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RealNetworks Partners with Netbook OS Vendors

Gregory T. Huang6/2/09

Seattle-based RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK) announced today it has signed licensing agreements to power entertainment and digital media applications on netbooks and mobile devices. The digital entertainment giant has formed partnerships with operating system vendors including Canonical, Xandros, Phoenix, and DeviceVM, so now it targets both Windows and Linux-based devices. The move is being viewed as an effort by RealNetworks to gain traction in the open-source netbook market.

Gregory T. Huang is Xconomy's National IT Editor and the Editor of Xconomy Boston. You can e-mail him at gthuang@xconomy.com, call him at 617-252-7323, or follow him on Twitter at @gthuang.

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