Reuters is running an article concerning Toshiba using AMD CPUs in future products, including laptops. Until now, Toshiba only used processors from Intel. Quote: Toshiba, the world’s fourth-largest laptop PC maker, said on Tuesday it expects to put AMD processors in about 20 percent of … Read more
Another review of the Toshiba Portege R400 was posted this morning. This time, Geekzone (GeekZone.co.nz) has reviewed the R400. The Portege R400 is not only one of the first convertibles to ship with Intel’s Core Duo U2500 CPU, an Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) dual-core CPU, … Read more
Fujitsu Limited announced the Fujitsu FMV-U8240 UMPC earlier this week, and Akihabara News has received their review model (review in the near future). This is Fujitsu’s first UMPC and is scheduled to be available later in June. It’s based on the Intel A110 (800MHz) “Stealy†… Read more
jkOnTheRun has put together an article discussing 2GB Memory upgrades to UMPCs: What works, what doesn’t work. He mentioned that the Origami Project has an active discussion going on about 2GB SODIMMs being tried out in UMPCs (most are single-slot), as well his original experiences … Read more
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, who directly contributed to the LCDs most of us use everyday with our laptops, has passed away. Yahoo/AFP: French Nobel laureate Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, a pioneer of the liquid crystal display (LCD) that is now a standard technology in today’s consumer gadgetry, … Read more