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22 Nov

Linux destined for low-cost Intel Atom PCs?

Linux destined for low-cost Intel Atom PCs?

Via-based Everex gPC2(Credit: Wal-Mart) Intel's low-cost Atom processors will be at the core of inexpensive PCs. And inexpensive computers these days often come with Linux. How do PC companies shave off the last hundred dollars or so to get to $299 or in some cases $199? Easy. They ... .....


Faster x86 chip for small notebooks coming

Via Technologies is shipping samples of the new Isaiah processor targeted at low-cost compact computers. Via Isaiah Architecture die plot(Credit: Via Technologies) Via's current C7 processor is already used by Everex in its CloudBook, by OQO in the Model 02, and by Hewlett-Packard in thin...


Cloudbook: The Update

For the past few weeks, the Cloudbook has been a real disappointment, and it’s not like I was asking for much. All I wanted was to be able to access the Web and to use a word processing program. I got 50% of that. I was never able to really connect to wireless in a way that would allow me t...


Prestigio Data Safe II - it looks pretty, but how does it work?

Its an external hard drive that is covered in leather. That means that no one that is a card carrying member of PETA or any Vegan organizations are going to be carrying one. It measures in at 62×101x12 millimeters and weighs a mere 110 grams. It has a 4200RPM drive inside with a 2MB ca...

Bury SlashGear March 21

CloudBook Vs. Zonbu Zonbook - the battle of the Everex notebooks

So Henry Kingman got his hands on both an Everex CloudBook and a Zonbu Zonbook and pitted them against each other. First, let’s give a quick run down of their similarities, they are both made by Everex, they both run Linux, and they both run it on Via C7-M processors, that’s pretty mu...

Bury SlashGear March 20

Cloudbook turning Japanese, gets touchscreen and XP

On March 22nd, Everex will be releasing its Eee-like Cloudbook in Japan. Unlike the Cloudbook available here in the US, the Japanese version has a front-mounted trackpad (instead of up in the corner), touchscreen, webcam, and Windows XP. All these features will come at a price, though, as the ...

Bury CrunchGear March 17

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