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Manuka writes "According to news.com, computer maker Gateway will be selling Cobalt systems, such as the RaQ and Qube. Neat, but will it come in the trademark Cobalt blue, or will it have blue cow spots? " Cobalt, Amiga - GW seems to be all over the place.

Harris Vaegan-Lloyd writes "Cobalt networks have just released the Qube2, with a whole lot of new features to make everyone's lives easier, so why would you want a netwinder now huh? New features are modem control, scheduled backup to remote servers, DHCP server, better email alias handling & better mailing lists and too much to type here.. Hardware is now 2 ethernet ports, a serial card and a new 250Mhz mips chip (Qunatum Effects Dynamic.). And a new power connector to replace the old one that kept falling out! Yay! ;). " An anonymous reader also sent us a link to a review of this new toy.

Cobalt Networks Inc., manufacturers of the famous Cobalt Qube (TM), today announced their latest Linux based server product: the Cobalt Raq (TM). It's a sub-$1000, rack mountable Internet server solution, specifically targeted at ISP's. According to the press release up to 40 Cobalt RaQ microservers fit onto one side of a standaard 19" rack and consume less power than two traditional servers.