It looks like Acer’s first Pinetrail netbook has been officially listed on the Pinetrail is the much-anticipated new version of the Atom processor used in netbooks today, and promises much better performance.

Besides the new processor the model looks to have an updated graphics chip as well, the 3150. All of the other specs look normal, except for the resolution (1280…… [read more]

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Well it was only a matter of time until someone found an overclocking utility to speed up our trusty 1.6GHz atom processors. This time it was a couple of forum members over at MyHPMini who discovered that the OC Tuner could be hacked to allow it to operate with the Atom processor.

The end result? An HP Mini 311 running at…… [read more]

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A lot of ultraportable computers have come out recently but most of them have been limited to Japan, Taiwan and so on. So its rather surprising to hear about a UMPC company coming up in the UK. It is PsiXpda who has come up with a new 3G-capable UMPC powered by an Atom processor and running Windows XP.

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