Ablecom Technology plans to showcase the HEC-13 Intel Atom powered nettop at Computex next week. Spec-wise, this little desktop PC looks like standard fare. It has a 1.66GHz Intel Atom D510 dual core processor, integrated Intel GMA 3150 graphics, and up to 2GB of memory, and a 2.5 inch hard drive bay. But design-wise it’s… well, interesting. I can’t decide…

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Asus may have unveiled the Eee PC 1008A Shell netbook at CeBIT in March, but according to DigiTimes, the mini-laptop will be making the rounds again at Computex in Taiwan in June. In other words, it doesn’t sound like this netbook will be widely available before June, despite the fact that we’ve already spotted it on the FCC web site…

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Sure CES is less than a month away and I suspect we’ll see a lot of new and existing netbooks on display on that show floor. But one of the biggest events for computer makers every year is the Computex trade show in Taiwan. Despite the down economy, the organizers say they’ve booked 1800 companies to exhibit at Computex in…

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Eee PC News.de has a nice little pictorial showing about 20 mini-notebooks that were on display at Computex. What do they all have in common? They’re small, light weight, cheap, and they’re powered by the VIA C7-M CPU. If you want an up-close like at the Airis Kira, Great Wall A81, Ngai Lik 8010A, CZC Hn1, TongFan Imini S1, Newbyte…

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Sascha from Eee PC News.de is one of three bloggers I know of who managed to get his hands on an Eee PC 901 while in Tapei for Computex last week. Yesterday he ran a few benchmarks and posted a first look at the new computer, comparing it with its predecessor the Eee PC 900. As you can clearly see…

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While most of us will have to wait a little while to get our hands on the new Eee PC 901, tech journalists and bloggers who are in Taipei for Computex can just wander down the street and pick one up. Well, maybe it’s not quite that easy. Joanna Stern from Laptop Magazine says she had to check with 10…

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We already knew the Gigabyte M912 ultraportable tablet would run Windows Vista instead of XP. But if you look closely that this hands-on video from Laptop Magazine, you can see that it’s also capable of running Ubuntu. And not just any old Ubuntu. That looks to me like Ubuntu Netbook Remix, the new version of the open source operating system…

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E-Lead’s Noahpad has what can only be described as the strangest design of all the low cost ultraportable computers I’ve seen over the last few months. It’s about the same size and shape as an Asus Eee PC, but the Noahpad has a virtual keyboard that doubles as a trackpad. Press a button and you can use the touchpad to…

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If you thought it was just consumer-oriented computers like the Eee PC, MSI Wind and ECS G10IL that were getting the new Intel Atom processor, think again. CNET Asia found a Classmate PC hanging out that the Intel Atom booth at Computex.The Classmate PC is built using an Intel reference design, and is basically Intel’s answer to the OLPC XO…

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The Computex trade show floor is awash with tiny laptops this year. But one of the models we’ve most been looking forward to seeing is the ECS G10IL. Sascha Pallenberg from Eee PC News.de and Joanna Stern from Laptop Magazine managed to find a few pre-production models hanging out at the Intel Atom booth. How do we know these were…

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MSI may only be releasing a 10 inch model of the Wind laptop in the US, but the company plans to release an 8.9 inch model in selected countries. No, I don’t know which countries yet, but Engadget did manage to snap a photo of the elusive MSI Wind U90 at Computex, so at least we know it’s real. It…

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German computer maker Medion has its upcoming low-cost mini-notebook on display at Computex. The company announced the Medion Akoya Mini back in April, but now we have a few more details, thanks to TweakTown:CPU: 1.6GHz Intel Atom prcoessorRAM: 1GB DDR2-667Storage: 80GB SSD!Display: 10.2 inch 1024 x 600 pixel screenOS: Windows XPCommunication: Ethernet and 802.11nPorts: 3 USB 2.0, flash card readerWebcam:…

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