Peter Svensson with the Associated Press, published an article today where Paul Otellini, Intel’s CEO, discussed the upcoming Intel Atom CPU, as well as how Intel Corp. is reacting to the rising popularity of sub-notebooks / netbooks. In the past, Intel was clearly about producing … Read more
There’s a very interesting competition going on when it comes to Netbooks / Sub-Notebooks and their CPUs. It doesn’t involve AMD – it’s basically Intel versus VIA Technologies, Right now, the main face-off, as far as the public is concerned, is between Intel-powered devices such … Read more
Earlier this week, I mentioned that Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1 was made available for public download. In my experience it was definitely much faster and much more stable than the Firefox 2 series. Chippy over at UMPC Portal has done some speed tests on … Read more
In documents obtained by IDG News Service, Microsoft has outlined a program that would allow PC makers to install Windows XP Home Edition on their ultraportable/low cost machines (netbooks, subnotebooks, etc.) for very steep discounts, with a few conditions: – Screen sizes must be 10.2-inches … Read more
DigiTimes is reporting that the low-cost 8.9-inch LCD displays that go into such ultraportable devices as the HP 2133 Mini-Note and the Asus Eee PC 900 are going to have tight supplies later in the year as PC makers ramp up production of 8.9-inch netbooks/subnotebooks … Read more