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MSI Neton, latest in Nettops is now countering Eee Top
MSI Micro-Star just unveiled the Neton M22, M19 and M16 nettop series, their answer to Asus B202 Eee Top. The smallest one, the M16, is featuring a 15.6-inch 1366 x 768 screen, the M19 a 18.5-inch screen and finally the top model M22 a 22-inch display with HD 16:9 resolution 1920 x 1080 and optional Blu-ray drive. The models will come with touch-screens and Windows XP or Vista. Processor will be a single-core or dual-core Atom (330) . The M19, M16 and the M22 should be available by early 2009. ...
Apple hires Dixons chief to drive global retail
LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has hired Dixons Chief Executive John Browett, who revived the British electronics retailer by emphasizing customer service, to lead the iPad maker's global retail expansion. Apple chief Tim Cook, making his first high-profile hire since taking the helm of the world's largest technology company, lured the well-regarded industry executive to fill a critical post once held by Ron Johnson, another outsider who left Target Corp to join Apple in 2000. Johnson resigned from Apple last November to join retailer J.C. Penney Co Inc as chief executive. ... (more...) ...
Jobless rate at 3-year low as payrolls surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to a near three-year low, giving a boost to President Barack Obama. Nonfarm payrolls jumped 243,000, the Labor Department said on Friday, as factory jobs grew by the most in a year. The jobless rate fell to 8.3 percent - the lowest since February 2009 - from 8.5 percent in December. The gain in employment was the largest since April and it far outstripped the 150,000 predicted in a Reuters poll of economists. ... (more...) ...
Defiant Cain says he won't drop out of GOP race
Under rising pressure from fellow Republicans, presidential hopeful Herman Cain sought to muddy the reputation of one accuser, forcefully denied any and all allegations of sexual impropriety and vowed Tuesday the growing controversy would not drive him from the race for the White House. (more...) ...
Belkin has new 802.11n wireless router range
Belkin is an old hand when it comes to wireless devices as well as other computing peripherals, and this time round they have a new range of 802.11n wireless routers for you to choose from, basically with a handful of models to suit just about any needs there are out there. These new wireless routers feature fun and powerful applications, and comprise of the Surf, Share, Play, and Play Max Wireless Routers which will allow you to play music, games, and HD videos while sharing photos and enable wireless printing from just about anywhere in your home. Belkin has specially designed ...