Wolrd of Warcraft sneaks into a demo by Intel; and the chip giant talks more about Atom. It all sounds eerily like Via.

From budget laptops to ultra-tiny netbooks, ultraportables and high performance, we explain the tricks to finding out the ultimate laptop at the right price.

Earlier today I pondered the possibility of an Intel Atom-based smartphone. It looks like I wasn’t far off - Intel has just shown video of an Atom based cordless home phone.

The world’s biggest chip show is on this week in San Francisco and we’re there to bring you live coverage. Stay tuned for news on Atom, Core i7, Larrabee and more.

Intel's Sean Maloney hypes Wimax, outs P4 chipsets, straddles digital divide. Centrino 2 isn't here yet, but we're getting closer.

New notebook platform to include WiMax, Blu-Ray, and new GMA X4500 graphics.

It looks the Asus Eee Box isn’t the only interesting mini-desktop around. Amid the swathes of Centrino 2 and small form factor notebooks at IDF this week, we spotted this – a mini Centrino 2 desktop.

They’re faster than hard drives, and save battery life, but do they last? Intel says yes, and has 80GB and 160GB SSDs on the way.

By the time you read this, Intel will have fired off its keynote salvo at the aggregated masses attending Computex 2008. Here's what they'll be discussing.

Can’t decide between an Eee and a Wind? A Mini note or an Aspire One? Believe it or not, there’s a bunch of old school smaller laptops that may do the job for less money. We took a look at 7 old school ultraportables.

More detail on the big launches, including the big head to head between AMD's Puma platform and Intel's Centrino, and Intel's Atom chip.

This picture sums up the mini-notebook frenzy at Intel's IDF in San Francisco – we’ve never seen so many mini notebooks in one place.

We take each week's best rumours from around the world and list them here in the Weekly Rumour Mill.

Here's our quick guide to buying a cheap laptop that isn't a pile of junk - from CPUs, to graphics, to price and other specs.

It looks like a high school science project, but is actually the first step towards one day wirelessly powering your notebook or mobile phone.

Only it’s not the Turbo Mode of the early 90s. Intel sheds new light on its Core (Nehalem) CPU, including excessive use of the word “turbo”.

Oh, and it’s power efficient too. Follow our coverage of the next big desktop processor from the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.

William Maher wonders if expensive notebooks are really that much better than the $499 EeePC.

We’ve just seen the demo, and frankly, we’re blown away. High resolution beach-scapes, ultra-realistic water ripples, wind blowing through the tall grass. Wait, is that...?