http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/asus.msi.motherboards.remain.troublesome/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0908/intel-q3-results.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Gigabyte has released a new beta BIOS for its GA-P55-UD4P motherboard, addressing problems with iPhone sync on certain Windows 7 systems. Issues are said to remain with ASUS and MSI motherboards, for which no patched software is available. People may nevertheless be able to solve errors by upgrading to the latest available BIOS and chipset drivers, or running Windows in Vista SP2 compatibility m... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/asus.msi.motherboards.remain.troublesome/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/13/montevina.notebook/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/peggycovesml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Motherboard and computer manufacturer Gigabyte Technology has introduced an Intel-designed notebook that runs on the Montevina platform, according to DigiTimes. The first device in the series, codenamed Peggy's Cove, offers a 13.3-inch display, along with 3G, Wi-Fi and WiMAX connectivity. The notebooks are part of Intel's Blanca program which provides design support for second-tier OEMs that build... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/13/montevina.notebook/ Wed, 13 May 2009 20:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/22/compal.scaling.back.mids/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/compalmidintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DigiTimes reported on Wednesday that Compal Electronics reduced the budget and other resources for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) as the company believes the future of the market segment is uncertain. The report cites unnamed industry sources for the information, and Compal itself has confirmed that some of its MID focus was shifted into netbook development. It will continue to ship MIDs in smalle... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/22/compal.scaling.back.mids/ Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/22/intel.gn40.hampered.by.xp/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/intelatomz500.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />While Intel's new GN40 graphics chipset for the Atom N280 CPU is, in theory, capable of playing back 1080p HD video, in practice it does not, thanks to the limitations placed upon it by Windows XP. As confirmed by Chinese website HKEPC, which reviewed a GN40-equipped ASUS EeePC 1004DN netbook with Windows XP, the configuration was not working properly in decoding 1080p video. This is due to XP onl... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/22/intel.gn40.hampered.by.xp/ Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/03/gigabyte.debuts.at.cebit/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/gigabytethinnoteintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As promised, Taiwan-based Gigabyte came fully prepared to CeBIT in Germany, unveiling no less than one notebook, three new netbooks and a dock for one of them. The Gigabyte Touch Note M1028 has a 10.1-inch touchscreen that swivels, and all four variations are powered by Intelís newer 1.66GHz Atom N280 processor. The 160GB hard drive is pre-loaded with Windows XP home, and 1GB of RAM is standard, t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/03/gigabyte.debuts.at.cebit/ Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/02/gigabyte.debuts.at.cebit/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/gigabyte7800s.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Just ahead of the opening of the CeBIT show in Germany on Tuesday, Gigabyte has announced four new peripherals, with the leather-covered and Swarovski crystal-laden wireless GM-M7800S mouse, more conventional-looking GM-M8000 gaming mouse as well as the GK-K6800 multimedia and ultrathin GK-K7100 keyboards. The opulent GM-M7800S shares its maximum 1,600dpi resolution and other specs with the with t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/02/gigabyte.debuts.at.cebit/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/23/gigabyte.10.inch.netbooks/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/gigabytem912.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />At the CeBit show in Germany at the start of March, Taiwan's Gigabyte said it would show off three new 10-inch netbooks, including the M1028, M1024 and M1022. Little is known about the netbooks, other than that all have a 10-inch screen and that the M1028 is the only one that is sure to sport a rotating touchscreen display, allowing it to be used as a tablet PC, not unlike the company's M912 conve... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/23/gigabyte.10.inch.netbooks/ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/12/gigabyte.wm.65.phones/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/gsmart.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />GigaByte is getting ready to announce its new GSmart line of smartphones at next week's Mobile World Congress in Spain, which will be some of the first products to ship with the latest version of Microsoft's mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5. At the show, the company will launch what it claims is the first smartphone with a DVB-T tuner that allows for the wireless transmission of digital... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/12/gigabyte.wm.65.phones/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/19/amd.760g.chipset/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/amd760g.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD has begun the week early by launching a new mainboard chipset it hopes will bring gaming even to the lowest-cost systems. The 760G platform is designed to be mated with the Athlon X2 7000 and is pitched as one of the least expensive chipsets to be capable of DirectX 10 and full OpenGL 2 graphics. It comes with a Radeon HD 3000-era core that the chipmaker claims is much faster than Intel's o... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/19/amd.760g.chipset/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/14/atom.n280.due.in.spring/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/intelatom-penny.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel is prepping a new Atom processor whose platform will be significantly faster than any existing model, a new roadmap shows. The Atom N280 chip will only be slightly faster at 1.66GHz versus the N270's 1.6GHz but will jump the system bus from 533MHz to 667MHz, giving the chip more headroom for data. It should also introduce a much more modern integrated graphics chipset, the GN40, that bring... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/14/atom.n280.due.in.spring/ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:55:00 GMT