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The best bits from CeBIT 2009

Staff ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 06 Mar 2009 12:16 GMT

The CeBIT technology fair in Hanover, Germany, may have been relatively quiet this year, but it was not without its highlights.

Innovations such as Asus's pearlescent Seashell netbook and Huawei's first HSPA+ dongle jostled for attention with Microsoft's Surface table and new graphics chips from Nvidia and AMD. ZDNet UK was there to seek out the most exciting exhibits at Europe's biggest tech show.

Cooler Master's 53GHz system on show at CeBIT

Component seller Cooler Master demonstrates a system stuffed with five Mini-ITX motherboards each with a 2.66GHz Intel quad-core processor [06 Mar 2009]

Microsoft: Why Surface is right for the enterprise

The tabletop technology, now available for purchase in the UK, has applications for business, Microsoft told ZDNet UK at CeBIT 2009 [06 Mar 2009]

What caught our eye at CeBIT 2009

Interesting exhibits at this year's CeBIT technology show included secure VoIP software for Android, the latest Eee PC netbook and MSI's Winki dongle [06 Mar 2009]

Windows 7 to compete with XP in netbook market

The ageing Windows XP will be offered for netbooks after Microsoft starts selling Windows 7, and buyers' OS preferences will be taken into account for future plans, according to a company exec [05 Mar 2009]

Eee PC Touch on the CeBIT show floor

Netbook maker Asus displayed its upcoming Eee PC Touch netbooks, including a table with a swivel screen, at the CeBIT trade show [05 Mar 2009]

SAP and IBM offer joint cloud migration

The two companies demonstrated a new tool at CeBIT 2009, based on IBM's Power 6 systems that offers live migration via cloud computing [05 Mar 2009]

Coders urged to take up open source in downturn

The president of the Free Software Foundation Europe has called on companies and out-of-work IT professionals to use the recession as an opportunity to turn away from proprietary strategies [03 Mar 2009]

Photos: dual-screen concept notebook from ASUS

At CeBIT 2009, ASUS shows off a concept system with dual displays. [03 Mar 2009]

Asus to phase out 7-inch Eee PC netbooks

Asus's chairman, who has denied that the 8.9-inch Eee PC is being dropped, has confirmed that it is abandoning the seven-inch version that launched the Eee brand [03 Mar 2009]

Nvidia, AMD announce new graphics chips

Nvidia says the chips use less power than its previous products, while AMD launches what its calls its most compact graphics chip architecture [03 Mar 2009]

CeBIT organisers bullish despite fewer exhibitors

Europe's biggest technology fair expects to attract half-a-million visitors, while itself continuing to experience a significant reduction in trade exhibitors [02 Mar 2009]