Small Form Factor
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Asus Eee Box
Reviews Despite a few useful features, the Asus Eee Box is a novelty at best. It can't come close to the performance and robustness of even the most basic standard budget PC, while a low-end notebook can do everything it can do and more. The appeal of the Eee PC does not carry over to the Eee Box.
Tags: Video, small form factor, Power Brick, ASUS, Hardware, hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, photograph, Apple Intel Mac Mini, desktop
Sony Vaio VGN-U750P: a first look
Reviews If anyone can successfully squeeze notebook components into a tiny tablet-style form factor, it's probably Sony. Check out our first impressions of the Vaio VGN-U750P.
InFocus LP120
Reviews The LP120 is the most portable projector we've seen to date, yet it still manages to deliver good image quality. A good choice for mobile professionals.
Intel pushes new mini motherboards
News Intel launched two new motherboards on Wednesday, suited to nettops and small form factor desktops.
Tags: Components, Intel Corp., Motherboard, small form factor, nettop, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Atom, desktop, manufacturer, PC
Gateway relaunches as business-only brand
News Gateway returns to the United Kingdom and Europe as Acer's brand for medium-sized businesses, offering notebooks, desktop PCs, servers and LCD monitors.
Tags: Hardware, Notebooks and tablets, Business, Acer Inc., PC Company, small form factor, Europe, eMachines Inc., Notebook, U.K.
Fujitsu ships higher-capacity notebook drive
News Latest 2.5-inch drive doesn't set any records in capacity but has fast performance, with bigger drives just around the corner.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Storage
PCs: The smaller the better
News Size may well prove to be everything in some industries, and computer makers intend to cash in on the trend towards smaller form factor PCs.
Casio to adopt Transmeta for notebooks
News Casio will introduce a notebook containing a Crusoe chip from Transmeta next year in Japan and, in the process, become the latest small manufacturer to sign up with the chip start-up.
Sony DRU-700A
Reviews Sony's first double-layer DVD burner does its job well, but double-layer burning itself is a mixed blessing.
Transmeta power savings not great enough, IBM says
News IBM suspended its plans to come out with a notebook with a Crusoe processor from Transmeta because the chip didn't provide real gains in battery performance, an IBM executive said Wednesday.
Korea's secret tech weapon--soap operas?
News The Korea IT International Cooperation Agency wants to promote technology standards such as WiBro and digital TV internationally.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Games, International governments
Intel gives 'turbo' boost to Nehalem
News Chipmaker unveils power control feature in its new microarchitecture, which a senior executive claims will be "pretty compelling" for enterprises.
Tags: Mobile processors, Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Intel Corp., Mobile, Quad-core, Notebook, Fujitsu Siemens, processor, Intel Centrino 2
Dell breaks $1,000 mark for high-end PCs
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HP to save US$50 million with e-PCs
News Hewlett-Packard Co has embarked on a company-wide program to replace all 70,000 computers, an effort which could save it millions.
OEMs must take hard, solid look at disk drives
News They should quit pitting hard disk drives against solid-state drives, and focus on the strengths of each to add value in offerings, analyst urges.
Tags: Storage, Memory, Semiconductor, Storage, OEM, hard drive, IM, Micron Technology Inc., revenue, vice president
