Hasta La Gadget!

Intel wants you to know that the rumor that its Z-series Atom chips are headed for the “discontinued” pile is not true. A few days back, we heard that the chips — which were initially designated for MIDs but made their way into some netbooks — could no longer be ordered from Intel. A spokesperson for the company, however, speaking with Register Hardware, said that the rumors were “100 percent inaccurate.” We’ll just have to wait and see how this all pans out, but we’re still not feeling terribly positive about poor little MIDs’ odds.