VIA hasn’t been able to make much of a dent on the Intel Atom stranglehold for netbooks, but that doesn’t mean the company is conceding the market. Today, VIA introduced an updated Nano processor dubbed the Nano 3000. The company says that … Read More »
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This is just a theoretical question for now, but would you pay $300 for a Sony VAIO P netbook, er lifestyle PC? When the VAIO P was unveiled at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, we were pretty excited to caress the device … Read More »
It’s hard to believe it, but it’s almost two years to the day that I took delivery of my first netbook. Actually it wasn’t called a netbook back then — it was more of a spinoff idea from the OLPC project. It … Read More »
Sprint today joins the ranks of direct netbook sales from a wireless carrier. Starting in the Minneapolis Twin Cities area, Sprint stores offer the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 with integrated wireless broadband. As with any subsidized wireless device, customers need to commit … Read More »
What is the most definite way that Apple can convince the netbook crowd that there will never be a Mac netbook? By killing off support for the Intel Atom processor family that powers virtually all netbooks. It is being reported that Apple is going to … Read More »
Now that Windows 7 is here, ASUS is updating its convertible notebook with multitouch display to match, Liliputing says. The original T91 is in stock for $484.99 at Amazon, but the new T91MT gets a few upgrades, not to mention
Remember that netbook we showed you a while back that had two screens for doubling your viewing pleasure? The Kohjinsha netbook is only a prototype, but a video has surfaced that shows how the thing works. The design is very well done, with one screen … Read More »
I’ve seen minimalistic netbook sleeves and bags before, but Skooba offers something with a little more meat to it. Oh, it’s not a ginormous bag — it measures in at 14 x 12 x 3 inches. The “meat” I’m referring to is the … Read More »
Prior to the final release of Microsoft Windows 7, there some question as to what the new operating system would do for battery life on laptops. At that time, I felt it was too early to make any judgments, simply because final … Read More »
Here’s a nice Windows 7 tip from the How To Geek — with a little registry tweak you can adjust the how quickly or slowly Aero Peek thumbnails appear. By default, Aero Peek is programmed to show an application thumbnail when the … Read More »
Here’s a quick note on my Toshiba NB205 netbook which is dual-booting Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 7 Ultimate. Now that the Toshiba fully supports Microsoft’s newest operating system, I plan to run a battery test on each operating system. I had hoped … Read More »
MoTR 187 is 33:05 minutes long and is a 30.4 MB file in MP3 format. CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly. HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) TOPICS: Windows 7 is here, and so is the … Read More »
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