If you’re in the market for a new netbook but expect a bit more from your machine, the new Acer Aspire One D255 is probably what you’re looking for — as we’re hearing that’s the first Acer netbook to feature the new Atom N550 dual-core processor that clocks at 1.5GHz and has 512KB L2 cache.Similar [...]

Intel has announced a range of low-voltage chips for ultra-thin laptops. The new 32nm chips announced are the Core i3-330UM (dual-core,1.2 GHz), Core i5-430UM(dual-core, 1.2 GHz), Core i5-540UM(dual-core, 1.2 GHz), Core i7-660UM (dual core, 1.33 GHz), Celeron U3400 (dual-core, 1.06 GHz) and Pentium U5400 (dual core, 1.2 GHz).The chips have been created using high-k metal [...]

Google has officially released the source code for the latest version of their mobile operating system, Android 2.2 Froyo. The open source OS now has close to 4000 independent contributors working on it. The new version of the operating system brings in a huge increase in performance with new “Just-in-time” compiler support as well as [...]

For the last three years we have been hearing about how Intel is all set to shake up the GPU market with their LarraBee discrete GPU. But it was later downsized into a “software platform” last year and now Intel has finally decided to shelve the project completely. According to a new blog post from [...]

Getac updates its V100 rugged convertible tablet PC, adding the Intel Core i6 1.2GHz processor to offer up to 47% faster performance than its predecessor. The new V100 also packs 2GB of DDR3 memory, integrated Intel GMA HD graphics and a shock mounted 320GB hard disk drive. The V100 MIL-STD-810G and IP65 compliant and ready [...]

Acer officially debuted their new 10.1” netbook, the Acer Aspire One D260. It runs on Intel’s latest Atom N455 1.66 GHz processor and 2GB of RAM and boasts a runtime of around 8 hours. The D260 has a 10.1” 1024×600 display powered by Intel GMA 3150 graphics. Though earlier there were rumors about a possible [...]

Intel unveiled a prototype of the ‘Canoe Lake’ platform for netbooks that allows users to play 720p video in a machine that is barely 14 mm thick. The unveiling was done by the company at the Computex 2010 event held in Taipei. The ultrathin device that housed the platform, which is still in its experimental [...]

Intel is planning to launch several new desktop processors in 3Q 2010 replacing some of the older models as well as bringing in new high-performance enthusiast chips including a six-core chip. They will also be reducing the prices of some existing chips to boost demand.According to Digitimes, Intel will launch three processors in mid-July. First [...]

Asus’ UL80JT-A1 is a new model of the company’s UL series. It is boosted by the new Intel Core i3-330UM low power processor, 4GB of RAM and NVIDIA Optimus technology that will automatically switch between the 1GB NVIDIA GeForce M310 graphics and the integrated GMA HD graphics for enhanced performance. The UL80JT-A1, as a model [...]

Apple has been rumored to soon begin refreshing its iMac line of computers as resellers of the device have reported that the company has asked them to keep the inventory lean. The newer iMac models have also been rumored to contain Core i3, i5 and i7 processors from Intel instead of the Core 2 Duo [...]