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HP promises webOS netbooks

Personally I have always had a soft spot for HP/Palm’s webOS. It is certainly a powerful multi-tasking operating system that was shipped in a plastic body that put a lot of people off…

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Atrix 4G to hit Best Buy first with $150 laptop dock

Motorola and AT&T turned more than a few heads when they introduced the exclusive Motorola Atrix 4G during CES 2011. Besides its billing as the world’s most powerful smartphone, it really attracted...

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AMD reduces C-50 netbook APU to 5W, bringing it to tablets

AMD never had much luck competing with Intel in the netbook space. They just never seemed to gain any traction with a CPU worthy of competing with Atom. AMD’s not about to make…

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Nanocade lets your netbook become a mini MAME arcade cabinet

If you’re anything like me, then you don’t just have a single PC in the house. I have a netbook and a couple of small nettops too. Eventually they get replaced with new,…

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Asus says they have a “secret weapon” against the iPad 2

Asus is not exactly known for putting out luxury products, and that’s okay. That’s not how they got big. They got big through netbooks, which set the stage for tablets: they proved that…

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Fujitsu releases first ever MeeGo netbook

The number of operating systems shipping with a netbook continues to expand this week. Alongside Windows, Linux, and Jolicloud, we now have the first ever MeeGo netbook courtesy of Fujitsu. The...

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Geek deals: Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X120e gets $230 off

If you are looking for an affordable, portable laptop that doesn’t make many sacrifices then you can’t go too wrong with the Lenovo ThinkPad X120e. The computer gotten very good reviews scores and…

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Asus introduces two new netbooks with AMD’s Fusion APU

It’s sad to say, but netbooks are pretty much dead. They had a good little run as smaller laptops with nearly all day battery life that almost anyone could afford, but after staying…

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Asustek planning $200 Chrome OS netbook to counter tablets?

If you load up your favorite online electronics retailer and do a search for netbooks you will find models in a price range of around $250 to $500. Most sport a 10″ display,…

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer is a 9.5 hour tablet and a 16 hour netbook in one

Asus has not been quick to give up on netbooks. Although tablets like the iPad are cannibalizing netbook sales around the world, Asus has kept on plugging away with slight hardware iterations on…

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Nvidia buys Icera, Tegra to get integrated 3G/4G chip

Nvidia has today announced the acquisition of the UK fabless semiconductor company Icera for $367 million in cash. Icera is a significant buy for Nvidia due to the market it operates in and…

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Intel 32nm Cedar Trail Atom chips may be 50% cheaper

Earlier this month Intel announced the new phases of a multi-year Atom processor update. The revised Atom release schedule will see a 32nm tablet and smartphone chip (Medfield) in 2012, a 22nm chip…

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Intel demos Keeley Lake swivel laptop

Intel has used Computex 2011 to show off its proof-of-concept new Keeley Lake design. Keeley Lake is essentially a laptop that converts to a tablet by incorporating a swivel display. That’s nothing new,…

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Samsung’s solar-powered netbook boasts 14-hour battery life

Solar panels are still not efficient enough to produce adequate power to keep a laptop running indefinitely, but Samsung thinks they are good enough to at least help charge a netbook. The Samsung…

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Chrome OS evolved: from CR-48 to Samsung Series 5

When Google first announced Chrome OS, there were a lot of skeptics. Is the browser really all we need anymore? If you’re the right kind of person, sort of. Chrome’s meteoric rise in…

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Vodafone launches $188 Ubuntu Webbook for developing countries

While the more developed countries may have an abundance of choice when it comes to selecting a computer, developing countries can hardly afford them. A number of companies are trying to change that…

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Rugged Atom netbook chosen for 5-week North Pole expedition

Consumers are spoilt for choice when it comes to selecting a new laptop. You can maximize on portability, or go with a desktop replacement instead. Select a cheaper Windows machine or give in…

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GoNote touchscreen Android netbook coming to the UK for $235

We’re more accustomed to seeing Android powering smartphones and tablets, but it’s popped up on plenty of traditional PC hardware before, too. Ergo Electronics has just announced that it will be...

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By 2015 the netbook will be extinct

When netbooks first appeared in 2007 the iPad was still 3 years away, Android had only just been unveiled, and consumers were queuing up to check out this new “smartphone” called the iPhone.…

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A Commodore 64 has been modded into a netbook, and it’s for sale

A time-honored tradition among hardware modders is taking things that aren’t shaped like laptops and making them more portable. When you see something like the Xbox 360 or the Xbox One modded into […]

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