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Intel has posted a video demo of the pre-alpha MeeGo for tablets on YouTube. Nokia and Intel's Linux OS aims to provide a cheap alternative to Windows and Android on Net Books and smartphones, writes Cliff Saran on Computer Weekly.

He shows how a user can use their finger to scroll and access thumbnails on the MeeGo desktop, allowing them to access a running application instantly.

An interesting article on the x86 architecture, and reasons for its continued innovation, has been posted on the site - x86 processors buck R&D investment trend.

Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor of EDN, begins:

You might expect, therefore, that the semiconductor industry would mirror the broader economy's malaise; this scenario has indeed occurred in many technology and product sectors. The x86 CPU business has bucked the general trend, however, as continued R&D investment and resultant new-IC output demonstrate.

Nokia has announced shipment of its N900 mobile computing device based on open source Maemo 5 software, which was announced back in August.

"What's exciting is the Maemo software, which takes its cues from the desktop computer and offers a full browsing experience like no other handset," says José-Luis Martinez, Vice President, Nseries, Nokia..

The Nokia N900 is based on the ARM Cortex-A8 processor and has up to 1GB of total application memory.  According to the company:

Nokia has released what is widely described as a me-too netbook, the Booklet 3G, and it is powered by an Atom. However there is talk of an ARM-based offereing from Nokia appearing in six months.

Digitimes sources are credited - see Nokia to offer ARM-based smartbook in addition to Booklet 3G, say Taiwan makers