Follow TechBlips on Twitter
![Sam's Club Offering $100k Electric Sports Car From Hybrid Technologies [Hybrid Technologies]](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/tech/story_story/2008/11/03/sam_s_club_offering_100k_electric_sports_car_from.jpg)
VIA and NVIDIA scrap netbook collaboration
Liliputing —
VIA is pretty much focusing its C7 and Nano CPUs for mobile devices on computers for the developing world at this point. And that means you’re not likely to see VIA-powered netbooks showing up at your local Best Buy anytime soon. But if you were still holding out hope that VIA would manage to get its chipset into something a bit more consumer friendly than the Everex Cloudbook, there’s a bit of bad news this week.
DigiTimes reports that VIA and NVIDIA have scrapped plans to cooperate on a platform for netbooks ...
Tech company in 'not bringing out a netbook' shocker
Tech Digest —
... when a technology company decides that it's not going to release its own pint-size laptop with no cd drive. Originally, it was hoped that the two companies would produce a netbook featuring a mobile version of the VIA Nano chip, rather than the industry-standard Intel Atom chip. Those plans are now on hold, as are plans to build MIDs using the chips. Nvidia and VIA's plans to build desktop machines together are, you'll no doubt be pleased to hear, firmly intact. NVidia and VIA (via TrustedReviews) Related posts: Asus discontinues 700 and 900 ...
VIA IVP-7500 in-car fanless PC
SlashGear —
... VIA have announced the VIA IVP-7500 board, what it’s calling the first in a series of dedicated x86-based in-car PC platforms. Based on a fanless 1.0GHz VIA Eden CPU and supporting up to 1GB of DDR2 memory, the IVP-7500 measures 114 x 185.5mm and can be embedded in the dashboard, fitted to a one- or two-DIN radio-sized box, or hidden in the seat or headrest. ...
Via gets helping server hand from Dell
Between the Lines —
... Dell will unveil a system that has 12 full servers running on Via’s Nano chip. Each server will consumer 15 watts of power. Dell will unveil the Via powered systems next week. For Via , Dell would be a huge win. Via is a player in the netbook market, but Intel and AMD own the server market. Dell will pitch these servers to Web hosting companies. However, don’t expect much in the way of performance. Vance writes: Running at just 1.3GHz or 1.6GHz, the Via chips sit very low on the performance totem pole when it comes to server chips. But it’s the chip’s lower speed and other ...
Wiimbledon 2009: We raised ~$5000 for Child’s Play
CrunchGear —
... Child’s Play, I’d like to thank the following sponsors for hooking us up.
Geek Squad
Toshiba
Nyko
Dyson
Virgin America
Lexar
Duracell
Lowepro
Innex
Thrustmaster
Casio
Verizon Wireless
Samsung Mobile
AT&T
HTC
Lenovo
Pentax
Penguin United
T-Mobile
THX
VIA
Western Digital
Big ups to Steve Bryant, Lane Buschel, Katie Smith-Adair, ...
