Samsung NC20 – it’s got a VIA Nano in it!

About three weeks ago, some specifications of the 12″ Intel Atom-powered Samsung NC20 leaked out through online retailers. Yesterday, news came of the user manual for the NC20 being online, and it’s confirmed some things that surprised me. I mentioned that I thought the VIA … Read more

MSI to Launch MacBook Air Competitor with Regular CPU

It looks like the 13.4″ MSI X-Slim X320 won’t be going up against the 13.3″ Apple MacBook Air after all. The MacBook Air has a full (albeit lower voltage) Intel Core 2 Duo powering it, versus the single-core Intel Atom powering the X320, leaving the … Read more

NVIDIA Shows off Ion at CES

NVIDIA was showing off a demo model of the upcoming NVIDIA Ion platform, based around Intel’s Atom CPU. PC Perspective and HotHardware both have videos of the Ion platform, and you can get an idea of just how small it was, and how cool-running it … Read more

Windows 7 Beta Limits Lifted, Impressions w/Lenovo S10

On Friday, I mentioned that the Windows 7 beta was open to the public. The response turned out to be a lot bigger than Microsoft had anticipated. Microsoft’s servers, both those serving up the .ISO DVD images, and those distributing the validation/keys to people, were … Read more

LG X120 Shown at CES

LG was showing off a new netbook, the 10,.2″ Intel Atom-powered LG X120, at CES 2009 over the weekend. Engadget and I4U News have posted several photos of it. Whether this is a direct replacement for the LG X110 (Xnote Mini), or is merely an … Read more