Microsoft to charge royalty fees to prevent Taiwanese OEMs from using Android in netbooks

Ron | October 26, 2010 | News

Microsoft is turning to royalty fees in an attempt to prevent Taiwanese OEMs Acer and Asustek Computer from using Android and Chrome OS on netbooks.

DigiTimes has the scoop...

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