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Ten new things about the Apple tablet

2009-09-30T07:29:00-07:00

Everyone's curious about the upcoming (if it ever arrives) Apple Tablet! Jemery Horwitz of the iLounge has compiled a list of ten new things about the Tablet.

Ten? Will it sing? Wil it dance? Will it be completely overpriced? :)

Dual-core processors coming for ultra-thin SU-based notebooks

2009-09-30T04:23:00-07:00

Intel has a love and hate relationship with netbooks, because it is scared that they may eat up from its more lucrative laptop business. So, afraid of that possibility, they will be making available dual-core SU-processors for the ultra-thin notebook computers out there. It is really hard to accept paying 2X to 3X for an SU-based laptop and not even get two cores.

So, by adding dual-core processors, they are creating more separation between them and the Atom-based netbooks.

Read all about it at the digitimes. If you are reading this at a later date, please note that DigiTimes turns their articles into subscribers-only.

HP Envy 13: Macbook, I want your candy! (review at Gizmodo)

2009-09-30T01:05:00-07:00

Everything that is designed by Apple these days is considered as good as gold and maniacally copied by manufacturers big and small. So it is no surprise that we see waves and waves of attemps to "MacBook" traditional Wintel-laptops. One such is the HP Envy 13, and Gizmodo puts it through the gadget-blog paces in this short review.

Steve Ballmer trash-talks Chrome and Safari

2009-09-29T22:06:13-07:00

When two divas collide! In an extended interview with mega-diva Michael Arrington of TechCrunch, mega-diva Steve Ballmer of Microsoft trash-talks Chrome and Safari among many other thigns. This is a long (text-based) interview. Check it out and get outraged ;-)

King for a day - how would you change netbooks?

2009-09-11T22:23:26-07:00

Engadget.com asks, how would you change netbooks if you were king for a day and could influence things the way you want them to be? This was posted less than an hour ago, and they already have 46 comments posted!

So go ahead, and become Engadget's new Netbook Designer Chief :)

Lots of DIY goodies in October Maximum PC

2009-09-07T14:24:36-07:00

There are lots of DIY goodies in the October 2009 issuse of the Maximum PC magazine. Lots of practical stuff, but also some geeky-fun things like turning your netbook into a picture frame. They also talk about adding memory to a netbook, BIOS hacks, OS adventures and tons more. Check it out at your local newstand or unearth it from your stack of magazine subscriptions that were offered at a good price but are just too many to read on a regular basis :)

Expandable laptop monitors ...expanding

2009-08-28T17:38:23-07:00

Just about everyone using a laptop, even one of those 17 or 18-inchers, have left restrained, constrained, and in jail with the limited space of a laptop screen. But that may no longer be a limitation! Mashable talks of a new expandable dual-screen design by Alaskan-based gScreen! These will be LED-backlit displays, and the specifications listed there show a $3000 price-tag for a nicely spec'ed laptop. As you can expect, for a unique laptop like this, there will be a price premium!

And some could argue, if it can increase your productivity and make your work more pleasurable (or less frustrating), then the price-tag is ...priceless!

Samsung boldy vies for Via processors

2009-08-13T12:44:00-07:00

You are not the boss of me Intel says Samsung and they boldly go to processor maker Via Nano for their upcoming Samsung NC20 netbook. Take that Intel! The computer will be running Windows XP and you can read more about it via Wired and friends.

Samsung laptop without an operating system

2009-08-13T11:13:02-07:00

Go away operating system! If this is the sentiment, there are rumors coming out of China says Slash Gear that Samsung's new ND10 netbook will come out of the gate without an operation system! That's right, no operating system!

This appears to be coming out in China, but so far there are no plans to bring it out in the Western world :(

The allure of this of course is that you don't have to pay for an operating system license if you have absolutely no interest in any flavor of Windows, no matter how new or old it is. So you can just load up one of the free operating systems, be it your favorite Linux distribution, Android, or anything else that may come up - eg the Google Chromie ;-)

New career path for gymnasts: catching netbooks!

2009-08-11T18:38:26-07:00

It appears there is now a new career path for gymnasts, utilizing their athletic skills and sense of timing to catch laptops with their butt.

Yes, you are reading right, and Wired has the videographic evidence to prove it. The netbooks "participating" in this "experiment" are the MSI X-series, which are really lightweight and thin.

If they were not, well, I don't think this video would have been possible - to put it mildly.