Last month, chip maker ARM said that several of its upcoming CPUs could be used to power netbooks. Now it looks like the company is moving forward with that plan. Laptop Magazine reports that ARM has partnered with Canonical to develop a version of Ubuntu Linux that’s optimized for ARM processors. While most netbooks today are powered by CPUs from…

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In case you had any doubts that VIA’s upcoming Nano processor is targeted at the exact same market as the Intel Atom, VIA’s marketing department has put out a short video pitting a Nano chip against an Intel Atom chip. The devices? A protoype PC using VIA’s OpenBook design and the Asus Eee PC 1000H. The challenge? Playing WMV HD…

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There’ve been rumors that AMD would be getting into the low-cost ultraportable chip-making business. And now it looks like AMD’s new CEO Dirk Meyer has pretty much confirmed it. Meyer says the company has no plans to start making chips for cellphones or mobile internet devices. But low-cost laptops are another story. The announcement (if you can call it that,…

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