Archive for December, 2009

AVARATEC INTROS HS-105 NETBOOK WITH ATOM N270, GIVES PINE TRAIL A MISS

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Bookmark this category Every main stream PC maker is now busy announcing new netbooks with the Pine Trail Atom N450 processor. Avaratec, it seems, thinks differently. The company has just introduced a new netbook powered by an Atom N270 processor clocking at 1.6GHz. The Averatec HS-105 has a 10.1 [...]

4 ION-POWERED NETBOOKS COMPARED AND RATED

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Bookmark this category The NVIDIA ION platform combines a low power Atom processor with a higher performance NVIDIA GeForce 9400 graphics. Netbooks are low power devices with negligible graphics capabilities. The ION platform gives these machines enough power to handle some modern games and play [...]

LENOVO NETBOOKS WITH PINE TRAIL CHIPS COMING?

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Bookmark this category Intel has officially launched its Pine Trail platform, and we have already seen at least six companies announcing netbooks based on the Pine Trail chips. Lenovo, however, has maintained silence. Though the company hasn’t announced any netbooks based on the next generation [...]

MEET THE UPCOMING PINE TRAIL NETBOOKS

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Bookmark this category It is raining netbooks. Ever since Intel introduced its next-generation Atom N450 processor, PC makers have kept themselves busy announcing new netbook models. And we will be seeing a lot more models in the coming weeks leading up to CES. Here’s a roundup of all the netbooks [...]

Japanese firm buys Explay tiny projector startup for a song

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Bookmark this category Japan’s ADM has purchased the Israeli startup Explay for $550,000. Investors put an estimated $7 million into the maker of pico-projectors, which can be used in cell phones or other devices to project bright images on walls. Texas Instruments, which makes digital light [...]

How to Master the “Art of Apathy”

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When we hear the word “apathy”, we may also hear the words “uncaring”, “soulless”, or “lazy”. You may think that an apathetic person doesn’t like to be bothered with the burdens of the world or even in his immediate community. You may picture him having a slothful attitude. Maybe he doesn’t care [...]

How to Bring More Joy Into Your Daily Life

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It would be hard to imagine two more contrasting worlds. Above me, stretching up into the heavy rain clouds, the opulence of the Trump Tower, sleek and black. Behind me, on a busy Fifth Avenue sidewalk, a charity worker soliciting for cash donations from the passing throng. Lucky enough to have [...]

ASUS EEE PC T101MT TOUCH-SCREEN TABLET PC HITS FCC

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Bookmark this category Asus’s Eee PC T101MT touch-screen tablet PC has hit the FCC. We first heard about this model almost a year ago, but then Asus delayed the release. The T101MT has a touch-screen display that can swivel and be folded down over the keyboard. No information regarding specs is [...]

OLPC XO-3 TABLET FOR $75

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Bookmark this category Remember that OLPC XO educational laptop which sparked the netbook revolution? It couldn’t be sold for the promised price of $100, but it proved that it is possible to build a usable mini-laptop at extremely low prices. Well, Nicholas Negroponte, the man behind the One [...]

INTEL CORE i3 AND CORE i5 PROCESSORS FOR NOTEBOOKS COMING IN JANUARY

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Bookmark this category In the first week of January Intel will release its new Core i3 and Core i5 CPUs for use in notebooks. These new processors will belong to the Arrandale platform and they will feature integrated GPU cores for the first time. As a result of this, the Core i3 and Core i5 [...]
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