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.

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

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

Two chips for two different audiences. One for the lucky ducks in the USA – WiMAX enabled. For us Aussies, it’s going to launch initially without the WiMAX advantage.

Buying a laptop? Intel's graphics and Wifi aren't playing ball with its new platform, which is bad news if you're waiting for Centrino 2.

Local computer manufacturer Pioneer Computers reckons they’ve managed to jump ahead of the market today with the release of the Dreambook Style 9008.

We've been dreaming of an solid state drive, and now Intel is coming to the rescue. The next notebook platform is looking mighty tasty.

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

Intel promises you'll be able to watch a full Blu-Ray movie on a single battery charge, once again highlighting the woeful battery problems facing laptop users.

Montevina's official launch is on the way, but meantime components are appearing in the wild - including the new 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo T9600.

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.

Superior GPU needed for OSX 10.6

Buying a mid-range Dell notebook now means a choice between Dell's Inspiron, Studio and XPS notebooks. We examine the value.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.