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AMD's Fusion to define Netbook offerings?

News Chipmaker's strategy to fuse processor and graphics chips by 2009 "has characteristics" that fit requirements of ultraportables, says a Singapore-based executive.

Wednesday, July 30 2008 07:20 PM

Tags: Mobile processors, Processors, Notebooks and tablets, Hewlett-Packard Co., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Mobile, Notebook, processor, power management, Computex

Chip battle to go small?

News Even as new ultra-mobile PCs make their debut, chipmakers are gearing themselves for a share of the UMPC market with targeted processors.

Monday, June 16 2008 08:40 PM

Tags: CommunicAsia 2008, Processors, Mobile processors, Notebooks and tablets, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Mobile, Chip, Notebook, ASUS, Ultramobile PC

Light cloud signals change of climate for IT

Insight perspective Light operating systems and cloud computing are the final nails in the coffin of traditional practices, says Bob Morris.

Sunday, September 13 2009 06:01 PM

Tags: Cloud computing, Web sites, Web services, Development/design, Mobile Broadband, Device, Mobile Device, Cloud computing, Web, Netbook

Report: Acer Android netbook pushed back

News Report says the company isn't seeing as strong demand for Android-based netbooks, and will delay a previously announced model.

Wednesday, July 29 2009 11:29 AM

Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Operating systems, Acer Inc., PC Company, Android, Google Inc., ASUS, Google Android, Microsoft Windows, Computex

First Tegra-based netbooks and MIDs unveiled

News Nvidia's system-on-a-chip has shown up in a dozen netbooks and mobile internet devices at the Computex event in Taiwan.

Wednesday, June 03 2009 12:03 PM

Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Components, Graphics, Processors, Memory, Development/design, Mobile, NVidia Corp., Manufacturing, Video

Intel launches CULV chip for ultra-thin notebooks

News The SU2700 is designed for notebook computers that are larger and more powerful than netbooks, but still much thinner than traditional laptops.

Wednesday, June 03 2009 11:28 AM

Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Hardware, Components, Processors, Consumer Technology, Intel Corp., Chip, Dual-core, Notebook, processor

Acer to sell Android netbooks, phones this year

News After the launch of a model running on Android later this year, the majority of Acer's netbooks will offer the open source OS as an alternative to Windows.

Wednesday, June 03 2009 09:31 AM

Tags: Linux, Open source, Notebooks and tablets, Acer Inc., Smart Phone, Android, operating system, phone, subnotebook, Microsoft Windows

SanDisk fine-tunes SSDs for netbooks

News The flash memory firm has revealed two solid-state drives and a range of memory cards that are specifically tailored for use in small, cheap sub-notebooks.

Wednesday, June 03 2009 11:18 AM

Tags: Components, Hardware, Memory, Notebooks and tablets, Storage, Battery, SanDisk Corp., Storage, Ubuntu, removable storage

Ubuntu version coming to mobile devices

News As expected, Canonical says a release of its Ubuntu Linux operating system called Ubuntu Netbook Remix is in the works for mobile Internet devices and mininotebooks.

Wednesday, June 04 2008 09:31 AM

Tags: Linux, Notebooks and tablets, Mobile, Mobile Device, Ubuntu, operating system, trade show, processor, mini-notebook, Mark Shuttleworth

Asus takes user interface to the next level

News Termed 'Reality-to-Virtual', what looks like a clamshell laptop with dual LCDs is a showcase of how motion sensing can be combined with context-based displays.

Friday, June 06 2008 09:49 AM

Tags: Innovation, Interfaces, buses, I/O, User Interface, Video, face recognition, ASUS, keyboard, photograph, multi-touch, Computex

Nvidia chipset to challenge Atom and Nano

News With its Tegra line, Nvidia weighs into the same subnotebook-oriented market that is currently occupied by Intel's Atom and Via's Nano.

Tuesday, June 03 2008 09:53 AM

Tags: Mobile processors, Notebooks and tablets, Mobile, NVidia Corp., Touch Screen, ASUS, processor, subnotebook, handheld, Computex

Details emerge of desktop Asus Eee PC

News The desktop version of the popular low-cost subnotebook can be mounted onto the back of certain types of monitor, the company says.

Wednesday, May 28 2008 10:10 AM

Tags: Desktops, Product development and design, Notebook, trade show, ASUS, processor, flat panel, hard drive, Computex, Linux

Intel ready with Atom processors for low-cost notebooks

News Two new Atom processors are ready for prime time, adding low-cost desktops and notebooks to the mix after tackling mobile Internet devices earlier in the year.

Wednesday, June 04 2008 10:05 AM

Tags: Processors, Notebooks and tablets, Intel Corp., Mobile, Internet Access, Notebook, processor, Facebook, Computex, desktop

Asus to launch laptops with instant-on feature

News Five new laptops from Asus, announced at Computex Taipei, will include the Splashtop instant-on software for hitting the Web without loading Windows.

Friday, May 30 2008 09:41 AM

Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Web browsers, operating system, Mozilla Firefox, ASUS, Embedded Linux, software, Laptop Computer, Computex, Linux