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Microsoft Windows 7 to include MultiTouch

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, May 28th 2008 No Comments

We usually stick to hardware here at SlashGear, but Microsoft’s announcement that it will be including MultiTouch in the upcoming Windows 7 OS is interesting enough to bend the rules. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer sat down with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at D to discuss the new inclusion, with a demonstration of MultiTouch working on a somewhat modified Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC. Apparently much of the work that the Surface team has been doing is rolled into Windows 7, which will see a release in late 2009.

Windows 7 MultiTouch

Image via Engadget. Check out the demo video of MultiTouch on Windows 7 after the cut

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CTL 1L1PC WinXP Eee-rival: is it worth $50 more?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, May 22nd 2008 No Comments

CTL 1L1PC Although ASUS’ Eee may not be the very best budget ultraportable out there, it’s already become the benchmark against which all others are compared. Latest to step up is CTL’s 1L1PC, which the folks at Laptop Mag have been putting through its compact paces. Running Windows XP, rather than Linux, and with a 60GB hard-drive and 1GB of RAM, those well-versed in these machines might spot that it’s seemingly a rebadging of the Airis Kira 740, albeit with a few hardware tweaks.

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SlashGear Week in Review – May 18th

By Chris Davies on Sunday, May 18th 2008 No Comments

ASUS continued their assault on the budget computing market this week, with the Eee PC 900 finally launching in the US while its Intel Atom powered sibling the PC 901 broke cover. We also saw a live photo of the Eee Box B202, a desktop version. It looks as though the rumors of a separate Eee brand could be true; the ASUS logo is notable for its absence on the new products. Meanwhile, OLPC and Microsoft finally shook hands on a Windows XP deal for the XO education notebook, and Fujitsu showed off their own Atom-based ultraportable, the U2010 UMPC complete with 3.5G WWAN and GPS.

ASUS Eee PC 901

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VidaBox TOUCHPANEL12 home automation control with magnetic mount

By Chris Davies on Friday, May 16th 2008 No Comments

Home automation and media specialists VidaBox have released their latest touchscreen controller, a wall-mounted 12.1-inch display that runs Windows XP embedded and boasts a unique mounting design. The TOUCHCLIENT12 package consists of a “roughbox” that is fixed into the wall and the computer itself, which requires only two connections – 12V power and ethernet – and magnetically clips into the mount. Once installed, the system can either be used as part of a whole-house media and automation setup, using a centralised server, or can act as a standalone device running any software compatible with XP embedded.

VidaBox TOUCHCLIENT12

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OLPC and Microsoft finally reach XO Windows deal

By Chris Davies on Friday, May 16th 2008 No Comments

After a great deal of “are they, aren’t they?” rumor and negotiation, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project have finally agreed a deal with Microsoft to put Windows XP on the low-cost notebooks. As a result, starting from next month a Windows version of the XO machine will be available in five or six countries, with a large scale release following in August or September. However, unlike early rumors, the XO will not – at least initially – be able to dual-boot between Windows or the original Linux-based OS.

OLPC Windows XO version

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MSI Wind final specs – Powered by Intel Atom

By Satsuki Then on Wednesday, May 14th 2008 No Comments

We weren’t sure the last time about which processor MSI plans to put into its Eee PC killer. Well, now we know that MSI Wind will be using Atom processor, Intel’s newest portable chip. The 10-inch LED based display sports 1024×600 pixel resolution.

MSI Wind 2

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HP 2133 Mini-Note XP versions announced, but with a catch

By Chris Davies on Monday, May 12th 2008 No Comments

As expected, HP have today released their new wave of 2133 Mini-Note ultraportables running Windows XP rather than Vista or SUSE Linux. However, while the leaked pricing may have been correct, what the tips didn’t tell us was that HP would be pushing the Vista-downgrade route to XP rather than supplying XP alone. Microsoft allow users of certain versions of Vista to “downgrade”, free, their OS to XP. In fact, the option to do so was already available on the 2133 KX870AT, which runs Vista Business.

HP 2133 Mini-Note

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HP 2133 Mini-Note XP pricing leaks

By Chris Davies on Friday, May 9th 2008 No Comments

Pricing details for the XP version of HP’s 2133 Mini-Note ultraportable have emerged courtesy of a leaky HP rep. Assuming they’re the real deal, we now know that the four-model range will be priced from $729 to $819. Another HP rep confirmed that XP will be available, preloaded, on the 2133 on May 15th.

HP 2133 Mini-Note

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HP 2133 Mini-Note PC coming with a new Windows XP option

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Apr 17th 2008 No Comments

The 2133 is still being hyped up and I am sure that a lot of future owners of the machine will be happy to know that your two options aren’t the unfamiliar Linux and the likely slow-booting Vista; you’ll now be able to get Windows XP installed. The reason is quite obvious; XP is loads faster on systems with such limited resources.

HP2133UMPC

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Asus Eee 8.9″ 900 model details announced – impressive storage capacities

By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Apr 16th 2008 No Comments

So Asus has apparently sold over a million Eee’s sold in 5 months, since its launch date, and in celebration Asus decided to let us all in on the details of its next concoction. Obviously it will have an 8.9-inch LCD screen, a 1.3MP camera, 12 or 20GB of flash storage depending on OS, and something called FingerGlide.