If you’re reading this, chances are you already own a netbook, or are considering buying one. In all likelihood though, you’re browsing just out of curiosity, because the prospect of messing with a brand-new netbook isn’t even remotely appetizing. Fair enough. Dissecting an expensive gadget with your hard-earned money, obtained after slogging for months on end, isn’t easy for anyone. Not even for me, despite all my modding experience. Then again, someone’s got to man up and take on the demons of uncertainty and apprehension to pave the path for the rest. So here I am, your self-styled knight in shining armour, putting my spanking new netbook on the line for your modding pleasure. I’m sure your mind is teeming with a motherload of questions by now, so before we take up this endeavour, an FAQ would be in order.
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The human race is uncannily intriguing; we have some great examples of individual brilliance offset by legions of idiots, ever willing to take themselves out of the gene pool. Not that they don’t succeed, but there’s a considerable disparity between the number of Darwin Award nominees and that of terminal retards born every minute. Makes me wonder how humanity hasn’t imploded under the weight of its own collective stupidity.

The Notebook — What The Hell Are Its Designers Smoking?

A prime example of what I’m talking about is the laptop computer. I have no prejudice towards the concept of mobile computing, but the laptop has turned out to be anything but that. You can deem it another casualty of purposeless design encouraged by a clueless user base. This lack of design purpose is evident from the hardware crammed into a typical laptop. I don’t understand why anyone requires a 15” or 17” display, when the screen is meant to be stared at point blank from your lap. Pointless, unless you have cataract, and even then you need an ophthalmologist more than a big-ass screen.
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Intel’s fourth-quarter earnings breezed past Wall Street’s expectations, and its rosy profit outlook for 2010 was another sign that a lasting recovery for the recession-battered personal computer market is under way. As the first major technology company to report its results for the last quarter, Intel is seen as a barometer for the PC market and for technology spending in general. Its revenue beat the market, as did its gross margin, which can measure how well Intel managed costs.
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Well if you always wanted a “Dream PC” ASUS and Intel will give you a chance to design it through their We PC project. It can either be a notebook or a netbook or even a gaming rig. Once you design your PC the community will vote on it and if yours is the top choice it gets made. So if you have a few ideas you would like to see in action head over to the Web link and start designing. There are sample posts to help you submit a good idea.
Web link: WePC.com

The Moorestown platform was first talked about in a keynote given by Intel’s Anand Chandrasekher in 2007, there was a mock-up of what the device would look like, but no working device was ever shown till now. At the recent Developers forum at Taipei, Anand Chandrasekher showed off a Moorestown device which integrated the new processor with graphics, video encode and decode functions and a memory controller on a single chip. He indicated that Moorestown platforms will support a range of wireless technologies including 3G, WiMAX, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and mobile TV. More info and video after the jump.
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It is obvious from the Intel CTO’s keynote that he hasn’t watched Love Story 2050, because some of these claims are very outrageous; plus there was no mention of a lovable pink robotic teddy, or flying cars. You can’t fool us, we have seen the future in Love Story 2050. More of the CTO’s lies plus other tall claims with videos after the jump.

Intel Corporation’s chief technology officer, Justin Rattner, took a look at how technology will bring man and machine much closer together by 2050 at the Intel Developer Forum held at San Francisco.
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