Intel to give Netbooks a performance boost at Computex

Forget incremental processor updates. The next-generation Intel Netbook platform, codenamed Pine Trail, will take an evolutionary leap and combine the processor with a memory controller and graphics engine on a single chip.

Currently, the processor sits separately from the memory controller and graphics chipset. As such, data has to be transferred between the individual parts for computing. This not only limits the actual computing speed, but also results in more energy wastage as heat.
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Microsoft expands mouse, Webcam families

Microsoft's hardware division made a few new announcements, bringing to light a handful of new mice and a new Webcam all set to debut in June.


The Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000 is probably the most exciting product in the group. For S$59.90 (US$42.65), this ambidextrous, wireless mouse brings Microsoft's impressive BlueTrack sensor technology down to its most affordable price point. Unlike the Microsoft Explorer Mouse that debuted BlueTrack last year, the Wireless Mouse 5000 doesn't have rechargeable batteries, and its design looks a bit simpler, but the Explorer also costs quite a bit more. We commend Microsoft for bringing its accurate, surface-flexible BlueTrack sensor to an affordable price so quickly. You'll also find the Wireless Mouse 5000 in a new mouse-and-keyboard set, the Wireless Desktop 3000.
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AMD Tigris may pop its head in Computex

AMD's upcoming laptop platform, Tigris, is expected to appear at Taiwan Computex this June. Tigris machines will sport the new 45nm dual-core Caspian processor on SB710 or RS880M series chipsets with ATI Mobility Radeon M90 graphics cards.

While Intel has already migrated to 45nm-based platforms for over a year, AMD downplayed the significance of the manufacturing technology and instead went on to focus on the user experience. Though AMD's Puma and Intel's Centrino 2 can be equipped with both integrated and discrete graphics chipsets, the actual execution is quite different. While the Santa Clara company made its machines switch between video processors depending on whether battery life or performance is required, Puma allows both graphics chips to be used simultaneously. Tigris will continue to offer this feature as well and is expected to provide a stronger graphics performance.

Tigris will appear in midsized machines with screen sizes above 14 inches, while the single-core Yukon platform, first seen in the HP Pavilion dv2, handles thinner and lighter machines.

Via Digitimes

Dell's Latitude 2100 brings Netbooks to schools

Aiming to bring small, low-cost laptops to schools, Dell has just announced the Latitude 2100, a Netbook specifically targeted to educational markets. We recently got a chance to take a brief hands-on look at the Latitude 2100--and we think its appeal will go far beyond the classroom.
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Unidentifed laptop sighting: Could this be the Alienware Allpowerful?

Alienware's alien-alphabet-infused teaser site for the Allpowerful laptop has been counting down steadily, now at 15 days until the static-fringed menacing alien head reveals all there is to know in the world of ultrabeefy mobile gaming rigs. Or, it's a teaser for a new Crystal Skull movie.
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