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Intel ports Android to its Atom processors

Today an Intel executive told IDG News that the chip-making giant has ported the Android smartphone operating system to run on its line of low-power Atom processors, the same processors that run in many netbooks. This, of course, isn’t the first time somebody has ported Android to run on Intel’s architecture, but it’s noteworthy since [...]

Google TV: Android gets backing from Intel, Sony, and Logitech

According to the New York Times, Google, Intel and Sony have decided to get together and develop an Android powered internet platform based on the Intel Atom processors for televisions and set-top boxes. The general idea behind the project is to make viewing web applications such as YouTube, Twitter or Picasa just like changing the [...]