Google Android is an operating system designed to run on smartphones, not netbooks. But much of the source code is available, which means that folks have been able to port the operating system to run ...

Once again, the idea of Android running on netbooks is starting to gain traction in the blogger community. This time, there’s some real meat behind the speculation, as Venture Beat’s Matthaus ...

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Although many early netbooks shipped with Linux, Microsoft has since slashed the price of Windows XP Home -- the version that most commonly ships with netbooks -- and taken a commanding share of the ...

Android-based netbooks make sense, but the OS has to show that it can be successful in smartphones before it moves to another device, researchers say Reports that Dell might use Google’s Android OS in ...