The low cost Intel Atom processor has created a lot of buzz along with a host of compact products from a variety of vendors. Intel's smallest processor boasts the world smallest transistors. It offers very low energy consumption and throws off very little heat compared to Intel's more powerful Core Duo processors.

Palm will release the much anticipated Palm Pre Smartphone on June 6th. Sales to enthusiastic Palm users is expected to be strong despite of the stale economy. The vast improvements to hardware, features and available software is at the heart of the anticipated demand.

Hard Drive upgrades are common for many Windows XP users who are taking advantage of the multitude of multi-media gadgets from digital video recorders to iPods but bought their systems before large inexpensive hard drives became the norm. Currently, you can expect to pay about $90 to $130 for drives ranging in size from 500 GB to 1,000 GB [or 1 Terabyte]. But first you have to determine the type of drive your system can use.