SplashTop instant-on OS hacked to run other programs, boot off flash drives

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DeviceVM’s SplashTop “instant-on” OS is based on Linux, even though it’s locked down to only run IM, Skype, media software, and Firefox, and you know what that means — it’s already been hacked wide open. Yep, the clever kids at the Phoronix forums have managed to open up the BIOS-based OS and [...]

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BY the INTERMEDIARY of Nano and INTEL the atom benchmarked head with head

Filed under: Laptops

Netbooks based on VIA’s Nano mobile processor aren’t nearly as common as those based on Intel’s Atom, but based on the benchmarking that’s been going on recently, that’s a shame, since the Nano appears to be much faster than the Atom 230. PC Perspective, Eee PC News, and Hot Hardware all ran some [...]

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