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Travel In Style This Summer with Designer Laptop Cases and Luggage Designed by Project Runway Winner

Austin, Texas — March 3, 2010 — Nuo Tech, LLC, designers of technology cases for today’s fashionistas and mobile professionals, announces the Dao Chloe Dao for Nuo Collection. The Collection features a rolling laptop brief, a slim laptop brief, a flip tote, a mini backpack, 20" carry-on trolley, over the shoulder satchel and a netbook envelope clutch. Cases start at $24.99.

The Chloe Dao Collection is fashion-forward and without boundaries, and has been designed by Project Runway winner, Chloe Dao, with a play on colors, geometry and shapes to create a line that is "classic trendy" and modern that will not go out of style. The full line of mobile technology cases is not only chic, but it is functional and durable for protecting expensive, electronic devices and travel essentials. 

"I design for working men or women like myself – professionals who do not want to sacrifice style for function. The Dao Chloe Dao Collection has the best of both worlds," commented Chloe Dao. "I am a woman that is always on the go, literally. It has been wonderful to be able to work with Nuo to design accessories that are functional and fashionable that help me navigate my busy life with style."

The Collection is now available at Nuo’s online store at shopnuo.com as well as Chloe Dao’s Lot 8 boutique which draws a diverse clientele of celebrities, fashionistas and career women. Nuo’s products may also be purchased at retailers such as Dell, eBags, and Kohls.com.

About Nuo Tech, LLC

Nuo is a mobile lifestyle brand that specializes in designing and delivering carrying cases and accessories for laptops, mobile/smart phones, gaming, travel and other mobile technology products. Nuo creates products that are innovative, durable and functional, while adding fashion and personal style to every design. We are committed to corporate sustainability and eco-friendly business practices. Regardless of your interests, profession, aspirations or mobile lifestyle needs, our business is protecting your assets. For more information visit nuo-tech.com.

About Chloe Dao

After a long ten-month journey, Chloe Dao emerged as the winner of Bravo’s Emmy nominated Project Runway 2 on March 8, 2006. Dao won the hearts of America with her mild honest demeanor, consistent display of technical skills, business savvy and creative talent. In January 2007, Dao’s designs were featured in the Smithsonian Museum in the "Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon" exhibit. Dao’s reputation for understanding women and their bodies landed her a contract with Dove as their national spokesperson for the "Sleeveless Ready" campaign. Dao reached the masses again in 2008 as she debuted on QVC with consecutive sell out appearances with her line Simply Chloe Dao, exclusive to QVC. Visit chloedao.com for more information on Chloe and all available collections.

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Intel Corp. on Monday expanded the Atom processor family with a speedier model that boasts higher clock-speed than predecessors. The new chip is designed for netbooks and will be available from Intel’s partners shortly.

Intel Atom N470 has one x86 core, integrated graphics core, built-in memory DDR2 controller, 1.83GHz clock-speed, 512KB of L2 cache other features. Major OEMs are expected to introduce systems based on this processor over the coming months to further differentiate their netbook offerings with a higher frequency to deliver additional responsiveness for online and basic computing tasks.

The new Atom N470 central processing unit costs $75 in 1000-unit quantities and is currently the most expensive processor for netbooks. It is interesting to note that the chip costs more than higher performance single-core Intel Celeron Mobile processor and its price is very close to that of dual-core Celeron Mobile chips ($80). It should be kept in mind that Intel’s Celeron chips do not feature integrated memory and graphics controllers.

Intel Speeds Up Atom Processor for Netbooks – X-bit labs

Acer was the largest netbook vendor globally in 2009; however, as it will face increasing competition from Asustek Computer, Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP), the company is making efforts to maintain its leading status in 2010, according to sources from notebook players.

Acer shipped about nine million netbooks in 2009 while Asustek, HP and Samsung shipped 5.4, 4.2 and 2.9 million units, according to figures from Digitimes Research; however, since Acer only expects a slight growth or even flat performance on year for its netbook shipments in 2010, while Asustek, Samsung, and HP aim to increase their shipments to eight million, 7-8 million, and six million units, respectively, Acer’s netbook competitors will significantly narrow their shipment gap, the sources noted.

To maintain its lead, Acer showcased its Nvidia Ion 2-based Aspire One 532G netbook at Mobile World Congress 2010 and plans to launch devices running Google’s Chrome OS in the middle of 2010 with expectations of shipping one million units in the first year, the sources noted.

Acer faces challenge to keep netbook market lead in 2010

While Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently claimed netbooks "aren’t better at anything" before unveiling his company’s touch-screen iPad tablet, many in the business world disagree, finding netbooks inexpensive, highly portable alternatives to notebooks. Boasting sharp displays, longer battery life and improved memory and processing power, you may find that netbooks are, in, fact, better than anything. And they all come with keyboards.

New Dell, Asus, Acer Netbooks Won’t Bust the Budget – Midmarket from eWeek

When the Chrome OS was announced in late 2009, the computer world took note in a big way.  Many vendors from came out in support of the new operating system, stating they would have a Chrome OS notebook or netbook sometime in late 2010.

It looks like Acer though its forging ahead quicker than anticipated with an announcement of a Chrome OS netbook ready by mid-2010.

Acer to have Chrome OS netbook by mid-2010? | Notebooks.com

HP has joined Acer by putting Google’s Linux-based Android operating system on a netbook.

Branded as a Compaq device, HP’s Airlife 100 netbook is powered by the same Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM processor that’s found in a number of recently released smartphones including Google’s Nexus One.

In fact the main differences between the two devices seem to be the screen size and the almost full-size keyboard on the HP unit.

The HP Airlife 100 has a 10.1-inch screen with a 16GB SSD bolstered by an SD card slot. This sort of back-to-basics netbook specification is livened up by integrated WiFi, 3G and GPS. It’s the 3G connectivity that has led to HP partnering with Telefonica to provide wireless access.

READ MORE >> Hp loads android onto a netbook – The Inquirer

 

Fujitsu decided to make a netbook that offered a different experience from the rest of the market. Much of this comes from the bright red color used for the main chassis. While color isn’t uncommon in netbooks, Fujitsu only provides this single color. They have added a few other items that set themselves apart from the competition but is it enough to make it a truly worthwhile netbook? Find out in this review of the Fujitsu LifeBook MH380 netbook.

Fujitsu’s Bright Red PineTrail Netbook

Over the past few years computer manufacturers have fully embraced the netbook, churning out innovative designs, low cost computers and even adding long battery life and HD video viewing on some models.
While netbooks still aren’t for everyone they have had an effect on the laptop market that everyone, except computer manufacturers, can be happy about — they’ve cut the cost of laptops in half including many in our Best Computer Deals of 2010 roundup.
A new study from PriceGrabber analyzed the average price of laptops from December 2006 through this past holiday season and found that the price had dropped from more than $1,000 to the current $600 price-point that many laptop hunters look for when they want a basic laptop.

Netbooks making laptops cheaper, gaining favor with older users

Netbooks aren’t famed for their high-definition video playing prowess, but if you’ve got about $10 and a few minutes going spare, there is a way to enjoy high-definition trailers and videos on your Atom-powered portable.

You’ll need two things: a copy of Media Player Classic Home Cinema, and CoreCodec’s CoreAVC codec which you can purchase for the princely sum of $9.95.

Actually, we lied, you’ll need three things. You’ll also need some HD videos encoded in AVC or h.264 formats too. We downloaded the free animation, Big Buck Bunny, for our testing. We downloaded the 1080P h.264 version – be warned though, it’s a hefty 692MB download, so you may want to go and have a cup of tea or five if your internet connection is on the slow side. Alternatively, any high-definition h.264 movie trailer lurking on the internet will do just fine.

READ MORE >> How to play HD video on a netbook | PC Pro blog

If you’re shopping around for a new netbook, you might want to check out the upcoming Acer Aspire One 532G, which will start shipping by the end of Q1 2010. This 10.1-inch netbook is touted as the world’s first netbook to be powered by NVIDIA’s next-generation ION graphics acceleration, which is powerful enough to playback content at 720p, or even output the video to a high-def LCD TV at 1080p resolution. Aside from its performance claims, the 532G also uses NVIDIA’s Optimus Technology to automatically switch between the ION GPU and the more conservative integrated graphics, allowing you to stretch your battery life when needed, achieving its claims of up to 10 hours of usage on a single charge

Acer Aspire One 532G Netbook Boasts NVIDIA ION Dedicated Graphics