Tag Archives: Centrino

News Watch: Netbooks – Industry Friend or Foe?

Netbooks of all shapes and sizes have been hot sellers, filling up many of the top 10 spots on amazon.com’s electronics sales rankings and even being worthy of a review in the latest Consumer Reports magazine. My partner in crime … Continue reading

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Doing something amazing with your Intel processor? Tell Intel and Win Big!

Calling all innovators, educators, entertainers, communicators and creators – or anyone with a story to tell about their processor! Intel kicked off a cool contest today inviting creative people to tell their story about how they are using an Intel … Continue reading

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Gee Your Notebook Smells Terrific

I’m doing some research on some of the latest laptops for an upcoming event and I came across an interesting new offering from Asus. Notebooks that not only have cool designs, but they are scented as well. You can check … Continue reading

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My personal Wi-Fi network — on display at IDF

Last Friday, in madness of last minute preparations for IDF this week, I took a break and headed to one of the mobility labs at our Hillsboro, Ore. campus. This particular lab is one where the mobile group is showcasing … Continue reading

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Intel Centrino 2 Platform Spreads Its Wireless-N Wings

In San Francisco on July 14, the Intel Montevina project morphed into the Intel Centrino 2 platform. Beyond jacking up performance and improving battery life, this beauty spread its wireless wings with the latest in Wireless-N (Draft-N) technology. At the … Continue reading

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WiMAX History in the Making

If you haven’t heard the news yet, check out the press release that Clearwire and Sprint issued bright and early this morning (I was wide awake at 3 a.m. when the news hit). The two companies entered into an agreement … Continue reading

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Launching the Centrino based Asus Lamborghini VX3 in Style

I missed out on one cool work related party last week filled with fast laptops and fast cars. Yes, I just said cool and work party in the same sentence. Just outside of L.A., California, Intel co-hosted the launch party … Continue reading

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Panic! At The Cube

It had been one of those days where lots of little things just went wrong. To top it off, I lost my notebook in a rush to pick up one of my kids and get them to a doctors appointment. … Continue reading

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Happy 5th Anniversary Centrino!

First of all I must say that I don’t even feel like I’m worthy enough to blog about this important anniversary. There are so many engineers, marketing folks and executives that have put their blood sweat and tears into this … Continue reading

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Why My Laptop is Fat and Not Phat

I was really happy with my new Lenovo T61. . . until today. Alas, now I have laptop envy. My notebook computer looks fat and bulky when compared to the amazingly sleek Lenovo X300 announced today. Lenovo collaborated with Intel … Continue reading

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