Atom N450 netbooks are set to launch on January 11th

Intel holding back its Taiwanese partners

ALTHOUGH THE UNWASHED MASSES might not be aware of Intel’s upcoming refresh of its now nearly two year old Atom N270 and somewhat faster N280, those in the know have been waiting for the Atom N450 for a good few months already. However, it seems like we won’t see any netbooks powered by the new processor until early next year, as Intel has decided to make sure that none of its partners will launch products before the 10th of January 2010, according to Digitimes.
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Taiwan Broadband 2009 tradeshow

Wimax wave2 vs WiFi-n vs LTE

THE TAIWAN BROADBAND SHOW was a little quiet this year without Intel beating the PR drums for it like it did last year. Wimax is finally here as an alternative to both WiFi and 3G, offering both speed and range. But it took quite a while and 3G evolved into 4G, LTE, or 3GPP, which aims to offer WiFi-N speeds at Wimax range only one to two years from now.
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Microsoft promos Windows Phone

Ready, set… crash

MICROSOFT HAS LAUNCHED a marketing campaign promoting both Windows 7 and Windows Phone, er, Windows Mobile, we mean Windows CE 6.5. If you’re confused, don’t worry – the marketing staff we talked with had just as much of a hard time juggling those names around.
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