Marvell unveils $99 wall-wart Linux PC
If you thought nettops were cheap, wait until you get a load of this: Marvell has announced the SheevaPlug, a $99 reference design based on the company's own "plug computer" concept. In short, this system plugs directly into a power socket, much like a glorified wall wart with Ethernet and...
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TR's February 2009 system guide
Our new system guide includes a series of firsts: a Phenom II X3 has landed in one of our primary builds, our cheapest Core i7 config has dropped to around $1,300, and we've thrown a kitchen PC into the mix.
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9-inch, SSD-based netbooks going down in price
Ask TR editors to pick a netbook, and we'll probably settle on a 10" model with mechanical storage. Many users seem to share that preference, too, because DigiTimes says netbook makers are applying "sharp" price cuts to 9" SSD-based netbooksآ—supposedly a strategy to clear inventory in the face of...
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Connectivity Scorecard puts U.S. in top position
Despite all the bad things we hear about U.S. broadband, a new study commissioned by Europe's Nokia Siemens Networks has awarded top marks to America's Internet connectivity. It's no secret that the U.S. lags behind other countries in terms of Internet speeds. Whereas Comcast is still in the process of...
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Rumor: AMD's next high-end GPU will be 55nm
When the rumor mill started grinding on about the "RV790," a future high-end AMD graphics processor, one might have assumed that chip would be based on 40nm process technology. After all, word is that a 40nm RV740 GPU will hit mainstream graphics cards in May. But no dice. Expreview...
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We leave fingerprints on the HP Pavilion dv2
During my visit to AMD's Austin, Texas offices last week, I managed to get my hands on an early example of the HP Pavilion dv2, the forthcoming category-breaking product based on AMD's Atom-killer, the Athlon Neo. As we've already reported, the dv2 will feature a 12.1" display and will...
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