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TimesPad notebook with dual core Atom N550 CPU

That certainly didn’t take long. Intel announced that its Atom N550 dual core processors are now available and a few major PC makers announce plans to bring new models to market. Meanwhile, a Chinese company is already taking orders for its 11.6 inch ultraportable laptop powered by an Atom N550 chip. The TimesPad laptop is […]

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More Asus Eee PC 1015PEM dual core netbook details emerge

Someone at Asus appears to have hit the wrong button this morning. While the company hasn’t officially announced its upcoming Eee PC 1015PEM netbook with a dual core Intel Atom 550 CPU yet, reports of its existence started making the rounds yesterday. Then sometime this morning, the official product page went live… briefly. It’s now […]

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HP Mini 5103 with dual core Atom N550 CPU tipped by HP service manual

The HP Mini 5103 is the latest business-class netbook from HP. It follows the HP Mini 5101 and 5102, and for the most part, this model looks a lot like its predecessors. It has an aluminum and magnesium alloy, all-metal case. It comes standard with a 7200RPM hard drive or an optional solid state disk, […]

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Mirabyte FrontFace touchscreen UI for Windows now available for preview

While Microsoft has taken steps to make Windows 7 a bit more touch-friendly than earlier versions of the operating system, it still relies on tiny toolbars and other elements that were clearly designed for a mouse and keyboard rather than a fingertip. Mirabyte’s FrontFace user interface is designed to replace the default Windows shell with […]

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Quattro Giga USB notebook is a USB flash drive and a notebook… of sorts

Long before we started calling portable computers notebooks you know what else got use that word? Actual notebooks. You know, the kind that feature paper and some sort of binding. But I have to admit, when I first saw a picture of the Quattro Giga USB Notebook, it took me a moment to figure out […]

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Sharp positions its new eBook reader as an iPad competitor

The lines between eBook readers and tablet computers are getting thinner by the day. Companies like Pandigital are pumping out eBook readers with color displays that are basically Android tablets designed primarily to run eBook apps. And companies such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble keep adding functions to their dedicated eBook readers such as […]

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Asus Eee PC 1015PEM netbook packs a dual core Atom N550 chip

This week Intel announced that its 1.5GHz dual core Atom N550 processor was now available, and ever since we’ve seen netbooks sporting the new chipset coming out of the woodwork. Today’s model is a 10 inch netbook from Asus called the Eee PC 1015PEM. Tech In Style reports that the Eee PC 1015PEM will support […]