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- AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology
- AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...
- Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- News to know: Nook; Yahoo; Sun; Net Neutrality; Apple; Windows 7
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Burnette: Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader Matthew Miller: B&N Nook ebook reader revolutionizes...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7
- Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...
- Tags: Processors, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core i5, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Core i5, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- MSI X340 might be the best laptop you've never heard of
- Glossy LCD? No thanksA Lenovo X300 from the Lenovo Outlet for about $1100 seems to be the best deal to me. For an extra $400 beyond the MSI you get a fast SSD, higher resolution non-glossy display though the viewing angle and contrast is rather disappointing, a second processing core,...
- Tags: Notebooks, MSI web site, MSI, laptop computer, MSI X340
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- AMD Tigris, Congo mobile platforms target multimedia, battery life
- Sounds goodAny ballpark idea of when this will be on the market and about what the price range of the product will be? I have several friends who have laptops with AMD CPU and they all like them very much. I have good memories of an AMD Athlon...
- Tags: Processors, multimedia, battery, mobile, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Netbooks with Nvidia's Ion wait on Windows 7
- Nvidia's Ion platform may be off to a slow start, but that could change once Windows 7 arrives in late October. To date Ion has been used only in nettops--including two new ones from Asus and Lenovo--but the first netbooks should finally arrive around the time Microsoft releases its new...
- Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., NVidia Corp., Microsoft Windows, Netbook, Ion, Eee Top ET2002T, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- Acer's Aspire 1410 is a notebook in a netbook's body
- We've seen netbooks such as the Dell Mini Inspiron 12 (R.I.P.) and Lenovo IdeaPad S12 in the guise of 12.1-inch ultraportables. Now Acer is trying the reverse--a notebook with the same display size as its Aspire One 751h netbook. Rumors about an Acer 11.6-inch laptop have been...
- Tags: Notebook, Acer Inc., Netbook, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- $299 laptop specials keep back-to-school shoppers happy; would you buy over a Netbook?
- This will only drive down the cost of netbooksSo laptops drop to $299, netbooks will drop to $199. Or less. This is really a bad news trend for MS. As hardware prices drop, Windows becomes a higher percentage of the unit cost. When it comes to...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, netbook, laptop computer, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- Why not all 12-inch netbooks are the same
- I've been skeptical of 12-inch netbooks, especially as prices for real notebooks continue to fall fast. At that size, netbooks start to run up against laptops, so it's no surprise that the PC industry is feeling its way. Acer has been selling an 11.6-inch model since May, but Asus has...
- Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Netbook, Intel Corp., IdeaPad S12, Aspire, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Cheaper ultraportables meet more powerful netbooks
- There are two ways to address the limitations of netbooks: 1.) offer less-costly notebooks, or 2.) give netbooks a little more muscle. Both are now happening. The ultra-thin laptops based on Intel's ULV processors or AMD's Athlon Neo are an obvious alternative to netbooks, and they've already...
- Tags: Netbook, Vostro 1220, 6-cell Battery, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- Netbook or notebook? Confusion reigns at 12 inches
- Market researcher NPD says that consumers are confused about the difference between a netbook and a notebook. It's no wonder. In the world according to Wintel, the distinction would be fairly clear: Netbooks have 10-inch or smaller displays, use Atom processors and 1GB of memory, and run...
- Tags: Memory, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Laptop Computer, Netbook, Gateway LT3100, Dell Mini 12, Notebook Price, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks
- The tech industry is always looking for the next big thing: Bing is gaining on Google, the Palm Pre will dethrone the iPhone, and so on. One of the latest "next big things" is the duo of ARM and Android which, if you buy the hype, will wrest the PC...
- Tags: Google Android, ARM, Smart Phone, Qualcomm Inc., Netbook, Tech Industry, Hardware Compatibility, SSD, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Lenovo IdeaPad S12 pushes netbooks in new directions; Intel, Microsoft push back
- The battle over the role of netbooks appears to be escalating. Computer makers, aided by Nvidia, are broadening the features and performance of netbooks--adding larger displays and more-capable graphics. The latest example is Lenovo, which just announced a 12-inch netbook--the first from a major computer maker with Nvidia's Ion platform....
- Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., NVidia Corp., Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Intel Corp., Ion, GeForce 9400M, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Chipsets, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Living with a netbook: The performance penalty
- No one claims that netbooks can match the performance of laptops that cost hundreds or even thousands more. The real question is whether the performance of a netbook is good enough. Over the past few weeks, I've been doing some testing on five netbooks with 10-inch displays:...
- Tags: Performance, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?
- There is no denying the popularity of netbooks, but there's still much debate about who's buying them and for what purpose. Netbooks were conceived for emerging markets--along the lines of the OLPC's XO laptop and Intel's Classmate PC--but they turned out to be more popular in developed countries. More recently,...
- Tags: Notebook, Netbook, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Office 2007 Service Pack 2 available for download
- Office 2007 Service Pack 2 available for downloadUpgrade Went SmoothlyI just completed the upgrade to Office 2007 SP2 and all went well. According to Firefox v3.5b4 the download was approx. 290MB and with a 15 Mbs download speed it happened rather quickly. Once downloaded it took about 15 to 20...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Office 2007 SP2, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2007, Office 2007 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- HP Pavilion Dv2
- When we first saw the 12-inch HP Pavilion dv2 at CES 2009, we noted that, "at first glance, another glossy HP laptop with an AMD processor may induce yawns, but when we learned this was the first system to use AMD's new Netbook-like Athlon Neo platform, our ears perked up."...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, laptop computer, netbook, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, HP Pavilion Dv2, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Neo
- Product reviews 2009-04-08
- HP Pavilion dv2: Netbook or notebook?
- If Goldilocks was in the market for a laptop, she might pick the new HP Pavilion dv2. It's not too big, and not too small. It sits between the large and expensive notebooks, and the small-screened netbooks -- it's just right. Announced at CES this past January, the 12.1-inch dv2...
- Tags: Notebook, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Dv2, Athlon Neo, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- HP bundles XenDesktop with two blade PCs
- HP said Wednesday that it will bundle Citrix's XenDesktop 3 with its blade PCs that reside in data centers. HP's BladeSystem bc2800 and bc2200 Blade PC statement are designed to be centralized clients that are controlled by an enterprise. Citrix has long been able to centralize applications....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Blade, Blade PC, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
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