Is the 7 inch screen in Sylvania g NetBook too small for you? Now, Sylvania has announced the Sylvania g NetBook MESO with a 8.9 inch screen at 1024×600 resolution. Not only that, the MESO also features the 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, 80GB HDD and a choice of Windows XP or Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Here’s a […]

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VIA has published three programming guides that total 800 pages and cover their PadLock, CX700, and VX800/820 products. If you remember, VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference Design runs the VX800 chipset. From Phoronix:
PadLock is VIA’s hardware-based security engine embedded into their recent x86 processors (among them are the VIA Eden, C3, and C7 processors). The VIA […]

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Carphone Warehouse has recently lauched the Elonex Webbook. Selling at £249 (USD495) or free with a broadband plan, the webbook has the following specifications:
Processor: VIA C7-M 1.6Ghz
Memory: 512Mb RAM
Storage: 80Gb
Display: 10.2″ Widescreen @ 1024×600
Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows Windows XP®
Battery Life: Up to 2.5hrs
USB Ports: 3
Weight: 1.3Kg
A review of the tiny laptop can be found here.

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In an exclusive interview with Tim Brown, International Marketing Manager at VIA, Fiona Gatt from VIA Arena raised questions about the future of the OpenBook and the Nano processor. Here’s a snippet of the interview.
Q (Fiona): I understand you can’t make any product announcements in an interview, but do VIA have any OpenBook design […]

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Just when you thought that US$349 is a good price for the Everex CloudBook CE1200V, Walmart has lowered its price to US$299. Check out the deal here.

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