We've picked up on some Chinese whispering which would have us believe Apple could be about to release its very own netbook, with Foxconn Electronics chosen as the fruity toymaker's main manufacturing partner.

AMD'S upcoming notebook platform, Tigris, is ready to roar at Computex 2009, according to reports in the Chinese-language Commercial Times.

Scientists reckon they may have found a way of controlling quantum states for use in optoelectronic chips

We recently reported that the Taiwanese rumour mill was buzzing with whispers about Foxconn building a netbook for Apple, but now Apple's COO, Tim Cook, seems to have pooh-poohed the whole notion of netbooks, calling them "junky".

The chips will stay down for the tech industry until at least the end of 2009, say component suppliers.

XP is proving to be a golden oldie.

Inteland Ericsson are teaming up to bring High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) to mobile Internet devices (MIDs). Ericsson also announced it would extend its 3G mobile broadband from notebooks to a plethora of other pocket devices.

Eeexcited about its AIOs

An Isuppli reportpredicting the death of Moore's Law by 2014 has analysts close to Intel breaking out in hives.

New numbers out today from market research outfit Jon Peddie (JPR) predict worldwide growth for PC gaming hardware shipments and regional market share to be “amazing”.

Speculation from industry insiders has it that Intel is having significant trouble getting publishers and developers to programme for Larrabee.

There's more life in the x86 yet, with Intel pulling up to 8 core multi-threading out of its bag of tricks.

ARM's Director of Mobile Computing, Bob Morris, says he sees a "fundamental shift" in the PC industry towards lower power, "full day use model" devices and reckons his firm is well placed to bring the fight to Intel in the cheaper than Atom chips sub $200 market.

Displayport promises HDMI-like image quality and ability to carry high-definition audio. Now Sapphire is taking advantage of this contender for the future of graphics card connectivity

New chips will be available sometime in the second half of 2009.

The 'Don’t Leave A Trace' feature, as it’s being dubbed, ensuring there are no traces of browsing activity on your PC.

Lewis Hamilton wasn't the only Brit setting records for speed today as UK retailer Yoyo Tech unveiled the world’s fastest desktop PC, unceremoniously shoving the two time winning 8-core SUN UltraSPARC system from its throne.

Shenanigans ongoing

Nvidia reckons Open CL and Direct X are key to operating system acceleration on the GPU and claims GPGPU (general-purpose graphics processing units) will allow for serious speed-ups of Microsoft's Windows and Apple's Snow Leopard.

IBM and its "technology alliance" have announced they'll be moving to 28nm process technology, perfect for small, low-powered, consumer devices and delivering a swift sharp kick to Intel's shins.