IDF Shanghai 2008: Small Form Factor Package
A quick look at thin laptops from Lenovo, Toshiba, and the MacbookAir — all use the Small Form Factor Package.

A quick look at thin laptops from Lenovo, Toshiba, and the MacbookAir — all use the Small Form Factor Package.
Sun Micro Executive Sin-Yaw Wang blogs on Whiteboard Infinity and recaps IDF Shanghai. I herded myself to the meeting hall and sat down right before Pat Gelsinger’s keynote. After the fanfare, he showed up on a wide screen! I was … Read more
Immersing ourselves in Shanghai, we’re following these bloggers and also found an extensive list of China Twitterati. Dan Washburn — a writer, editor and entrepreneur living in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Scrap — Observations on Asia and the world by Adam … Read more
Offsetting the mean bloggers at CES, the exhaustion from a show that the NYtimes described as One million exhibitors. Sixty million attendees. Four trillion booths spread across an area the size of Rhode Island. and the brutal traffic in Vegas, … Read more
While the industry becomes greener, Ubergizmo blogs that there’s also a movement towards fair trade. United Pepper is producing peripherals that are designed in Belgium, sustainable-manufactured in Vietnam, made with minimal harmful chemicals, and recycled packaging.
Leslie Cauley reports for USA Today on how cell phone companies and internet companies will have to cooperate to navigate the surge towards mobile web and the personal internet.
Nearly, as cool as the Fountain of Chocolate Rain, is the laptop spiral. Check the great video from TechEBlog.
A surprise of CES, was finding myself in the Chocolate Rain meme. First it was meeting Tay Zonday in the booth, then working with Intel to publish a video interview with him, then noticing the floor-to-ceiling fountain of chocolate rain … Read more
Linux Journal blogger Doc Searls feels Ottelini’s Keynote pointed towards an increase in Big Business acting small. Big Stage Entertainment gave Smash Mouth a virtual spin during the Intel Keynote — Watch a clip. The demand for mobility is huge … Read more
My take away so far from CES — besides models, parties, and bloggers — is that the PC industry is finally embracing design. I’m an Apple fan boy, always have been, but my snobbery is soon to fade when these … Read more