netbooks
netbooks
Toshiba’s Mini NB250 Netbook Packs A Full Keyboard
Netbooks are still going strong, by the looks of the product calendars of companies like Toshiba. Their new 10.1-inch, 2.46 pound Mini NB250 features a full-size keyboard and a 1336 x768 LED display. Other specs include a 1.66...
Apple
Adobe Officially Launches Flash 10.1, Batteries Sigh In Relief
After months of anticipation and beta releases, Adobe’s Flash 10.1 is finally here for Windows, Mac, and Linux. (Flash for smartphones is also being rolled out soon.) 10.1′s release is a fairly large deal when it co...
netbooks
Say Goodbye To Windows XP On Netbooks
Microsoft reminded manufacturers today that, starting October 22, 2010, they’d no longer be allowed to preinstall Windows XP on netbooks. Microsoft really wants Windows 7 as their netbook OS, even claiming that eighty per...
netbooks
Sony’s VAIO P Gets A Crocodile Skin
We brought you news of the Australia-exclusive Billabong VAIO P earlier this week, but Sony’s already got another special edition skin on the way. Exclusive to Japan, this Crocodile skin (imitation, of course) comes on a ...
netbooks
ASUS Pre-Loading Notebooks With Kindle Software
Amazon and ASUS have teamed up today with news that certain ASUS notebooks and netbooks will come with the Kindle application pre-installed, including the Eee PC. Currently, there are 540,000 books offered in the Kindle store, ...
netbooks
ASUS Eee PC 1215 Brings USB 3.0 To Netbooks
ASUS’s new Eee PC 1215 offers a lot for a netbook. It features a 12-inch LED screen with 1366×768 resolution, Intel Atom D510 dual-core CPU, and the brand new NVIDIA Ion GPU with Optimus technology. Optimus, if you&#...
netbooks
Sony’s VAIO P Series Upgrades With New Colors, Accelerometer And Touchpad
Sony announced today some interesting changes to their popular line of VAIO P netbooks, making additions that truly blend the line between laptop and tablet and make the device more attractive in an increasingly diverse ultrapo...
netbooks
Big Surprise: The iPad Is Killing The Netbook Craze
I’m filing this under “not very surprising” — It appears the netbook fad has already peaked, thanks to analytics from Fortune.com. To be precise, it was last summer, when the popular, affordable tiny notebooks had a 641% ...
netbooks
HP Mini Lineup Gets Refreshed, “Preppy Pink” Color Causes Nightmares
The HP Mini is one of the most popular netbooks around, especially with the younger set. From the looks of it, HP knows their customers well, as a new revised Mini 210 has some color options that seem directly aimed at the high...
Laptops
Sony Dash To Get Streaming Video Which Will Include NetFlix
I must have completely missed this thing at CES this year. What is basically a digital picture frame that runs widgets, news has now reached the blogs that the Sony Dash will now be able to run streaming video from a host of w...
Apple
Chinese MacBook Air Knockoffs Will Blow Your Mind
What would you say if you could buy a MacBook Air that costs just one fifth of what a normal MacBook Air costs? Why, you’d probably say “What Chinese sweatshop did that boil up out of?” and you’d be rig...
Bluetooth
Lenovo’s Skylight Smartbook Bows For CES
Just in time for CES, Lenovo is readying a new smartbook called the Skylight, a refination on the netbook concept. It weighs less than two pounds and features its own specialized interface to make getting online faster and eas...
