Some cost-conscious server companies are beginning to use netbook hardware inside their machines to cut costs, according to The New York Times.
Intel's low-cost, low-power Atom CPU, which can be found in pretty much every netbook on ...READ»
Despite the success of the netbook genre of mini-PCs, Apple has repeatedly stated it won't enter the market. But that's apparently not stopping Foxconn, one of Apple's most trusted manufacturers from making some of its own.
After ...READ»
Intel and Nokia just announced a strategic partnership to tie up the two companies' technology so they can tackle the problem of next-generation mobile computers. It's a plan that makes perfect sense in a world where we're all used ...READ»
Intel and Nokia have just announced a strategic partnership to tie up the two companies' technology so that they can tackle the problem of next-generation mobile computers. It's a plan that makes perfect sense in a world where we're ...READ»
Intel, obviously not hurting too much from a recent $1.5 billion anti-trust fine, has just spent $884 million purchasing Wind River, which makes embedded systems software. Why would it do that? Because Intel wants it's "Intel ...READ»
We may have proclaimed the netbook a phenomenon that was over and done, but Intel has just revealed its next-gen Pine Trail chips, and it looks like they might inject some new interest into the mini portable computers.
With ...READ»
Looks like the netbook is no longer the immature, dim-witted cousin of the grown-up laptop: Sharp's new Mebius netbook is so shiny and clever it outclasses many "superior" machines. It's got a multi-touch LCD where its ...READ»
The AspireRevo PC is a nettop, as far as the class of computer can be defined. Similar to netbooks, nettops are generally characterized as ultra-small PCs, powered by Intel Atom CPU chips, and with capabilities that are ...READ»
Intel's just unveiled two new chips in its ground-breaking Atom range of CPUs, one year to the day the first chip was launched. A cause for celebration for one main reason: Without the Atom we probably would not have netbooks. And ...READ»
While you enjoyed your weekend, innovation wore her 3-D glasses while having a little work done on her arms. Here's today's news:
1. With the auto industry on the fritz, President Obama rolls out the beginning of his auto ...READ»
Intel doesn't think that the home phone is dead--despite some pretty compelling evidence that more and more people are using cellphones as their main telecommunications systems. And it wants to combine a home phone with another ...READ»
In case you spent your week "working," here's what you missed online: card-counting iPhones, Mac Mini spy-shots, Depression predictions, and two refreshing arguments against Malcolm Gladwell and intelligent design. Oh, and a sleep-walking dog, to keep things highbrow.READ»
As 2008 comes to a close, here are the six tech marvels that are ready to explode into ubiquity. And after a year of almost-breakthroughs -- fast-but-spotty 3G; cheap-but-slow netbooks -- we deserve them. After all, this is the future, isn't it?READ»
It's the holidays, and that means offering peace and clemency to your nemeses. Or, in my case, coming to tolerate -- even appreciate -- a netbook.
I didn't think it was possible at first; every UMPC I've used has felt cramped, slow, ...READ»
Emboldened by the success of low-cost, ultra portable laptops, Dell [NASDAQ: DELL] has finally entered the market with a basic laptop for the developing world. According to the official Dell blog, this machine is “positioned... as ...READ»
The rumor mill has been confident for quite some time that Asus [TPE:2357] would follow up its successful line of Eee PCs with even larger screen models, and the official word is in. According to Cnet UK, which got its dirt directly ...READ»
