Two of the hottest upcoming netbooks have been taken apart and had their insides revealed. If you are the kind of person who likes to mod your computers, be sure to check these out so you know what you have to work with. The MSI Wind (portal page), which was taken apart over at bit-tech.net, has no external access slot to upgrade RAM. In order to upgrade your RAM, you’ll need to open the Wind up, while normally this would void your warranty, it appears as though MSI understands that […]

So I’ve been reviewing the Vye S41 for the last few days, but I have run into a problem. Though the S41 comes with built in GPS, as far as I can tell, there is no included GPS software. Does anyone know of any free software that will take advantage of the S41’s GPS? I was hoping to use Google Earth with it but the GPS features are only enabled in the Pro version. Let me know in the comments if you have any suggestions.

Update. Video session finished. Recording available. I’m back from holiday and it’s time to catch up with the weeks ultra mobile PC news. The quickest way to do that is to ask you guys I guess so the UMPCPortal.com/Live channel will be open later and hopefully Sascha and JKK will also be online. I’ll have the Medion Akoya with me. Maybe JKK will bring the 901 and I think Sascha has a few devices to show off too. Hopefully Ben, Thorsten and Kornel will be around too but I’m not […]

Thousands and thousands of people been testing the Medion Akoya Mini out for the first time in Germany, Austria and Holland over the last few days and I’m sure there have been quite a few photo galleries, unboxing videos and first impressions. I’m one of those many and as most of the owner-reports will have been in German or Dutch, Iit makes sense that I put my own thoughts out in so that people get a feel for how the UK version might be (there’s no confirmation on this BTW) and how the sister device, the MSI […]

Yes the ridiculous acronym of ULCPC (Ultra Low Cost PC) which mostly means netbook, was a term defined by Microsoft not too long ago. They said that devices which qualified as ULCPCs would be able to get discounts on XP installations, making OEMs more likely to make their hardware fit Microsoft’s ULCPC criteria so that they could receive the XP discount. One theory explaining the XP discount move and associated ULCPC definition is to keep a Windows OS on emerging netbooks, and of course prevent Linux environments from ruling the […]

Update: Looks like someone up the grapevine missed a translation; Kjeld points out in the comments that on T-Online’s site (one of the retailers showing the Aspire One) it says ‘versandfertig in 2 Wochen’, which apparently means ‘ships in 2 weeks’. So it is not available just yet, but will be soon. Engadget is reporting that the Acer Aspire One is already available in Europe (see above). Apparently there will be three models released. All will use the N270 Atom CPU and Intel 945GSE chipset, different regional configurations will come […]

Tweakers.net in the Netherlands is reporting that Intel is having trouble keeping up with demand for their Atom processors. This is not the first time we have heard this rumour but it is the first time Intel seem to confirm it. Matty Bakkeren of Intel doesn’t call the shortages drastic but says demand is much higher than anticipated. What effects this will have, if any, aren’t clear but orders are not currently being filled immediately which means delays and shortages of some kind are possible for at least some of […]

Jkk is quickly becoming a pro Eee hacker. His latest exploit involves putting a touch screen on the Eee 900. He has made a nice video talking a bit about the install process and showing how well it works. Glad to see how zippy the Eee is when it comes to page scrolling. I imagine he is using the Grab and Drag Firefox addon, which isn’t running so smoothly on my S41 while I’m unplugged. Head over to Jkkmobile to watch the video and check out plenty of nice shots […]