Moblin 2.0 BETA for netbooks and nettops released – TRY it!

Today, Moblin have released version 2 BETA. According to the folks at Moblin, the OS is designed to run on Intel Atom based netbooks to prolong the battery life and provide simple, yet powerful user-experience.

It can be download from THIS link [Download size: 666MB)

Comments: Yes, this is the same OS that claimed 2-second boot up time. Although with the release of new BETA (which adds a lot of features over the previous alpha built), I do not think it will be able to boot in 2-seconds, but should still be fast enough.

Click on read more to read the full feature list!

Presto Linux OS comes out of beta

The Presto OS has finally come out of BETA and is now available for purchase. Price? It is going to set you back $19.95, which is quite steep for an instant-on OS. I expected it to be around $10 or lower. Here are its features:

• Browse the web securely using Firefox™
• Chat using instant messaging (IM)
• Make free Skype™ to Skype™ calls
• Listen to music and watch videos
• View and edit documents created in Microsoft Office™
• Download games, music, videos and more through the Presto Application Store

The download size is about 462MB. Click on read more to get the download links and instructions on how to install

There is no use of using N280 + GN40 combo if you are using Windows XP

Intel N280 processor and GN40 chipset provides better hardware video decoding and 3D graphics performance only if you are using Windows Vista. This is because only Vista (or later) gives you directX 10 and DXVA 2.0.

Unfortunately, most of the netbooks are still shipping with the Windows XP. With Windows XP, you only get DXVA 1.0 due to which hardware video decoding does not work properly. With Vista, DXVA 2.0 is available and hardware decoding worked fine.

Right now, only Eee PC 1004DN and Gigabyte Technology’s Touch Note T1028 have GN40 chipset. It may be true that netbooks with N280+GN40 combo may offer better hardware video decoding, but the overall performance with a BETA product like Vista is simply horrible on the netbooks.

I tried Vista on my EEE 1000H with 2GB RAM and the performance is disappointing. I will (patiently) wait for the Windows 7 instead.

Opera Turbo promises faster web browsing on netbooks

Opera has introduced a new concept called “Opera Turbo”. It is a server-side compression technique in which the Opera’s servers compress the web-pages and their elements before sending it to the client’s machine. It is axiomatic, the target market is not the people with the high broadband speeds. They won’t get much benefit out of this technology. The people who use slow internet connections and the people who are still trapped behind the slow EDGE and GPRS networks are going to the target market for the Opera.

Click on read more to find more about it and to get the download links

Skype 2.5 beta for Windows Mobile released and reviewed

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Silverlight supported on Windows Mobile by Skyfire

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AIM for windows mobile avaliable now(beta)

AIM for Windows Mobile brings all of the best features of AIM on your PC to your Windows Mobile smartphone! AIM for Windows Mobile lets you communicate whenever you want, wherever you are, in whatever way suits you best – IM or text. Update your AIM status and information when you’re on the go. Change [...]