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Atom was an important announcement from Intel, back in March. The possibility of a chip, based on the same architecture as the desktop computers could have meant a new era in cross platform applications altogether. When announced, Atom was thought of powering the mobile internet devices (MID). The chips can however also be used in [...]

MTV Networks had entered into an agreement with Atom Entertainment to acquire the company, along with Shockwave and AddictingGames, for $200 million on August 10, 2006. Now, two years after acquiring it, MTV Networks has transformed Atom Films into Atom.com, an aggregator of short comedy clips which is a sister site to its Comedy Central network dedicated to short-form, Web-based comedy.

This article in PC World had me jump with joy. It spoke of Ubuntu being used as an operating system for Mobile devices. Ubuntu in my mobile, what could be better, I thought. But a little more reading made it clear that the release is actually a developer-only. And it’s not for mobile phones, but rather than Mobile Internet Devices. What’s the difference, you ask?