"You could say, as many do, that shipping jobs overseas is no big deal because the high-value work—and much of the profits—remain in the U.S. That may well be so. But what kind of a society are we going to have if it consists of highly paid people doing high-value-added work—and masses of unemployed?"
Andy Grove, Intel CEO 1987-2005, Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs, BusinessWeek, July 1, 2010
I'm not sure how long the Intel rock star commercials have been out. I just saw the one below while watching the Sunday morning news. Geeks and most non-geeks will appreciate the commercial.
The Inspiron Mini 12, Dell's biggest netbook, is now available to order! Almost one month ago, CMS Report was the first to break the news that Dell was readying their site for the release of the Mini 12. Current prices of selected configurations range from $549 to $649 which is about the expected price of this netbook.
Last year, I started looking for a linux laptop and ended up just migrating my old Windows laptop over to Ubuntu Linux. Since my personal preference is for smaller sized laptops, I have also been keeping an eye on the new low-cost netbooks. Currently, I'm leaning toward the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 with Ubuntu already installed. However, my personal sweet spot for a laptop seems to be in the 10 to 12 inch range.
Today, at Dell.com I came across reference to a yet to be released Inspiron Mini 12 (1210)! While there have been rumors circulating on the Web that Dell will be introducing a 12.1 inch Mini netbook or (and) E Slim, I don't think anyone has reported seeing actual references of the Inspiron Mini 12 at Dell.com. Until now! Perhaps we'll be seeing the Inspiron Mini 12 released this week or possibly next week? If the price is reasonable and Ubuntu is available, this Mini 12 will be my next notebook.
"The investment arm of the chip giant is gathering some of the smartest innovators from Web 2.0 to create a suite of publishing, posting, and newsgathering programs."
"It’s only been two days since we announced SuiteTwo along with a world-class team of partners led by Intel, but the response has been fantastic. We thought we’d collect some highlights, offer a first glimpse at what some parts of the SuiteTwo experience will look like, and offer more details..."
