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Submission + - Touchscreen Netbooks to shine at CES 2009

Submitted by i4u on Saturday December 27, 2008 @04:22PM

i4u writes: The new generation of netbooks debuting at CES 2009 will add touch and will have twistable screens to use them in tablet or notebook style.
Intel is set to introduce a new Classmate netbook with a twistable screen and touchscreen at the CES 2009. Back in October Asus alreadt said it is planning to introduce touchscreen Asus Eee netbooks early 2009. Asus is exhibiting at the CES unveiled pre-show that takes place already on January 6th. Expect the Asus Eee Touch to be already unveiled then. Gigabyte has outrun all of them with the Intel Atom powered M912V that has been on the market already for a while. Adding a touchscreen is rather easy. More difficult is to offer a touch optimized UI. Lets see what the netbook vendors are going to invest on the software side.

Comment It's not the router, it's the 802.11 radio link (Score 1) 414

by notonymous on Saturday June 28, 2008 @11:58AM (#23981691) Attached to: Can Any Router Guarantee Bandwidth For VoIP?

You mention the WRT54G so I assume that you are using a WLAN AP with a built-in router. If so, then your problem is the 802.11 radio link, not the router and not the wired link to your ISP. Basic 802.11 is a best-effort, contention-based protocol. The VoIP box will compete for bandwidth with the BitTorrent box essentially on a first-come, first-served basis. There are extensions to 802.11 that allow the AP to control access to the link in order to exercise QoS policies. Most APs (and client NICs) don't support these extensions, especially in consumer products. Your other choice would be to buy a second AP, run it on a different channel from the first, and give your VoIP box exclusive access to the second AP. A simple hub/switch on the back end will give both APs access to your wired ISP link.

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