The earSmart eS515 Smart Sound Processor responds to this need by delivering a number of industry first innovations: simultaneous 3-microphone processing, optimized Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Mobile Audio Zoom and Super Wideband support for Voice over IP (VoIP), combined with a robust audio codec designed specifically for the newest mobile devices.

ENGADGET: Audience eS515 Smart Sound Processor brings three-mic support and selective audio capture to phones

As promised, we've been keeping an ear to the ground on Intel's new mobile, dual-core Atom processor, and as luck would have it a number of netbooks are popping up with the new CPU baked in...well, at least in the land down under.

ENGADGET: Dual-core Atom-powered Gigabyte and Lenovo netbooks up for sale in Australia

The number crunching is done by an AMD Geode processor running at a modest 433 megahertz, compared with the 2-3 gigahertz of conventional laptops.

ECONOMIST: The $100 laptop is fast becoming a reality