Entries from January 2008

The 22-Year-Old Founder of Everex Cloudbook’s gOS Rocket

January 19, 2008

ComputerWorld had an interview with David Liu, the head of development for gOS Rocket. In case you are wondering, gOS Rocket is the Linux operating system that is going to grace Cloudbook. Fresh out of UCLA, Liu first worked as an IT contractor for a few months before starting Good OS.
In the company’s short operating […]

US$399 Everex Cloudbook Available at Walmart from 25th Jan 2008!

January 18, 2008

Alright, we have all known since CES 2008 that Everex will start selling the Cloudbook at Walmart.com from 25th Jan 2008, exactly one week from now. While we are counting down the days, I thought you folks might be interested in a Youtube video showing John Lim from Everex giving us an introduction to the […]

FIC CE260 / CE261 UMPCs FCC Filing: Photos and User Guide

January 18, 2008

First International Computer (FIC) has filed two Nanobook variants, CE260 and CE261, at FCC. Hop over to FCC to download the documentations if you wish to get more details. The FIC CE260/CE261 user guide is definitely a worthwhile read. The following are some FIC CE260 / CE261 photos I have extracted from the documents.

Exterior of […]

gOS 2.0 Rocket Reviews and Downloads

January 16, 2008

gOS is a Linux Distribution created by ‘A Good OS Company’. This probably gives you a good hint as to why the name of the operation system is gOS. Some argued that the alphabet g should stand for Google instead, which seems reasonable looking at how gOS is being advertised by the company. Described as […]

VIA NanoBook UMD Reference Design

January 15, 2008

As you guys probably know, Cloudbook is based on the Nanobook UMD reference design from Via Technologies, Inc. Via’s website revealed […]