If the Yones X11A netbook loks a bit familiar, that’s because it appears to be the same machine as the Olevia X11A spotted a few months ago. I always get a kick out of it when companies change the brand name of a product but keep the same model number. Anyway, Sascha from Netbook News got a chance to check…

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[/caption] Linpus was one of the first companies to jump onto the netbook bandwagon with a custom version of Linux designed to play well with low resolution displays and slow processors. Pretty much every Acer netbook that has shipped with Linux preloaded to date has come with Linpus Linux Lite. But now Linpus is working on several new products that…

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Intel’s new CE4100 is a system-on-a-chip with a processor and graphics controller on a single chip built using a 45nm process. Oh yeah, and it’s built on the low power Atom processor core. The CE4100 is meant for set top boxes like cable boxes and Blu-ray players, not laptops. But it runs at clock speeds up to 1.2GHz and has…

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If you were wondering why Intel is pushing forward with the low power Intel Atom processor line while the company is busy pumping out higher power CULV chips that are still capable of providing extremely long battery life, that’s because Atom chips aren’t just for netbooks. The company is pushing the Atom platform as a low power solution for in-car…

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Intel has unveiled a few details about it’s plans for the future of the Intel Atom line. As we already knew, the company’s next generation Atom chips, code name Pine Trail, will use a system-on-a-chip design, which means that you won’t have separate chips for the CPU and GPU. Instead they’ll hang out on the same chip. The company also…

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At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco today, Intel launched a new Intel Atom Developer Program. In other words, the company is trying to attract third party developers to write applications designed for use on netbooks and other devices that use the Intel Atom processor. Eventually Intel will launch an Atom App Store similar to the app stores for…

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Companies like RunCore, Active Media, and Super Talent that put out SSD upgrades for netbooks have to deal with a series of different connectors, which means that an SSD upgrade that works with an Asus Eee PC might not work with a Dell Inspiron Mini or HP Mini netbook. But it looks like that could change soon. The SATA International…

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Intel is expected to showcase a number of new products at the Intel Developer Forum or IDF in September. That includes a number of Moorestown-based MIDs, details about its next-generation Medfield platform for MIDs, and the first netbooks based on the Intel Atom N450 processor. Atom N450-based netbooks aren’t expected to hit the streets until this fall, but if Intel…

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