VIA may not be as popular as Intel and AMD, but it’s still capable of churning out CPUs, and the company has just unveiled its Nano E-series CPU, bringing native 64-bit support, virtualization capabilities and other features to embedded markets, which is a positive move towards support for upcoming operating systems like Windows Embedded Standard 7. The CPUs will initially be available in speeds from 800MHz to 1.8GHz and are compatible with a range of VIA’s own integrated media system processors, including HD video codecs and 3D graphics acceleration.

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VIA has just announced their MSERV S2100 Mini Server which will specifically target OEMs and system integrators. Mainly powered by its own 64-bit VIA Nano processor, that model comes with a relatively small chassis alongside interesting features such as twin SATA drive support, a couple of RAM sockets and two Ethernet ports to get you started right of the box. No word on whether that will hit retail stores, but to round off that post, the MSERV S2100 Mini Server does come with a bootable SSD, a trio of USB 2.0 ports, an 8cm low-noise ball-bearing fan and a hardware-based AES engine for protection motives.

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Folks who attended Microsoft’s PDC09 (Professional Developers Conference) should be rather happy, as Steven Sinofsky, Windows and Windows Live Division President, announced that all of the PDC09 attendees will be receiving a free Acer Aspire 1420P Convertible Tablet PC. The free tablet was supposedly to show Microsoft’s gratitude towards all of the PDC attendees and the support that the developers gave Microsoft during the Windows 7 release. In case you were wondering, the features of said laptop include:

• Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit edition
• Intel Celeron 1.2GHz
• 2GB RAM
• Intel graphics
• 3G mobile broadband
• 250GB hard disk
• 11.6-inch screen

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