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The sharpest among you will probably realize it's a PC. But here's a more specific hint: It's the only PC that goes obsolete faster than a netbook... More »Via VN1000 Chipset Classes Up Your Low-End PC With Power-Efficient Blu-ray and DX10.1 Support
Netbooks: What You Need to Know About the Next 6 Months
A bunch of great netbook upgrades are on the way—next-gen Intel processors in January; smooth HD video playback—but to spare you the brain hemorrhage of keeping track, we've laid it all out. Here's what you need to know. More »Via Mobile-ITX Platform is Half the Size of the Pico-ITX, Still Powerful
Via's Pico-ITX motherboard was small and powerful to begin with, but their new Mobile-ITX platform is about half the size and supposedly still packs a punch while keeping power consumption low. More »Via Nano 3000 Wants to Rip Out the Eyes of the Intel Atom
Via Pico-ITX Motherboard Runs 1080p Video Like a Champ
Netbooks have some drawbacks to go along with their tiny size and low price, one of which is an occasional inability to play HD video particularly smoothly. But Via's definitely making inroads—check out this video for proof. More »VIA And ARM Still Trying to Beat Intel Atom And Get Inside Netbook Trousers
Intel's Atom processor is found in virtually every netbook, but others are still trying to get inside your mini-laptop. Independently, ARM and VIA are showing improved chips, but both won't touch what Intel has in store. More »Via Amos 3000 Fan-Less PC Is Half the Size of a Mac Mini
The Via Amos 3000: A monitor-mountable Pico ITX board running at 500Mhz, with 1GB of RAM, gigabit ethernet, four USB, and DVI video, in a cool metal case with no fan. It can probably grill burgers too. [BBG]Mobile Chipsets: WTF Are Atom, Tegra and Snapdragon?
Low-power processors aren't just for netbooks: These computers-on-a-chip are going to be powering our smartphones and other diminutive gadgets in the forseeable future. So what's the difference between the Atoms, Snapdragons and Tegras of the world? More »The Netbook Conspiracy: Intel and Microsoft Collude to Keep Netbooks Crappy
Remember those crappy specs that define a netbook in Microsoft's eyes? Apparently, Intel is just as much to blame. More »OLPC's XO-1.5 to Boost Specs With Via Processor: You're Welcome, Africa
Thehippiesphilanthropists at OLPC are overhauling the guts of their XO-1 with the aim of keeping the portable's battery life while increasing its capabilities. More »Samsung NC20, First Via Nano Netbook, On Sale for $550
Samsung Jumpstarts The VIA Nano Bandwagon With Its 12" NC20 Netbook
Samsung has (finally) become the first major netbook manufacturer to adopt VIA's hot, hot Nano platform, announcing today the 12", fat-batteried NC20.Beautiful Walnut Radio Is Actually Artful PC Casemod
I've always wanted an old radio, like this 1946 Stromberg Carlson recreation. But it would just be something that I looked at, like, "ooh, neat...now what?" But old tyme modder Jeffrey Stephenson has another idea.AMD Has No Interest in Netbooks, None
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VIA Mini-ITX 2.0 Adds Blu-Ray Playback, PCI Express
VIA's new two point oh Mini-ITX design is out, and it comes loaded with multimedia features, from high definition video and Blu-ray disc playback to DirectX 10 support, 6-channel surround sound, and a 16-lane PCI Express—so you can add a top-of-the-line graphics card that is five times the size of the 6.7 x 6.7-inch Mini-ITX 2.0. The full feature list is exciting for home theater and DIY enthusiasts everywhere: More »Giz Explains: Under the Hood of the Newest Laptops and Mobile Gear