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Image Gallery: MSI Wind netbook

ASUS just celebrated the first year of the "netbook" category of mobile computing devices and since they started it last year, the market has taken off with a wide choice of netbooks today. I had the chance to try out the MSI Wind for a couple of weeks and was...

Tags: Mobile, Mobile Computing, Handhelds, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Marketing, Matthew Miller, product photos, MSI Wind, netbook, Windows

Image galleries 2008-10-22

MSI Wind notebook hits stores, promptly sells out?

The much-delayed MSI Wind has finally started to ship -- well, sort of. Pre-orders for the mini machine have started to ship, supposedly. Newegg, Fry's, Buy.com and others are supposed to stock the 10-inch device, but they have either already sold out or are keeping mum...

Tags: Notebook, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Machine, MSI Wind, Microsoft Windows XP, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-07-09

The MSI Wind blows out of the gate with an Intel Atom processor

The Asus EeePC set the mark for these new compact laptop computers last year and many companies have since jumped on the bandwagon to take advantage of the popularity of the device, as discussed by Larry Dignan earlier. Today, the MSI Wind U100 Notebook was released in the U.S. and...

Tags: Intel Atom, Intel Corp., MSI Wind, Memory, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-06-03

The ultra portable/subnotebook market continues to grow

James, Kevin, and I just finished recording MobileTechRoundup podcast #135, which should go live soon, and we spent a fair amount of the show talking about the ultra portable PC/subnotebook market and how it has radically changed since the launch of the Asus EeePC last year. And according to the...

Tags: ASUS, Mini-notebook, Ultramobile PC, Subnotebook, CNET UK, MSI Wind, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Notebooks, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Additional Resources

Car makers could learn from chip industry and unleash a wave of innovation

The single most important development in the chip industry was not a new technology it was a new business process. In 1987 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC was formed, it was a chip company with a difference--it would make chips for other chip companies. This was...

Tags: Innovation, Car, Industry, Chip, Tesla Roadster, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure program

Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure programI Think Obviously Not Windows-OnlyWell, I hope it was a case of the surveyors or researchers appropriately delimiting their sample. As to the ZDNet headline writers, perhaps, here, we meet our Dr. Pavlov.I was facilitating a skype roll-out at the office...

Tags: Operating systems, PC, insecure program, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Windows PC

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Netbooks dominate Cyber Monday sales

Netbooks dominated the Computers & PC hardware bestsellers list on Amazon this Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year in the U.S. Netbooks FTW! Chalk it up to a small form factor (7-10 in., about 3 lbs.) and an even smaller...

Tags: Monitor, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sales, LCD, MSI, Monitors & Displays, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Canada not the solution either

Canada not the solution eitherA donkey is a horse designed by a committee ...I work in healthcare reimbursement in the U.S. The bottom line is that any multi-payor system will have all sorts of problems. Payors spend huge amounts of time and money trying to avoid their obligations and...

Tags: Research & Development, Government, Vertical industries, donkey, Fraser Institute, Harper, payor

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

I want an iPhoneStormDroid

I want an iPhoneStormDroidUmm, Xen's been doing this for over a year...The Xen hypervisor has been shown on a future Samsung PDA prototype doing exactly this for a long time - about a year and a half. Great to see Wind River finally catch on, but notice how the...

Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Xen Hypervisor, operating system, Apple iPhone, crashe, iPhoneStormDroid, keyboard, HTC Touch Pro, Wind River Systems Inc., phone, HTC Touch, High Tech Computer Corp., Xen

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

I want an iPhoneStormDroid

Wind River's Multicore Software Hypervisor solution permits multiple embedded OSes to run on a single device. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to actually choose between an iPhone, a BlackBerry, or a Google Android? What if all those device operating...

Tags: Device, Operating System, RIM BlackBerry, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Will Apple launch a netbook? And other burning questions

Will Apple launch a netbook? And other burning questionsApple's Proprietary Wayswill keep them in their ongoing 'elite' niche market unless they open up 'just a little' and OEM OS X.11" for $800?In a tough economic downturn? Heck, with huge spending deficits and bailout city happening, I can see a...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., netbook

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

Is Apple pricing itself out of education?

Is Apple pricing itself out of education?Apple is destinedto remain a niche 'elite' market player.o Their O/S is proprietary, o Their iPOD is proprietary,o Their iPhone is proprietary,o Their Mac is proprietary,o Their Hardware is proprietary and locked to their O/S.Apple has essentially 'locked' itself into a limited market for...

Tags: Desktops, pricing strategy, Apple Inc., education, Microsoft Windows NT, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

TI execs ramp up green tech contributions, at work and at home

The trouble with the Green IT blog beat is there are literally hundreds of things that you could write about every day, often from the same company, but since this isn't the ONLY thing I do to put food on my table, I have to be really selective about which...

Tags: Green Technology, Texas Instruments Inc., Ogboenyiya, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Vista-related e-mails I'd like to read (but probably won't)

Vista-related e-mails I'd like to read (but probably won't)This whole mess is just a public relations problem for the Vista brand, andMicrosoft in general. Microsoft will move as quickly as possible to get the Vista brand off of shelves. MS should also move to settle this case out of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), e-mail, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solid

Last week, I bought a Dell Mini 9 preloaded with Ubuntu. The idea: Check out a  netbook and take Ubuntu for a spin. The early reaction: Netbooks can be handy,  but they can also cramp your hands with those dinky keyboards. And aside from some early problems with connecting to...

Tags: Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., WEP, Operating System, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Security, Security, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-24

LA goes electric

LA goes electric150 miles won't even get you to Fresno"the car will go 150 miles on a charge that gets me just about to San Francisco and back"Oops. LA to SF one way is about 380 miles, taking around 6 hours. Looks like you'll have to add two 3-hour recharging...

Tags: car

Discussion threads 2008-11-23

No drama, Obama? Sounds dramatic to me...

In today's radio address, the President-elect specifically said he intends to add jobs in the greentech sector. Here's the specific passage: "We'll put people back to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, modernizing schools that are failing our children, and building wind farms and solar panels; fuel-efficient cars...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-22

Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook business

Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook businessApple NetbookLeopard booting netbooks already exist. One example would be the MSI Wind. It runs the existing version of Mac OS 10.5.5 without a problem and does it very well. Boot times run about 25 sec and wake and sleep...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Netbooks, Apple Inc., Netbook business, ASUS, Netbook, PC, Google Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-11-22

Averatec All-in-One (18.4-inch)

Averatec's latest all-in-one, the reasonably, unimaginatively named 18.4-inch All-in-One PC, boasts a simple, attractive design and a low price. For $549, you get a wide-screen 18.4-inch display that sits atop an 8-by-11-inch base, connected by an adjustable arm. That's less than half the price of the 20-inch iMac and nearly...

Tags: Keyboards, Desktops, display, Averatec, NetTop, keyboard

Product reviews 2008-11-22

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Top 5 Netbooks

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Top 5 NetbooksWhat, No MSI Wind?I liked the Aspire One, and actually had no problems with the strange touch pad button layout, but ultimately choose the Wind. Better keyboard, bluetooth, easily upgradable (Per MSI, this no longer voids your warranty) and can run MAC OS-X...

Tags: Engineering, Operating systems, NOW IT, MSI, Top 5 Netbooks, Microsoft Windows XP, Holiday Gift Guide 2008, netbook, Top 5, Linux, battery, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-11-21