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Sony Vaio W Billabong edition surfing to US shores

Last week we heard that Sony was launching a special edition Vaio W netbook with a Billabong design. Billabong is an Australian company that designs gear for surfers and skateboarders, and last I’d heard the netbook would only be available in Australia. But it turns out Sony has decided to offer the distinctive looking mini-laptop […]

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Gigabyte’s tablet plans – Video

Gigabyte is showing off its new 11.6 inch M1125 convertible tablet-style notebook at Computex this week, and the folks at Shanzai.com caught up with Gigabyte to take a quick look. While the tablet doesn’t actually boot in the video below, you can get a pretty decent idea of the size and design. While the Gigabyte […]

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ARM to introduce “Eagle” platform for high-end devices

Chip designer ARM has sort of pre-announced plans for a new “Eagle” platform which will power high-end devices in the future. ARM isn’t providing details about the upcoming chipset, but it will be an ARMv7 chip, and it hung out above the ARM Cotex-A9, A8, and A5 platforms in a slide ARM presented at a […]

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Despite Intel backing, MeeGo Linux to support ARM chips

MeeGo Linux is being developed as a platform for smartphones, netbooks, internet connected TVs, in-car systems, and other devices where Windows may not always be the best option. The project is backed by chip-maker Intel and smartphone maker Nokia. And so far, every device I’ve seen running MeeGo has had an Intel chip — usually […]