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Nvidia makes a strong showing at Computex

Crave A Tegra-based Netbook prototype. With its major competitor in the graphics arena swallowed up by AMD, Nvidia had to do something drastic before it got edged out of the market. ... Read story »

Sexy hybrid LCD/e-paper display seen in the wild

Crave There's been some buzz this week around Pixel Qi's 3qi display technology, which integrates e-paper attributes with LCD to create a versatile and potentially very energy-efficient screen. The idea is that ... Read story »

Franken-charger powers (almost) everything

Crave The charging contacts have been adjusted to fit this flat mobile phone battery. (John Chan/CNET Asia) Seen on the showfloor of Computex was this "20-in-1 charger" which not only lets you ... Read story »

Qualcomm demos new "Smartbooks"

Crave The Android-based Asus Eee PC demonstrating its multimedia capabilities. There has been talk that the Android OS will appear in Netbooks, with some manufacturers revealing that they are exploring the possibility. ... Read story »

Acer to sell Android phones, Netbooks

Crave An Acer Aspire One Acer announced on Tuesday a version of its Aspire One Netbook that will run the Android operating system. The manufacturer made the announcement at the Computex ... Read story »

Do you want the Nvidia Ion experience?

Crave Nvidia was out in full force at Computex, showcasing the capabilities of its Ion and Tegra platforms. The Ion platform uses the Intel Atom processor but has the company's own graphics ... Read story »

Hands-on with the Acer F1 smartphone

Crave Back when Acer released its first few Windows Mobile smartphones, it also gave a teaser of its upcoming lineup of devices but these were displayed under covered cases. At Computex ... Read story »

Mio joins the Netbook party

Crave The Mio Litepad N890 Netbook with built-in GPS and HSDPA connectivity. Mio is a company most well-known for its personal navigation devices and GPS-enabled smartphones. Now, it looks to expand ... Read story »

Freescale embraces SmartBooks

Crave Smartbook prototype featuring a vertical display. (Image credit: Freescale) As if the line between Netbooks and notebooks are not blurred enough, at the Computex Taipei 2009 tradeshow, we caught a glimpse ... Read story »

Intel to give Netbooks a performance boost at Computex

Crave 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 ... Read story »

AMD demos first DirectX 11 graphics processor

Crave We've tried not to get too hung up on the posturing by both AMD and Nvidia over whose graphics card driver software is most prepared for Windows 7. With no major ... Read story »

Future of Netbooks, laptops unfolds at Computex

Crave Smartbooks: a different beast than Netbooks? (conceptual design from Freescale) While many eyes are on E3, Taiwan's Computex conference is more quietly generating some interesting news on the future of ... Read story »

Gecko Netbook runs off AA batteries

Crave On the surface, the 8.9-inch Gecko EduBook is just another boring blip in the history of Netbooks. However, the true beauty of this device lies under the hood. Instead of an ... Read story »

AMD Tigris may pop its head in Computex

Crave 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 ... Read story »

Asus will launch budget O!Play media streamer at Computex

Crave Asus revolutionized the laptop industry with the launch of its Eee PC netbooks roughly a year ago, and now it’s hoping to strike gold twice with a new low-priced media streamer ... Read story »

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