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Frameless-screen notebooks? Yey!

Frameless-screen notebooks? Yey!

I’m not a fan of big frame displays, like the ones on the MacBook Air for example or the current 10 inch Asus EEE PCs. Those bezels are just wasted space, but luckily, this might change pretty soon, as th...
Packard Bell prepares the VR46 Valentino Rossi netbook

Packard Bell prepares the VR46 Valentino Rossi netbook

If you’re a motorcycling fan, you have to know what 46 means, the number Valentino Rossi had on his bike since its debut many years ago. Well, there’s now also a netbook baring than number, made by ...
Nvidia Optimus – things you should know about it

Nvidia Optimus – things you should know about it

I already wrote yesterday about Nvidia’s Optimus, a technology that allows seamless graphics switching between integrated and dedicated graphics on different types of mobile devices. Hybrid netbooks and l...
Netbook sales jumped by 79% in 2009. How about 2010?

Netbook sales jumped by 79% in 2009. How about 2010?

When talking about laptops, it’s pretty obvious the last two years were “dominated” by the small ultra portable devices called netbooks. And while “dominated” is not the perfect wo...
Dual core nettops with HD playing abilities displayed

Dual core nettops with HD playing abilities displayed

Although not particularly a fan of nettops, I couldn’t left unmentioned the new devices announced by Zotac, with perhaps the most potent hardware based on a PineTrail architecture at the moment. They were...
Touch tablets for only $199 – who knew they can also be affordable

Touch tablets for only $199 – who knew they can also be affordable

With tablets expected to explode this year and with rumors of the imminent launch of Apple’s own touch tablet device, it seems these tablets are just the subject to follow right now. However, if you want ...
A HTC netbook might come in just a couple of weeks

A HTC netbook might come in just a couple of weeks

More and more rumors talk about a possible HTC netbook available on the market in just a couple of weeks. Peter Chou, HTC’s CEO recently announced that they are looking into the netbooks category, but wan...
VIA tries to take a bite of Intel’s Atoms?

VIA tries to take a bite of Intel’s Atoms?

When I was telling you about what a netbook is, i mentioned that for some, netbooks are only the mini laptops powered by an Intel Atom processor. While that’s not entirely true, is understandable, as the ...
New Pine Trail CPUs early next year, with new graphics

New Pine Trail CPUs early next year, with new graphics

Intel announced they will get their Atom N450 CPU available from January 3rd, 2010 . This will be the first processor on the PineTrail platform to get on the market. It will retail for $64 , which is $20 more t...
The guide is on the way, but i’m in need of some help from you

The guide is on the way, but i’m in need of some help from you

Hey guys, as I’ve told you a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been working on a little guide that should help you understand more about netbooks, what netbooks really are and why is a netbooks a good pick ...