http://www.maximumpc.com/articles/columns/fast_forward used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/flash_pan <p><!--paging_filter--> <p><img src="/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/tomH.jpg" width="140" height="180" align="right" />Flash memory could become the dominant form of mass storage, replacing magnetic and optical media for many purposes. Although flash retains data without requiring power, the memory cells don’t retain their charges forever. Eventually, the charges dissipate and the bits fade away. Will our data be a flash in the pan?</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/flash_pan">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/flash_pan#comments Fast Forward From the Magazine September 2008 Columns columns fast forward flash flash memory ssd usb 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:40:41 -0500 Tom Halfhill 3168 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/mids_pda_30_omg <p><!--paging_filter--> <p><img src="/files/u22694/tomH.jpg" alt="Tom Halfhill" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="140" height="180" align="right" />Intel’s strategy for Atom processors and WiMAX hinges partly on a new class of handheld computers called mobile Internet devices (MIDs). Larger than cellphones but smaller than subnotebook PCs, MIDs are supposed to make the Internet available anytime, anywhere.</p> <p>Actually, MIDs aren’t new. They’re the third major attempt to establish the nebulous product category of personal digital assistants (PDAs).</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/mids_pda_30_omg">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/mids_pda_30_omg#comments Fast Forward August 2008 From the Magazine Columns columns fast forward mids mobile internet devices pda tom halfhill 2008 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:34:53 -0500 Tom Halfhill 2803 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/another_one_bites_dust <p><!--paging_filter--> <p><img src="/files/u22694/tomH.jpg" alt="Tom Halfhill" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="140" height="180" align="right" />Will they never learn? Another start-up hoping to compete with mighty Intel has crashed, sending some 200 engineers to the unemployment line and squandering about $74 million from disgruntled investors. Montalvo Systems, originally named MemoryLogix, is now just another smoking crater in Silicon Valley.</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/another_one_bites_dust">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/another_one_bites_dust#comments Fast Forward July 2008 From the Magazine Columns columns fast forward Montalvo Systems tom halfhill transmeta VIA 2008 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:10:48 -0500 Tom Halfhill 2508 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_intels_atom_the_smallest_x86 <p><!--paging_filter-->Intel's Atom has low power consumption, full x86 compatibility, and good performance. </p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_intels_atom_the_smallest_x86">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_intels_atom_the_smallest_x86#comments Fast Forward June 2008 From the Magazine atom Columns fast forward intel tom halfhill x86 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 16:42:06 -0500 Tom Halfhill 2189 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_vias_new_isaiah_processor <p><!--paging_filter-->Exciting times for mobile PCs as VIA introduces its new low-power-consumption x86 mobile processor, code-named Isaiah.</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_vias_new_isaiah_processor">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_vias_new_isaiah_processor#comments Fast Forward May 2008 From the Magazine Columns columns fast forward from the magazine may 2008 mobile pc subnotebook 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:22:10 -0500 Tom Halfhill 2103 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_low_power_newbie_the_x86 <p><!--paging_filter-->For the first time, 'low power' and 'x86' will taste great together</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_low_power_newbie_the_x86">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_low_power_newbie_the_x86#comments Fast Forward April 2008 From the Magazine Columns fast forward low-power x86 2008 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:15:20 -0500 Tom Halfhill 2009 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_teeny_weeny_pcs <p><!--paging_filter-->Asus' Eee is inspiring a new generation of teeny-weeny Linux subnotebooks. UMPC? Yeah, we've never seen one either.</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_teeny_weeny_pcs">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_teeny_weeny_pcs#comments Fast Forward March 2008 From the Magazine asus Columns eee fast forward subnotebook 2008 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:19:32 -0600 Tom Halfhill 1931 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_transmetas_rebirth <p><!--paging_filter-->A new lease on life working with its former competitors.</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_transmetas_rebirth">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_transmetas_rebirth#comments Fast Forward February 2008 From the Magazine Columns fast forward longrun2 tom halfhill transmeta 2008 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:18:04 -0600 Tom Halfhill 1800 at http://www.maximumpc.com