MSI has updated their netbook line once again. While the U130 and U135 already packed Intel’s latest Pine Trail processor, the U160 is throwing down the battery gauntlet. Fifteen hours on one charge
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MSI Wind U160 Netbook Claims Aggressive 15-Hour One-Charge Power [Msi]
When we previewed the Asus Eee PC T101MT convertible netbook/tablet earlier this month, it was just on paper. The plucky little netbook looked promising, for an Eee PC , but this latest string of hands-on previews is just plain ugly.
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ASUS Eee PC T101MT Convertible Struggles in Hands-On Preview [Asus Eee PC]
A quantum physics breakthrough that can predict the kinetic energy of electrons in simple metals—and semiconductors—will enable computers to simulate the behavior of new materials up to 100,000 times faster than they currently can. That’s huge.
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Engineers Solve 80-Year Old Puzzle to Make Computer Modeling 100,000 Times Faster [Science]
MSI made some all-in-one noise at CES with the AE2420 , and they’re stepping it up again for next week’s CeBIT 2010 show in Germany. There, they’ll introduce the world’s first large screen all-in-one PC capable of handling 1080p 3D media
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MSI Introducing First Ever 24-Inch 3D All-In-One PC Next Week [All-in-ones]
These aren’t the first touchscreen laptops Toshiba’s dished out, but the U500-1EX is the latest, and has some nice specs (4GB of DDR3 RAM, 320GB HDD) for its low price. At 13.3-inches, the Windows 7 machine has a neat-sounding LifeSpace app from Toshiba, which allows for thumbnail shortcuts on a bulletin board, and a faster way of searching for files with ReelTime. Internally, it’s running on an Intel Core i3-330 processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and has the option to upgrade the HDD to 320GB.
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Toshiba Adds A Touchscreen Display To The U500-1EX Laptop [Laptops]
We’ve already seen some evidence that suggests Windows 7 puts a particularly hard drain on at least some laptop and netbook batteries, and it looks like Microsoft has now heard enough complaints itself to open an investigation into the matter. Details are otherwise a bit light, but Microsoft is apparently looking into the issue in collaboration with its hardware partners, and says that the problem is likely related to the computers’ BIOS, which Windows 7 relies on to determine if the battery needs to be replaced. Needless to say, there isn’t much in the way of solutions in the meantime, and Microsoft isn’t offering any indication as to when one might be forthcoming
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Microsoft says it’s looking into laptop battery issues with Windows 7
There’s nothing new coming your way in terms of aesthetics from MSI’s line of “C” laptops, but under the hood we’ve got Core i Series processors. One of these fellas even sports an ATI Radeon HD5470 graphics card.
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MSI Budget C-Line Features Core i Series, ATI Radeon Graphics Cards [Laptops]
The People’s Republic has unveiled more details on its quest to phase U.S.-made processors from its microchip diet. China’s next supercomputer will run purely on Chinese processors, possibly before the end of this year.
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China’s Loongson Processor Could Power First Natural-Born Chinese Supercomputer [PopSci]
MSI took the humble projector and added the guts of a PC, making—are you ready for this?—THE PROJECTOR PC . Connect it to a keyboard, chuck in a mouse, and beam your Excel on your dog. Or whatever
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MSI Projector PC Beams Those All-Important Word Documents Out At 1080p Resolution [Computers]
With the Lenovo laptop/netbook CES leak still fresh in our minds, let us consider Toshiba and Gateway this afternoon, and the netbooks we now know they’ll be bringing to the show as well: The netbooks in question here are all based on Intel’s N450 “Pine Trail” chip, reports CNET, and were first spotted at Canadian retailer Future Shop. Both are similar in configuration, but not price, with Gateway weighing in at about $285, and the Toshiba at $438.
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Atom-Based Toshiba, Gateway Netbooks Join Growing Pile of Leaked CES Gear [NetBooks]
