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/09/11/20/vizio.via.networking.hdtvs.delayed.until.2010/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/viziointro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Despite promising to release its Via HDTVs with Wi-Fi and network connections this fall, Vizio has officially said it will delay the launch until January of 2010, according to a Friday CNET report. Other promised features of the Via TVs include local LED backlighting dimming for deeper black level reproduction and interactive add-ons as well as a Bluetooth remote with a QWERTY keyboard to navigate... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/vizio.via.networking.hdtvs.delayed.until.2010/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/netbooks.intel.winners.in.q3.share/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/macbookpro17-mattesm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Notebooks rode a massive wave of demand in summer, according to new IDC data. Shipments of mobile processors attached to the systems jumped 35.7 percent compared to the spring and grew more than three times faster than for desktop processors, which advanced 11.4 percent at the same time. Server processors like Intel's Xeon and AMD's Opteron saw their sales grow by 12.2 percent over the period.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/netbooks.intel.winners.in.q3.share/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/16/via.netnotes.can.playback.1080p.videos/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/vianetnoteintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />VIA has recently released its NetNote Turnkey Systems, which are netbook PCs ranging in size from 10.2 to 12.1 inches. Unlike mostnetbooks, however, the NetNotes are said to be capable of flawless 1080p HD video playback thanks to hardware video decoding in the VX855 graphics chipset. The actual CPUs can come from VIA's C7-M ULV or Nano families. The C7-Ms are the simpler processors and can be had... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/16/via.netnotes.can.playback.1080p.videos/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/02/inkia.shows.atom.mids/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/inkiamid.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Chinese electronics maker Inkia has recently launched a pair of nameless Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) powered by 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPUs, with both 7-inch and 5-inch versions. Each is equipped with an 800x480 resolution touchscreen, 1GB of RAM and solid state drive storage up to 32GB. The preloaded operating system is either Linux or Windows XP. Other features common to either system include 3G s... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/02/inkia.shows.atom.mids/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/25/shuttle.pc.intros.slim.pcs/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/shuttlexs92intro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Shuttle has recently announced it will show two new additions to its PC lineup at the Computex show in Taiwan at the start of June. The Embedded Slim-series systems, the XS92 and XS92F, will be powered by VIA's Nano CPUs, with the former getting the faster but more power-hungry L-series processors while the latter will be powered by the highly energy-efficient U-series of Nano chips. All come in ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/25/shuttle.pc.intros.slim.pcs/ Mon, 25 May 2009 14:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/18/olpc.xo.1.goes.to.via/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/olpc-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The One Laptop Per Child project tonight said it would overhaul the XO-1 with a major internal upgrade. The Gen 1.5 update will drop the AMD Geode processor that has been used since launch and instead use a VIA C7-M with a clock speed that varies between 400MHz and 1GHz depending on the amount of heat. By making the swap, OLPC also gets a new chipset that adds 3D acceleration, HD video decoding ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/18/olpc.xo.1.goes.to.via/ Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/10/crunchpad.apr.2009.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/techcrunchcrunchpad-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />An unintentional leak late Thursday has shown a major revision to TechCrunch's CrunchPad touchscreen tablet. Aside from being much thinner than older prototypes, the new version has switched from a VIA Nano processor to an Intel Atom and now has a wider, capacitive 12-inch touchscreen that should be easier to use. It also has a much more efficient software base that uses a custom Linux variant a... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/10/crunchpad.apr.2009.update/ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/03/samsung.nc20.now.available/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/samsungnc20.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The 12.1-inch Samsung NC20 netbook PC first revealed late in February is now available for purchase, priced at nearly $550. The computer features an unusually large 1280x800 display resolution and otherwise class-standard 160GB hard drive and 1GB of RAM. It most sharply breaks from the class average is via its use of a 1.3GHz VIA Nano processor instead of a much more common Intel Atom CPU.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/03/samsung.nc20.now.available/ Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/27/nvidia.to.buy.via.shares/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/nvidiaion.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA is today claimed to be in talks with Taiwanese chipmaker VIA Technologies to buy a significant amount of shares from the company in hopes of getting a significant stake in its business. VIA is said planning on selling 300 million new shares by way of a private placement, each priced at between the equivalent of about $0.27 to $0.35. Nothing is official and is likely to remain so until all... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/27/nvidia.to.buy.via.shares/ Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/05/samsung.q1ex.71g.umpc/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/samsungnpq1exintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung has recently introduced the newest UMPC for sale in the US, the Q1EX-71G, which sports a 7-inch touchscreen with 1024x600 resolution. Its unique feature is a switch in its core CPU: instead of earlier Intel A100 parts or an Atom, processing power comes from a 1.2GHz VIA Nano U2500 ultra-low voltage processor as well as 2GB of RAM. The 1.8-inch 60GB hard drive ships with Windows' XP Tablet ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/05/samsung.q1ex.71g.umpc/ Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:20:00 GMT