MSI Wind U120
MSI Wind U120 An update to the original MSI Wind, the U120 boasts a snazzier chassis and an aggressive price—but the competition has caught up. 379
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Nvidia unveils low power GeForce G102M GPU
Today Nvidia unveiled the GeForce G102M, a new laptop GPU that will debut in a new 14-inch notebook from Asus called the K401N. The announcement was made at the CeBIT trade show in Germany.
According to Nvidia:
The GeForce G102M is designed to provide a superior graphics experience for thin,
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Digital City #21: Robot-controlled subways and the death of newspapers
On this week’s Digital City, we discuss the new robot-controlled NYC subway trains, Facebook’s bill of rights, the death of the Rocky Mountain News, and why game companies have to break out of the holiday-only release system.
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Samsung picks Via Nano CPU for its NC20 Netbook
Samsung Electronics is adopting the Nano processor from Via Technologies for its NC20 Netbook.
The NC20 is set to be Samsung’s successor to the NC10, which, like most Netbooks on the market, has an Intel Atom central processing unit.
The new Samsung NC20 Netbook
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Always Innovating launching touch-screen Netbook
PALM DESERT, Calif.–I think the most eagerly anticipated demo at Demo 09 here will be Always Innovating’s Touch Book, slated for late Monday afternoon. It’s yet another Netbook, granted, but it’s got a cool detachable (and optional) keyboard, and a magnetic mount for sticking onto a refrigerator.
I got a quick demo video (left) with the company’s CEO, Gregoire Gentil, who is French. He couldn’t show me the user interface on the prototype hardware he had with him, but says it will be easy to use with big, fat American fingers (he didn’t actually say that).
The product will run a Linux OS, Gentil said, and it’s the first Netbook based on an ARM CPU, not the typical Atom found in most Netbooks. He says users can expect 10 to 15 hours of battery life. The product will be $299 without the keyboard, $399 with. It ships this spring, but you can preorder now.
The Always Innovating Netbook has a detachable keyboard.
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The back of the tablet is magnetic, so you can stick it on your fridge.
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DisplayLink now for anyone
(Credit: Diamond)If you’ve ever been interested in the DisplayLink technology–which allows you to daisy-chain up to six monitors to one system via USB–but you don’t actually own a Displaylink monitor, you’re in luck.
This week Diamond Multimedia introduced its first DisplayLink-enabled USB graphics adapter, the BVU160. …
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Piper: Q2 Mac sales on pace to decline
Mac sales could decline for the first time since 2003 without a boost, according to Piper Jaffray.
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Apple’s Mac sales for the first month of the year could indicate that the economy is finally catching up with the company.
Piper Jaffray, known as one of the most …
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RIM, Lenovo sync up BlackBerrys, ThinkPads
Lenovo and Research In Motion make different devices, but have one thing in common: their target audience.
Seeing that, the Canadian smartphone maker and the Chinese PC vendor have teamed up on Constant Connect, a new service that will make it easier to link ThinkPads and BlackBerrys.
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