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MSI has announced an upcoming European launch of the Wind U210, an AMD-friendly variant of the Intel-running Wind U200. The MSI Wind U210 will come in two flavors, the U210-002 and the U210-010. The former will feature an Athlon Neo MV-40 1.6GHz CPU with 1GB RAM and a 160GB HDD, and will also run Windows XP. That version will start at €399. The latter gives a little more breathing room for that Neo MV-40 by supplying 2GB RAM and a 250GB HDD – but then takes all that breathing room away by running Windows Vista Home Premium on it rather than XP. Although as a side benefit you will have the easy-upgrade to Windows 7 in October. This version starts at a cost of €449. Bot Read more…

The release date of Windows 7 is getting near, and more companies are producing touchscreen capable netbooks. Kohjinsha has joined the pack with their latest EX6 touchscreen convertible netbook/tablet.

The netbook is equipped with 11.6 inch resistive touchscreen with 1366×768 pixels and uses Intel Atom N270 1.60 GHz processor with Intel 945GSE chipset. It offers up to 2 GB RAM and 160 GB hard drive. It also includes a DVD Burner, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth, two USB 2.0 ports and gigabit Ethernet. There is also an Express card 54 slot with SDHC and microSD card readers. Optional fingerprint reader is also available.

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With government initiatives underway to hopefully improve our broadband lives here in the US, the first item on the list appears to be defining exactly what broadband is. Or rather, what definition the government will use. Some say it has to do with speed, some see it as a different picture.

The FCC is looking for input and has published a Public Notice to that effect. You can read more about it on broadband.gov and here is the link to submit brief comments. Longer comments with attachments can be submitted here.

So, don’t just let the FCC know how you would define broadband. L

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Dell’s 11.6″ Inspiron 11z is a thin and light notebook for those craving something slightly larger than your average netbook. The new 11z weighs in at a meager 3lbs and is under 1″ thick, for only $399. This is accomplished by abstaining from any sort of optical drive, featuring a low powered 1.2GHz Celeron 723 CPU to go along with GS45 integrated graphics, and packaging it all with a small 3-cell battery. Read more…