It’s about time that the number one netbook manufacturer officially release details on its Pine Trail packing netbooks. The 10-inch Acer Aspire One A0535h seems to look slightly different than its predecessors, but its brand new Intel Atom N450 CPU, GMA 1350 graphics and promised 10-hours of battery life should give it bragging rights at the family dinner table. The rest of the specs are standard fare...

We’ve been seeing a fair amount of netbooks equipped with Intel’s Pinetrail processors since they were announced early last week, and it looks like we’re going to be seeing at least one from Samsung in the very near future. This one — the N220 — was just spotted in France. The 10.1-incher packs (as you’d expect) an Atom N450 CPU, GMA 3150 graphics, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard...

Zagg has recently rolled out its new ZAGGsparq mobile backup battery for the iPod, iPhone, and other USB devices. The ZAGGsparq provides a 6,000 mAh lithium polymer battery, which is enough for up to four iPhone recharges. Other features include LED lighting to indicate the current power level, two USB ports to charge multiple devices simultaneously, and a compact black body. The Zagg ZAGGsparq is now available...

One of the big obstacles in alternative energy is that some of its primary gathering mechanisms — solar, wind, reclaimed heat — aren’t continuously available, so no matter how much of a science lab you have bolted to your roof, you still might run out of TV electricity during a calm night’s Curb Your Enthusiasm marathon. Well, Panasonic’s recent buy of Sanyo brought with it some...

HP has once again expanded its Envy 15 laptop series by releasing the 15-1050NR. Priced at $1,999, this stylish notebook boasts a 15.6-inch LED Ultra Brightview 1080p display, an Intel Core i7-720QM 1.6GHz processor, a 1GB Mobility ATI Radeon HD 4830 graphics card, a 6GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB HDD, a NightVision webcam, an external USB DVD+/-RW, WiFi, a 6-cell Li-ion Polymer battery, a secondary 9-cell slim fit...

There could only be two reasons for why we got a bit excited upon the discovery of this Asia Pacific-only, $1,415 Fujitsu UH900 in Hong Kong: one was the sugar rush from two custard tarts earlier in the day, and two was the speech bubble overload on this smartbook laptop thing. We quickly sobered up when we heard about the two-hour battery life — more pessimistic than Fujitsu’s own press release,...

This portable peanut-shaped USB speaker allows you to play music from a wide variety of audio sources and it comes with a built-in web camera as a nifty little bonus feature. <> Features: USB 2.0 Ultra-Low sound stereo speaker Support SD/MMC Support USB Host like Flash Drive, External HDD Line in support MP3/MP4/PSP/NDS/IPOD/IPHONE/MEIZU M8 or any device which support 3.5mm audio plug Built-in web...

You’ll excuse us for poking a bit of fun at the IEEE, but after it took seven years to finalize a wireless standard that didn’t change for most of that time, we have to wonder how long a new battery rulebook is going to take. IEEE Std 1725 is the current set of commonly agreed rules, in effect since 2006, but apparently “the cellular industry has grown tremendously since then” and our...

MSI has been quite the snake of late. Just over the past fortnight alone the outfit has slyly rolled out a new Wind Top all-in-one PC, a revamped X-Slim X600 Pro and now a brand new CULV rig that promises up to 9 hours of battery life and weighs just 3.31 pounds. The 13.4-inch X-Slim X350 doesn’t deviate from the design mantra established in earlier X-Slim models, and within you’ll find an Intel...

Measuring only 23.5mm – 25mm thick, HP’s latest ProBook 5310m/CT is touted as the world’s thinnest business notebook. This stylish machine sports a 13.3-inch 1366 x 768 LCD display, a choice of either a 1.2GHz Intel Celeron SU2300 or 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SP9300 CPU, an Intel GS45 Express chipset (integrated video), a 2GB RAM, an optional 160GB HDD or 128GB SSD, a web camera, a memory...