally scheduled for release today, the team announced on Twitter that it…

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