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Time to drop netbook label?
Insight commentary As cheaper, ultrathin notebooks hit stores, the term netbook no longer offers much distinction.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Product development and design, Battery, Notebook, processor, hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Dell Inspiron
ARM targets Intel with 2GHz multicore chips
News ARM is preparing new enterprise partnerships as its Cortex-A9 processor goes fast and multicore, pitting it against Intel's x86 and IBM's PowerPC chips.
Tags: Processors, ARM, Intel Corp., Chip, Dual-core, JIT, performance, processor, high-performance, Processors
Nokia enters PC market with Booklet 3G netbook
News Handset manufacturer announces netbook weighing 1.25kg and just over 2cm thick, that includes many of the same features as its high-end smartphones.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Battery, Intel Corp., 3G, Microsoft Windows, Mobility, handset company, PC, Netbook, Notebooks and tablets
IBM's 35 atoms and the rise of nanotech
News Don Eigler moved a single atom two decades ago. Since then, he and IBM have taken new steps in pursuing a dream of compact, power-efficient computing.
Tags: Processors, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Electronics, Carbon Nanotube, Manufacturing, Atom, vision, knowledge, circuitry
Intel adds two new Atoms for netbooks
News The chipmaker extends the Atom range, popular in netbooks, and demonstrates the upcoming Moorestown platform using the chip at IDF in Beijing.
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Atom, Chip, Video, Z515, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., ASUS, performance, processor
Intel outsources Atom manufacturing to TSMC
News The deal forms part of what the two companies have described as a 'long-term' technology, design and intellectual property collaboration.
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Manufacturing, Atom, Mobile Internet Device, Internet Device, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., processor, collaboration, Benefit
IBM atomic probe gets newly sensitive touch
News Vendor's atomic force microscope can distinguish charged gold atoms from neutral ones. Big Blue hopes that will help with nanocomputing and solar energy research.
Tags: Nanotechnology, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Electronics, Atom, solar cell, researcher, Holy Grail, Zurich
Intel's software shift with Wind River
News The US$884 million deal gives Intel a serious software business. But will it light a fire under the Atom chip for embedded computing?
Tags: Business applications, Open source, Components, Consumer Technology, Processors, Intel Corp., Mobile, Atom, Chip, Wind River Systems Inc.
Australian scientists push transistor barrier
News Researchers from the Center for Quantum Computing Technology, have built a wire only three atoms thick, opening the possibility of new chip architectures.
Tags: Nanotechnology, Processors, IBM Corp., Atom, Semiconductor, Computer, University of New South Wales, transistor, program manager, researcher
Intel to pitch in on developing Chrome
News Chipmaker will work with Google on the Chrome OS in the same way it contributes to other Linux distributions, which take in parts of Intel's Moblin code.
Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Intel Corp., Linux Company, Chip Company, Graphics, Novell Inc., Linux, Netbook, Processors
Adobe takes Flash to smartphones
News The update is set to arrive as a beta on phones early next year, and aims to extend Flash's popularity on the desktop to mobile devices.
Tags: Mobile applications, Business applications, Palm Inc., Google Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, mobile, Business applications, Barclay, Mobile applications
Flash to be optimized for Intel, Nvidia netbooks
News Adobe has announced collaborations with Broadcom and Nvidia that will see high-definition Flash video technology tweaked for portable Web-surfing devices.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Graphics, Mobile processors, Media players, Adobe Systems Inc., Intel Corp., NVidia Corp., Broadcom Corp., Mobile Internet Device, Video
Dell discontinues 12-inch netbooks
News Customers are keen on the portability of 10-inch screened netbooks and expect more horsepower in larger devices, according to PC maker.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Product development and design, Intel Corp., Ovum, Chip, Notebook, Intel Atom, subnotebook, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp.
Researchers tout 'wimpy nodes' for Net computing
News Carnegie Mellon researchers believe flash memory and feeble processors can do what conventional servers can't: power Internet sites at low power and low cost.
Tags: Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Computing, FAWN, David Andersen, Storage, Server, Intel Atom, Carnegie-Mellon University
Dell Inspiron Mini 9
Reviews Dell's entry into the Netbook market means it's time to take these low-cost, low-power PCs seriously. The Inspiron Mini 9 is an excellent example of the form, if not radically different from the competition.
Tags: Battery, Intel Corp., Mobile Broadband, Mobile, Inspiron Mini 9, Intel Atom, ASUS, RAM, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp.
