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No Intel Core i5 and i7 for Mac?

In the great rumor mill that is all things Apple this item, compliments of the team at TheAppleBlog, caught my attention: Right now, Apple is using Intel's C...

1/11/10- The day N450 Atom comes to town

Complying with their agreement with Intel, the big netbook vendors MSI, Acer, Asustek Computer, and Lenovo all held off releasing their new Atom-based N450 netb...

Intel Demos 4 Screen Laptop Prototype

If you thought a two screen laptop was impressive then the Intel prototype laptop with 4 screens code named Tangent Bay is poised to blow you away. Instead of sliding, folding or otherwise adding to the width of your laptop the prototype integrates 3 OLED Touch Screens above the keyboard which can be used to control the computer and display media.

NMU Provides Lenovo R400’s and WiMAX to Students

Imagine this. You're (back) in college, settling down in "your" booth of at the local coffeeshop with your decked out Lenovo R400 and you realize that all the research for your midterm essay is located on the History Department's shared network drive. If you're a student at almost any school other then Northern Michigan University (NMU) you'd have to abandon your already warmed up booth, guzzle your double hazelnut latte and trek back to campus to download the research to your hard drive, but students at NMU don't even have to depend on the coffeeshop's flaky wifi connection thanks to the roll-out of WiMAX at NMU and in the college town of Marquette.
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Digital Summer Party in SF

Last night I went to the Digital Summer party at Temple, a nightspot in San Francisco. It was a celebration of technology mixed with a fashion show. Liana Burts...

Intel Announces New Mobile Processors At Computex

intel-computexIntel is busy at Computex 2009, where it will be announcing new processors for mobile and laptop computing. There are four new models coming, with the T9900 as the flagship model, pushing above 3GHz processor speeds. The P9700 and P8800 increases performance with large amounts of high speed cache memory. The SU2700 is geared towards the ultra-portable market and will be used in the new thin and light notebooks, which Intel expects to be the big sellers in 2009. Additionally, Intel plans on releasing a new chipset dubbed GS40 to maximize performance from these new processors. Via UberGizmo

MSI X340 Reviewed

msix340_sh3Laptop Mag put the MSI X340 under the microscope and gave it a mixed review. The MSI X340 manages to match the MacBook Air's dimensions but its build quality leaves a lot to be desired.
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Intel Buys Netbook.com

Intel bought Netbook.com last week and will most likely turn it into a portal for Atom-powered netbooks. Intel is working to define the space as there's some debate about which computers should even be called "netbook".
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Wait a Week to Buy a Notebook…

If you're in the market for a notebook for college I strongly suggest waiting until next week to start seriously shopping. Starting Monday you will see a huge number of notebooks announced around the formal introduction of Intel's 'Montevina' platform.
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Intel Awards Universities for Green Notebook Power Designs

Intel LogoIntel challenged European universities to design a device capable of powering laptops using renewable and sustainable energy sources. Today Intel announced that the Spanish team from Polytechnic of Madrid, won the contest with a pedal powered machine.
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Dell XPS M1530 – Prices, Specs and Details

Dell XPS M1530 LaptopThe Dell XPS M153o is the latest update to the company's high-performance notebook line. The XPS M1530 is built of magnesium alloy and aluminum, giving it a high-class appearance at a reasonable $999 entry price. Available in a black, red and white, the XPSM1530 can be loaded with a Blu-Ray disc burner and a solid state drive.
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Fujitsu Launches LifeBook V1000

Fujitsu V1010 Notebook Fujitsu announced the LifeBook V1010 notebook series for home offices and schools. The Lifebook V1010 is a no-frills 15.d-inch notebook that starts at $799.
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Intel Core 2 Extreme Mobile Processors Introduced

Core 2 Extreme MobileIntel announced the Core 2 Extreme mobile dual-core processor, which the company is billing as the world's highest-performing mobile processor. Intel also introduced new desktop processors and said it expects to announce battery-friendly quad-core processors for laptop computers next year.