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T3's Readers Help Shape the Ultimate Netbook Tablet

Our friends over the pond at tech magazine T3 sent us this heads up about a project they've been working with their readers in the goal of designing the "best cutting edge smartbook/notebook", sport...

The $8 IKEA Parts Netbook Stand

You've got you pint sized netbook but are missing a stand for optimal viewing while you hook up a full size keyboard and mouse for work beyond surfing the web? Kathleen Henri has posted a tutorial at ...

Will You Be Buying a Netbook to Use Airplane Wi-Fi?

We buy our machines tailored to our home workspace. A desktop for the always-upright type, or a laptop for the sometimes-my-couch-is-my-desk type. But what about the desk-away-from-home-in-the-sky typ...

Tord Boontje Embellishes HP Mini 110 Netbook

We've always been fans of Tord Boontje's baroque intricate patterns, a playful merging of flora and fauna silhouettes that is all about form and shadow. He's taken that signature style and graced the...

Survey: Would You Buy a 3G Netbook?

With Nokia's recent 3G netbook spy shots leaked to the millions over at Engadget, millions out there are drooling all over their current keyboards and probably simply thinking to themselves, "Why hasn...

How To: Streamline Your Cloud Lifestyle

Regardless of how you may feel when it comes to the laptop vs. netbook debate, there's no denying that the cloud is here, sucking up all our streamlined needs and then spitting it back out onto any co...

DIY Project: Create USB Power Pack From Netbook

You know the situation. You are stuck somewhere in the boondocks with no power and no way to recharge your gizmos. What can you do? If you have an extra battery for your netbook lying around, then you...

Re(al)view: SonyVAIO P Series Lifestyle PC

Sony seems to be trying their hardest to get us to swing on over to using a Windows machine, sending us a variety of computers from their VAIO line that bucks the assumption that PCs can't hold thei...

Back To School Survey: Netbook or Laptop?

Right about this time of year, parents and students are scrambling to get their funds together for their next big computer purchase for the upcoming school year. With cloud computing well underway to ...

News: Netbooks are Netbooks Since Trademark's Resolved

If it looks like a Netbook and works like a Netbook, then it's a Netbook—right? Well, until recently, no. Mobile hardware manufacturer Psion actually trademarked the term "Netbook." But since th...

Thinking Beyond The Netbook: Is UMPC The Way To Go?

We recall not even a year ago, as netbooks started taking off, some PC companies started going after an even smaller market - ultraportable PCs. Computers that would literally fit into your pocket, br...

Mini Android Tablet Coming Soon, But Does It Serve a Purpose?

Tablet PCs are a type of laptop that haven't been really exploited enough, at least in my opinion. In the past, we've had tablets, but they were either very pricey or had limited functions. Personally...

TechCrunch's CrunchPad: Your Own Tablet PC for $200

As more and more netbooks are released, the market is slowly becoming saturated with a ridiculous amount of mobile computers. You can now choose from netbooks, laptops, and desktop replacement noteboo...

Ergonomic Keyboards: Are they Really Making a Difference?

What if laptop designers came up with more innovative ways to make keyboards better. Small keyboards are a hassle to use, especially on the small netbooks that are appearing all over the place. I don'...

Lenovo Pocket Yoga: The Netbook You've Always Wanted

Imagine that this is your little netbook, the one that actually fits in your pocket that you take with you everywhere. It's the perfect size to do some browsing, check up recipes in the grocery store,...

Motion Computing's Rugged Tablet PC: A Whole Lot of Accessories

After initially coming onto the market for military, medical and corporate use, tablet PCs have always tried to get into the mainstream but have never truly succeeded. Ask around. How many people do y...

The MacBook Air by Asus

Everyone loved the MacBook Air when it came out. So thin that it could fit inside an envelope. Now, the only problem I found with that laptop was that it didn't have enough ports and upgrading it woul...

Asus Dual Screen Laptop Concept: Will It Be Released?

It's something that users really want in the near future, a dual screen laptop. For some it's the holy grail, for others it's just another gadget. Having a secondary touchscreen on a laptop may be the...

The Touch Book: The $300 Tablet PC

With the state of modern computers in a flux, my roommate and I were discussing the perfect computer situation. He said that having a larger laptop at home, a powerful 15.4" or 17" machine, as well as...

Easy Tablets: Asus Eee PC Becomes Multitouch

I haven't really jumped onto the whole netbook phenomenon. I think they are cool, but my laptop is pretty svelte, so if I need a computer, I'll lug it around. However, no matter what people will say, ...

Netbooks For Toddlers: Good or Bad?

With the new trend towards netbooks, these subnotebooks are getting more and more affordable. This means that as time goes by, it's easier for parents to buy an extra computer for their family. How ab...

The State of Solid-State Drives
We Weigh In The Pros and Cons

Looking for a new laptop? Perhaps a notably cool "netbook" may be on your list. You may have also started to notice a new hard drive option called, "solid-state drive" (or SSD for short) when you're c...

CES 2009: Sony P "Lifestyle" Netbook Gets Revealed

Rarely does Sony introduce a product that's aimed toward the budget crowd. Though priced a little higher most of the time, we've found their digital frames, laptops, and all-in-one PCs to all contain ...

Re(al)view: Acer Aspire One Netbook
A Perfect Affordable Sidekick

It's funny that just a short time after reviewing the mammoth 18.4" Sony Vaio laptop we find ourselves working on the diminutive flipside of laptop computing, the Acer Aspire One. The ultra-portable a...