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Computex highlights laptops, gadgets

Vendors will also showcase new processors and a raft of devices for the digital home this week at one of the world's biggest IT trade shows

Gadgets-a-plenty at Computex
New laptops, portable gadgets, and secondary displays draw attendees' attention at IT show

16GB USB flash drives due this year
Vendors show off pocket-sized storage devices at Computex

Vista could bring secondary laptop displays
Vista's support for multiple displays set to change the look of future laptops

Intel gets in a branding pickle
Intel's marketing department has a challenge keeping its new chips' branding in order

Nvidia bets on Windows smartphones with new tools
The rapid development kit will allow handset makers to get their new products out faster, the company said

Typhoon billed as 'personal supercomputer'
Tyan's server offers big computing power in a small box

Taiwan's FIC shows off tiny computer
FIC's GE2 computer rivals Apple's Mini Mac for size and weight

Via signs license for Arm processors
Via to develop chips to power consumer electronics products

Dialogue readies in-flight notebook
Taiwanese vendor to begin selling a slender notebook designed for easier use on cramped aircraft

Intel: No DDR3 support until mid-2007
Intel says the market is not yet ready for faster memory chips

Chip set woes are over, Intel vows
Intel launches its latest family of chip sets and says its supply problems are past

Via puts 'computer on a chip'
Via will debut this year a chip with most of a computer's components in a single package

Greenpeace brings e-waste issue to Computex
Greenpeace to talk with Acerabout its plan to phase out toxic substances

Microsoft working on tiny Haiku PC
Microsoft expects to have the mini-Tablet PC on the market within a few years

BenQ targets top spot with R&D
BenQ is increasing R&D spending as part of its push to become a top-tier vendor

Shuttle offers Media Center PC as complete system
Shuttle will not offer a 'barebones' version of the Media Center computer

Fujitsu to launch 1.8-inch HDD in mid-2007
Fujitsu anticipates strong growth in market for smaller drives over the next few years

Acer to launch HD-DVD laptop this month
Acer announces new model in its high-end Aspire 9800 range

Intel looks beyond entertainment with Viiv
Future versions of Viiv platform could expand to address areas like communications, digital health

Intel marks start of its AMD offensive
Intel announces new chip set, vows to take back market share lost to AMD by the end of the year

Intel 'surprised' by AMD's Dell win
Intel exec says AMD's Opteron is 'not even in the same game' as Intel's forthcoming Woodcrest

Apple pushing Intel in new directions
Intel exec says Apple's view of how the computer market will evolve has influenced Intel's product roadmap

BenQ plans Blu-ray Disc burner this year
The company didn't provide an expected price for the writer drive

Acer: PC industry to rebound after June
PC industry's biggest players are taking measures to stimulate growth

Intel to launch chip offensive at Computex
Intel set to announce its new dual-core Merom, Conroe, and Woodcrest chips

Acer revs up dual-core Ferrari laptops
Upgrades to Acer's Scuderia Ferrari notebooks set to take on Asustek's Lamborghini laptop

Greenpeace plans protests at Computex
Environmental group to protest the use of toxic chemicals in electronics products

Wi-Fi chip makers reach 100Mbps on 802.11n
Broadcom and Atheros Communications said Wednesday they have achieved the high-speed interoperability between devices made using their chipsets

Computex to highlight latest in laptops, gadgets
Vendors polish up their latest wares to showcase at next week's IT trade show

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