Shadowy modder gives Eee PC a risky back alley trackball implant

Remember that guy who uber-hacked his Eee PC with a GPS, Bluetooth, draft-n WiFi, FM transmitter, SDHC card reader, modem, USB hub, 2GB RAM? Well, we got one more for him. This enterprising gentleman, fed up with suffering through the three-finger scroll of his Eee PC 901, integrated the trackball of his Apple Mighty Mouse [...]

NEC Introduces LaVie Light Lui Mobile Netbook

NEC is out with another portable netbook computer in the form of the LaVie Light Lui Mobile. Weighing just 1.32kg, the machine sports a 10.1-inch LCD display with 1024 x 600 resolution, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 processor, a 1GB RAM, a 160GB HDD, a 1.3MP webcam, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, an 8.5 hour battery lifespan [...]

Asus Eee PC 1005HA To Be Released in Five Colors

Asus has plan to add red and pink models for its Eee PC 1005HA netbook in the near future. The netbook is currently available in the US in black, white, and blue. There’s no word on whether the new colors will affect the netbook’s price. Stay tuned for more updates.

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NVIDIA said to be prepping Ion 2 for late 2009

NVIDIA obviously isn’t doing much talking about it itself just yet, but Fudzilla apparently has it on good authority that the company is indeed already hard at work on Ion 2, which promises to bring with it plenty of improvements over the already impressive Ion chipset. Chief among those is a decreased die size, “much [...]

Samsung N310 and N510 Officially Released in The US

Samsung starts selling the 10-inch N310 and the N510 in the US market. The N310 is also known as the Samsung Go, which will arrive this July 15th onwards for around $479. However, there is no word on a release date for the Samsung N510 at this time. This netbook will come with an 11.6-inch [...]

Marshal’s DVD Power Up Dock includes room for HDD, Bugs Bunny jokes

If you’re still waiting for NU’s DVD/HDD docking station to make its appearance at your local purveyor of flimsy-feeling netbook accessories, perhaps you’d instead prefer to wait for this new, less wedge-shaped one from Marshal. Called the DVD Power Up Dock, it sports a DVD drive with the requisite plethora of reading and writing options [...]

Windows 7 Beta automatic shutdowns begin today, RC users safe until March 1st

You’re not still running Windows 7 Beta are you? Tsk tsk, better get your RC build before your system starts spontaneously shutting down every 2 hours. As Microsoft has warned repeatedly, Windows 7 Beta builds will begin bi-hourly shutdowns starting on July 1st in a bid to move you over to the latest release candidate. [...]

BenQ Joybook Lite U102 Netbook

BenQ has rolled out a new netbook computer in the form of the Joybook Lite U102. Weighing only about 1Kg, this portable machine sports a 10.1-inch WSVGA LED backlit display with 1024 x 600 resolution, an Intel Atom N270/N280 processor, a 1GB RAM, a 250GB HDD, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, 3G, WiFi, a 4-in-1 card reader, [...]

Dell’s Mini 10 getting GPS / WiFi tracking upgrade next week

Dell’s Mini 10 already offers GPS with an integrated 3G chip, but if you’re not interested in mobile broadband, starting next week you can opt instead for a wireless 700 location solution, a hybrid of Broadcom’s assisted GPS and Skyhook’s WiFi positioning technologies. We had a chance to sit down with a few of the [...]

China delays plan for mandatory "Green Dam" internet filter

There’s not exactly much more details than the headline on this one, but China’s official Xinhua news agency is reporting that the country is delaying its plans that would require that the so-called “Green Dam Youth Escort” internet filtering software be installed on all PCs sold in China. That requirement was set to go into [...]