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Hardware
Atom Processor To Get The 32nm Treatment In 2011
4:19AM John Herrman | Attention, people who like to maintain a complete mental taxonomy of every processor: Cedar Trail has been outed as the new Atom platform for 2011, with the name Cedarview going to the processor itself. Along with 32nm fabrication, some goodies: More »
Hardware
Asus TS Mini NAS Windows Home Server Backs Up 10 PCs
5:39AM Jesus Diaz | Have you heard of that new service that allows you to connect to the internet at one gigabit per second to access your very own two terabytes of storage space? Me neither. That’s probably why you need the Asus TS Mini NAS. More »
Software
Netbook Hackintosh Fix 10.6.2 Coming In “A Few Weeks”
3:06AM John Herrman | When Apple killed Atom processor support in the Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update, it was one of the first times they’d actively tried to stop hobbyist hackintoshing. It was also sort of a dick move! Luckily, it’s not going to stick. More »
Hardware
Rumour: Select Intel Atom CPU Netbooks To Be Allowed 2GB RAM
6:20PM Adrian Covert | Leaks from the Pine Tree Pine Nut Pine Trail roadmap from Intel suggests that going forward, certain Atom processors will support 2GB of RAM, a jump from the previous 1GB max instituted by Intel as a measure to prevent cannibalisation between netbooks and processors in middle tiers. More »
Hardware
VIA, ARM Still Trying To Beat Intel Atom, Get Inside Netbook Pants
12:10AM Joanna Stern | Intel’s Atom processor is found in virtually every netbook, but others are still trying to get inside your mini-laptop. Independently, ARM and VIA are showing improved chips, but both most likely won’t touch what Intel has in store. More »
Computers
MSI Confirms Wind U150 Netbook With Touchscreen
10:00AM Joanna Stern | We heard that MSI may release a touchscreen netbook with Intel’s next generation Pine Trail Atom platform, and it will. According to MSI, the new Intel Atom chipset is planned to be officially launched at CES. More »
Computers
Toshiba NB205 Netbook Gets 8.5 Hours Of Real-Time Battery Life
4:00PM Dan Nosowitz | 10-inch, Atom-based netbooks tend to blend together in the mind, as they all have similar specs and similar designs. But when you can boast an insane 8.5 hour battery life in real-world conditions, we sit up and take notice. More »
QOTD
Question of the Day: Would You Ever Consider Buying a Palmtop MID?
8:40AM John Herrman | At the Intel Developer Forum last week, a lot of the buzz on the demo floor was around new Atom hardware. There were the requisite netbooks and EeeClones floating around, but it seemed like peculiar little quasi-computers, or palmtop Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) stole the show. Sure, it’s impressive to see a full, net-connected Vista or Ubuntu desktop running on something the size of a Sega Game Gear, but who exactly is supposed to buy these? More »
Hardware
12:57PM Nathan Taylor | A few days ago we brought you the news that HP was horning in on Asus’ Eee PC racket; now it looks like MSI might be joining the fray as well. At CeBIT, it is showing off the MSI Wind, a subnotebook very much in the style of the Eee.
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MSI Shows Off Eee PC Competitor
12:57PM Nathan Taylor | A few days ago we brought you the news that HP was horning in on Asus’ Eee PC racket; now it looks like MSI might be joining the fray as well. At CeBIT, it is showing off the MSI Wind, a subnotebook very much in the style of the Eee.
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