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Advantech Outs ARK-1120 Embedded PC Powered by Intel Atom CPUs

Despite losing much of their market share in favor of AMD’s Brazos-series APUs, Intel’s Atom processors are still popular among industrial computer designers such as Advantech, who recently unveiled the ARK-1120 embedded PC. The compact system is housed inside a small form factor aluminum enclosure which...

14 February 2012
04:55 GMT

Shuttle Prepares Trio of Fanless Cedar Trail SFF Desktops

Small form factor computer maker Shuttle is preparing to launch three new XS-Series nettop PCs based on the desktop version of the Intel Atom Cedar Trail platform. All three models, dubbed the XS35V3, XS35GT V3, and XS36V, use the same Intel Atom D2700 processor which, thanks to its 2.13GHz operating clocks and dual...

11 February 2012
16:01 GMT

Acer Aspire One D270 Cedar Trail Netbook Goes on Sale

Listed by Amazon US since the middle of January, Acer’s Aspire One D270 netbook, based on Intel’s recently announced Atom Cedar Trail platform, just went on sale in both Europe and the US, with pricing starting at 259 EUR (about $343). Acer’s creation doesn’t differ all that much from all the...

10 February 2012
03:18 GMT

Asus Eee PC X101CH and 1025C Netbooks Now Available for Pre-Order

Just one week after being officially unveiled at the CES 2012 fair, Asus’ Eee PC X101CH and Eee PC 1025C notebooks, based on Intel’s Cedar Tail platform, are now available for pre-order in the US with prices starting at $269 (roughly 210 EUR).For this much money, you will be able to get your hands on the ...

17 January 2012
10:46 GMT

Asus Presents Intel Cedar Trail-Powered Eee Box EB1031 Nettop

Intel’s launch of the Atom Cedar Trail platform has inspired many hardware makers to introduce computers built around these chips, including Asus who has recently presented one such design dubbed the Eee Box EB1031. Compared to its predecessors, Asus’ new nettop has now gained a matte case that does a far...

16 January 2012
03:43 GMT

Download the Intel GMA Driver 8.14.8.1065 for Vista / Windows 7

A good piece of news comes from Intel: new display drivers are being released for a number of Atom-based motherboards. The new Graphics Media Accelerator driver reaches version 8.14.8.1065 and the current release is intended for Windows Vista and 7, but only for the 32-bit distributions. No word so far of an x64 rel...

11 January 2012
10:32 GMT

HP Updates Mini 110 and Mini 210 Netbooks to Intel Cedar Trail

Intel’s recently announced Cedar Trail platform has also made it in HP’s Mini 110 and Mini 210 netbooks which can now be equipped with the Atom N2600 and Atom N2800 dual-core processors with Hyper-Threading support.The Cedar Trail platform is comprised of the Cedarview processor and the NM10 chipset, whic...

3 January 2012
08:54 GMT

Toshiba Intros 10.1-Inch Windows 7 Running Tablet in Japan

Toshiba already has quite a few tablet devices in its arsenal, but this hasn’t stopped the maker for releasing yet another slate that packs a 10.1-inch screen and runs Microsoft’s Windows 7 Professional operating system.Just like most other Win 7 slates out there, Toshiba’s creation, which was dubbe...

13 December 2011
10:24 GMT

Asus Eee PC 1025C Netbook Visits the FCC

Asus will soon introduce a new Eee PC model in its netbook lineup, the 1025C, which is expected to become one of the first such devices to make use of Intel's recently launched Cedar Trail platform for low-power mobile devices.The Cedar Trail platform is comprised out of Cedarview Atom processors and of the NM10...

3 October 2011
09:03 GMT

Intel Atom D2700 CPU Spotted in Soyo mATX Motherboard

In the fourth quarter of this year, Intel will release a new generation of Atom processors that is known under the code name of Cedarview, which Soyo plans to use for an upcoming motherboard using the micro-ATX form factor.The most distinctive feature of this Soyo solution is the large blue-colored aluminum radiator ...

21 September 2011
08:27 GMT

Intel Atom D2700 Powered J&W Motherboard Makes Appearance

Even though there is still some time left until Intel's first processors based on the Cedarview architecture will be officially launched, motherboard makers have already started showcasing solutions built around these chips and the latest such product to make its appearance is manufactured by J&W.  The boar...

8 August 2011
08:02 GMT

VIA: 1.2GHz Nano X2 Processor Is Faster than Intel Atom D252

VIA has recently published a whitepaper in which it compares the performance of a dual-core 1.2GHz Nano X2 processor with that of Intel's current flagship Atom chip, the D252, both in single-threaded and multi-threaded applications. The VIA CPU surpassed its counterpart in all the benchmarks run, delivering b...

2 August 2011
07:43 GMT

Lenovo IdeaPad S100 Netbook Available for Pre-Order in the US

At the start of this year, Lenovo has introduced a series of new entry-level netbooks, including the IdeaPad S100 model that is now available for pre-order on Amazon US with prices starting at $329.99.The IdeaPad S100 is one of Lenovo's most basic notebook models and is based on an Intel Atom N455 processor.Intr...

23 June 2011
08:42 GMT

Commodore C64 Remake to Start Shipping This Week

Commodore USA announced recently that is has nearly finished manufacturing its first batch of C64 systems and that the dual-core Atom PC is expected to start shipping by the end of this week, thus turning into reality the dreams of many computer geeks out there.The original Commodore 64 machine was launched almost 30...

20 June 2011
03:49 GMT

Habey Post-It Sized Board Can Decode Two HD Streams Simultaneously

Hubey, a company specialized in developing embedded computing solutions, has just announced the release of a Post-it sized computer module, that is able to decode two HD video streams at the same time.This computing module is called the Habey SOM-6670 E6XX Tunnel Creek Qseven and, just as its name implies, is based o...

13 June 2011
04:20 GMT

Redesigned Asus Eee PC to Debut at Computex 2011

At the upcoming Computex 2011 fair, Asus plans to update the design of its popular line of Eee PC netbooks with the launch of a new series of devices that feature a much slimmer profile than the previous models. Asus has started teasing the products it plans to showcase at Computex at the end of last week when it p...

25 May 2011
07:50 GMT

Arctic to Launch Compact Multimedia PC Later This Month

Arctic, a manufacturer that is well renowned for its quiet cooling solutions, has just announced that it has finished developing a compact multimedia computer that is running Windows 7 and is expected to launch by the end of the month. Arctic hasn't provided any details about the specifications of the device ...

6 May 2011
07:12 GMT

The Iconic Commodore 64 Returns, This Time Powered by Intel Atom CPU

Beloved by many, the legendary Commodore 64 computer has just came back to shape the future of a whole new generation of users as today Commodore USA has announced the availability of a new keyboard-type PC that closely resembles the original machine, although it features more up-to-date hardware parts. The origin...

6 April 2011
05:57 GMT

QNAP Rolls Out the TS-x59 Pro II NAS Series

QNAP's become quite well-known for its Atom-powered NAS (network-attached storage) solutions for both the enterprise and home users, and now, the company's back a couple of new products of this type, as a part of their TS-x59 Pro II series.The new line of QNAP NAS solutions includes several different models...

29 March 2011
09:39 GMT

Intel Atom N455 Powers New Super-Thin Nettop from Onkyo

While Atom-based nettops are not exactly a huge novelty (they've been around of a couple of years, after all), coming across one that combines a super-slim profile with an attractive external design is always a noteworthy event, this also being the case with the new DP315 model from Onkyo.First and foremost, we&...

11 March 2011
13:11 GMT

Sapphire Working on AMD Fusion Powered Version of the EDGE-HD Mini PC

At the start of last month, Sapphire officially launched what the company has called the “smallest PC in the world,” and now it is working on a revised version that will swap the current Intel Atom CPU for an AMD E-350 accelerated processing unit. The current version of the EDGE-HD Mini PC is powered b...

3 March 2011
13:01 GMT

World's 'Greenest' x86 Intel Atom - Based Server Shipping from SeaMicro

Energy efficiency is one feature many companies are really looking for as far as servers are concerned, and that's exactly the reason why SeaMicro has developed and started shipping such a product built entirely around Intel's low-power Atom CPU.Touted as being the world's most-energy efficient 64-bit ...

28 February 2011
03:59 GMT

Mystery MSI Mini-ITX Board Makes Appearance

Along its consumer-oriented products, MSI also designs and manufactures a wide selection of industrial and embedded motherboards, and recently, what appears to be such a board made its appearance on the web. The mainboard's picture was uncovered by the VR-Zone website, and, unfortunately, isn't accompani...

24 February 2011
09:08 GMT

New Samsung NC210 with Dual-Core Atom Proves Netbooks Are Not Dead Just Yet

Although the rapid rise of Internet tablets (including some hybrid, netbook-like devices, such as the Asus Slider) is a direct threat to netbooks, it seems that this category is not dead yet, as Samsung proves by introducing yet another product of this type, the NC210.Around a year or so ago, everyone believed that n...

24 February 2011
03:02 GMT

MeeGo Powered In-Vehicle Information System Makes Appearance at MWC 2011

While Nokia was pretty clear that from this point forth it doesn't want MeeGo to come anywhere their smartphones, other companies are a lot more eager to use this operating system for their devices, and one such company is Hawtai which has incorporated a MeeGo-based in-vehicle information (IVI) system in one of ...

16 February 2011
06:56 GMT

Acer Showcases Redesigned Aspire One Netbook

Taking advantage of the 2011 Mobile World Congress, which is underway right now in Barcleona, Spain, Acer has introduced a new low-power portable computer dubbed the Aspire One D257 that differentiates itself from all the company's previous netbook models by featuring a brand new design. In fact this is the f...

14 February 2011
08:50 GMT

'Ubuntu Tab' Internet Tablet Gets Detailed Spec Sheet, More Pictures

As some of you will certainly remember, we've talked a while ago (back in late 2010, to be precise) about an interesting new tablet being built in China and running one of the best-known open source operating systems out there, Ubuntu Linux, and now, we'll go back to this topic, since we've managed to ...

28 January 2011
17:01 GMT

Windows 7 and Android Dual-Boot Enabled on New Aspire One E100 Education Netbook

It seems that Acer's keen on expanding the targeted market segments for its Aspire One netbooks, and for this reason, the company is apparently preparing the launch of a new model called Aspire One E100 Education, that, as its name clearly says, goes for the educational environment and sports a fairly interestin...

25 January 2011
06:03 GMT

Nokia N9 to Land with MeeGo on Intel's Atom Chip

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has been long rumored to plan bringing to the market a new high-end smartphone, the Nokia N9, and some more info on what the said device would be all about emerged.MeeGo is the platform of choice for this beauty, which might just make on official appearance at the Mobile World Congre...

20 January 2011
09:19 GMT

Asus Eee PC Sirocco is Just the Eee PC 1015PW With Some Extra Glitter

When talking about Asus' teaser for their Sirocco Eee PC netbook, we expressed our hopes the device in question was going to be something truly interesting (perhaps even powered by the AMD Fusion platform), especially since it was accompanied by the “Making Waves” tagline, but the reality is a lot le...

19 January 2011
06:14 GMT

Heavy-Duty Metal Enclosure Protects Axiomtek’s New Atom-Running Industrial PC

It really seems that more and more industrial systems' manufacturers opt for Intel's Atom CPU for their heavy-duty, rugged systems, and that's also the case with the people over at Axiomtek, who've recently announced their GOT-3126TL-830 industrial-grade PC.The system features a heavy-duty metal e...

19 January 2011
05:39 GMT

ECOPC N.1A Ubuntu-Running Fanless Nettop Hits Korea

While the nettop segment hasn't really managed to record some spectacular growths over the past year or so, there's still a constant demand for such products, and that's exactly the reason why Korean company ECOPC has recently introduced its N.1A model, that delivers a fairly standard configuration, bu...

18 January 2011
03:44 GMT

Boxee Looking to Subsidize the Price of the Boxee Box to Compete with Apple TV

With every passing day it becomes ever more clear that media streamers need to become less expensive for them to gain in popularity as much as manufacturers wish, Boxee CEO just stating during a video interview that the company is looking to subsidize its units’ price in order to better compete with Apple TV. Alth...

17 January 2011
10:30 GMT

World's Slimmest Windows 7 Tablet Introduced by Viliv at CES 2011

As you might have found out earlier this week, Viliv brought two new Android Internet tablets at CES 2011, the X7 and X10, but that wasn't all the company had in store, as they've also taken the wraps off their X70 Windows 7 Slate, touted as being the world's slimmest-ever Windows 7-based tablet.As Sla...

9 January 2011
10:54 GMT

Toshiba mini NB505 Netbook Launched at CES 2011, NB305 Gets Dual-Core Atom

Toshiba's CES 2011 presence has been quite an impressive one, especially as far as its portable computing systems are concerned, the company releasing plenty new products of this type, including here a few updates in its NB netbook line.The first novelty brought about by Toshiba is the launch of the mini NB505 n...

6 January 2011
14:21 GMT

Old-School Commodore 64x Featuring ION 2 and Intel Atom Further Detailed

As some of you will certainly remember, Commodore USA decided to bring back from the dead the famous Commodore C64 system, a keyboard-shaped computer that has earned an important spot in the history of computing, and, after presenting a few details last summer, they've now come up with some more info on their fu...

17 December 2010
15:11 GMT

Intel Atom E600 Powering New Digital Smart Home Gateway from Infosys

It's becoming quite clear that, on the future, most multimedia devices and computing solutions installed around the house will communicate between each other via a central hub, and that's exactly the type of solution Infosys Technologies is offering right now, in the form of the Digital Smart Home Gateway p...

14 December 2010
15:41 GMT

ARBOR Launches the Intel Atom N450 Powered EmCORE-i2902 EPIC-sized Mainboard

Although Intel went out of its way and designed the Atom E600C FPGA processor especially for embedded duty a large number manufacturers out there still use regular Atom CPUs for their single board computers, ARBOR just announcing the EmCORE-i2902 EPIC-sized mainboard that makes use of the N450 processor.Much like oth...

7 December 2010
04:04 GMT

2goPad SL10 Pro Windows 7 10.2-Inch Tablet PC Introduced by CTL

As the Christmas shopping period approaches (and after that, the countdown to CES 2011), we're seeing quite a few new and interesting tablets being rolled out onto the market, the latest to make an appearance being the 2goPad SL10 Pro from CTL, a 10.2-inch Tablet PC running the Windows 7 operating system. The...

3 December 2010
01:08 GMT

Linutop 3 Atom Nettop Runs Linux, Is Super-Compact

Although one might say that there's no place on the market for ultra-compact, Linux-running nettops, the truth of the matter is quite different, especially if we're talking about the Linutop 3, whose diminutive size, combined with a good overall level of performance, makes it suitable for a variety of appli...

30 November 2010
09:25 GMT

MSI Announces Fanless Mainboard with Atom-based Processor

Although Intel has just released the specially designed Atom E600C processor for embedded duty, there are still users out there that are far more interested in building small form factor systems based on regular Atom chips, MSI just releasing a 3.5-inch motherboard that come paired with a Intel Atom N270 process...

30 November 2010
08:45 GMT

Ocosmos OSC1 Oak Trail Running UMPC Set to Arrive Q1 2011

It's been quite a while since we heard any news coming from Ocosmos' part since Intel briefly flashed the OSC1 UMPC at IDF 2010, but it seems like the company has been busy at work finalizing the Oak Trail running OSC1, latest report suggesting this is scheduled to reach us in Q1 2011.According to the compa...

29 November 2010
07:11 GMT

DARwIN-OP Open-Source Humanoid Robot Steps Into the Spotlight

It would seem that the times when we'll be able to build and own our own robots aren't that far away, since the Robotis / Virginia Tech RoMeLa DARwIn-OP (open-platform, hardware and software) humanoid robot is getting ready to hit the market for a price that's actually fairly interesting, especially if...

29 November 2010
02:45 GMT

Intel Intros Highly-Configurable “Stellarton” Atom-Based CPUs

Ever since it was first launched, Intel's Atom CPU has really managed to turn the whole market on its head, the tiny processing unit now powering a wide array of devices, from netbooks to Internet tablets, but it would seem that this is not nearly enough for the chip manufacturer, as Intel has just released thei...

23 November 2010
01:02 GMT

Windows 7 LG E-NOTE H1000B Internet Tablet Goes Official, Packs Atom, SSD

Back at CES 2010, we were pretty sure that, throughout the year, we'd see an absolutely huge number of Internet tablets hitting the shelves, and although, to some extent, our expectations have been met, the truth of the matter is that number of such products that arrived on the market is not that mind-blowing hi...

22 November 2010
01:58 GMT

11.6-Inch Windows 7 Tablet from Onkyo Announced

We've come across so many Internet tablets these past few months that keeping track of each and every single one of them can prove to be a fairly difficult task, even if there are a few that manage to really stand out from a crowd, this being the case with the TW317A7 Windows 7 Tablet that has just been reveale...

18 November 2010
15:21 GMT

New HP Mini 1103 Business Netbook Goes Budget

The truth of the matter is that we're going through some pretty bleak economic times right now, and for this reason, the idea of a netbook that targets specifically the enterprise and business segments, while the same time being quite affordable is a very interesting one.Given these circumstances, HP has decided...

16 November 2010
01:39 GMT

MeeGo 1.1: Powerful OS for Intel Atom Netbooks

Valtteri Halla proudly announced last evening, October 28th, the immediate availability of the MeeGo 1.1 operating system for netbooks, IVI, and handsets. MeeGo 1.1 is compatible with all Intel Atom and ARMv7 powered devices, and it provides a solid baseline for various developers and device vendors to develop appli...

29 October 2010
06:53 GMT

Jolicloud 1.1 Hands On

Our last review of the Jolicloud 1.0 operating system was very appreciated, and we thought that it will be a very good idea to give you guys a glimpse into the next release, Jolicloud 1.1, which will be available for download/upgrade in November 2010. The Jolicloud team was kind enough to give us access to an exclus...

27 October 2010
15:48 GMT

Samsung's N150 Plus Netbook Is Now Available in Red and Pink Too

In terms of design portable computers have come a long way since their early days, ever more manufacturing introducing sleek lines and attractive colors to their offerings, Samsung just adding two new colorways to its N150 Plus netbook.Now available in pink and bright red, these netbooks feature the same two tone pai...

27 October 2010
05:35 GMT


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