Computex 2010: MSI to showcase a tablet PC using Intel MID platform

Micro-Star International (MSI) will showcase a tablet PC, the MSI Slatebook, based on Intel's mobile internet device (MID) platform at Computex 2010, which will be held from June 1-6 in Taipei, Taiwan, according to sources from notebook players.

MSI's Slatebook tablet PC will adopt Windows 7 with Intel's latest Atom Zxx series processor (Menlow), a 10-inch display, and built-in 3G and Wi-Fi modules. The unit will be priced below US$500, the sources noted.

MSI is also considering a tablet PC based on Nvidia's Tegra 2 platform and will evaluate market demand before preceding with the launch.

MSI's Slatebook will also feature e-book reader capabilities and the company is currently negotiating with content providers and software designers for cooperation. Meanwhile, the company's e-book reader project has been postponed.

Nintendo to beef up piracy measures in 3-D machine

TOKYO -- Nintendo's president said Friday that anti-piracy measures will be beefed up in its planned handheld game device with 3-D technology in a move to guard against software theft.

Nintendo Co. ( NTDOY.PK - news - people ) President Satoru Iwata was otherwise tightlipped about the machine, which the Japanese game-maker said in March will be shown at the E3 trade show in Los Angeles next month.

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It's set to go on sale sometime in the fiscal year through March 2011, according to the Kyoto-based maker of Super Mario and Pokemon games.

The problem of piracy is serious, especially in Asia and Europe, and contributed to the recent drop in game software sales in Europe, Iwata said at a Tokyo hotel.

But he declined to go into details on the planned measures, saying such comments will merely give "hints" to the culprits. Iwata was also concerned people were becoming more tolerant of piracy.