Originally posted here. The machine’s storage component, which is made by Toshiba, is the highest capacity SSD available for notebooks, the company said.

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The Federal Trade Commission, under new leadership, reverses course and begins a formal investigation of Intel and alleged anti-competitive practices. Intel says it’s been cooperating with the FTC for years and that its business practices “are well within U.S. law.”

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Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service Originally Posted 5/29/2008 While Intel has set limits on the types of technologies that can used with its Atom processor, Via Technologies is giving laptop makers free rein when it comes to choosing specifications for systems based on its latest processor, the Nano. “There’s no limitation in terms of Windows [...]

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Microsoft announced late Thursday that it would extended the support lifecycle for Windows XP on what it calls Ultra Low-Cost PCs (ULCPCs). This means ultra-portable, low-power computers like the Asus Eee PC, sub-notebooks and MID-based handhelds will still ship with Windows XP, and that their owners will be able to get support for the software. [...]

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