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Software

Google Chrome OS Benchmarked Against Ubuntu And Moblin

3:10AM Danny Allen | Chrome OS dev code only just went public, but Phoronix has already thrown it on a Samsung NC10 netbook to test its performance and battery-life against Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10, Moblin 2.1, Fedora 12 and openSUSE 11.2. Interesting results ahead. More »
Gadgets

Gifts For Angry, Rant-Prone Apple Haters

1:00PM Dan Nosowitz | There are loads of Apple haters out there (even some among our commenters), and they deserve great tech gifts just as much as that guy who thinks all PMPs are called iPods. Here are some very un-Apple gift ideas. More »
Computers

Asus Eee PC 1201N: A Great Deal, But Have We Been Had?

2:33AM Mark Wilson | On one hand, the Asus Eee 1201N, the first Ion-packing Eee, will arrive in December for $US500. That includes Win 7, a dual core Atom processor, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD and 12-inch (1366×768) display. But on the other… More »
Computers

Laptop Reliability Study: Asus And Toshiba Come Out On Top

10:16PM Danny Allen | New data from SquareTrade (one of the bigger warranty providers) says Asus and Toshiba have the least hardware malfunctions over three years, while one-in-four HP laptops are projected to experience problems. Oh, and crappy netbooks are worst of all. More »
Software

Is Google Chrome OS Launching Next Week?

1:42AM John Herrman | Would it be earlier than expected? By a lot. But given how long Google usually takes to test their products — and how long Android was public before the G1 launched — Techcrunch’s report that Chrome OS is imminent isn’t totally ridiculous. More »
Hardware

Windows 7 Netbook Battery Life Sucks Worse Than Windows XP

11:33AM Matt Buchanan | Yeah, netbooks feel so much nicer running Windows 7 than Windows XP, but you’re paying a secret price: your battery. On average, Windows 7 seems to suck all the life out of it 47 minutes faster than Windows XP. More »
Computers

Nokia Booklet 3G Review

6:00AM Mark Wilson | The Nokia Booklet 3G is one of the nicest netbooks you can buy, and it aspires to be a 10-inch MacBook Pro. But it’s still just a netbook and therein lies the problem. More »
Computers

Video: Nokia’s Vision Of Mobile Devices In 2015

10:36PM Danny Allen | This cool dual-display handheld netbook concept is one of several devices Nokia imagines we’ll see just a few years from now. Check out this video they just presented at their Way We Live Next 3.0 event in Finland. More »
Computers

First Dell Adamo XPS Prototypes Had Multitouch TouchPads

12:40AM Danny Allen | Still drooling over yesterday’s Adamo XPS pics? I am. But it could have been a very different machine. Early prototypes had LCD touchpads (similar to notebooks like Fujitsu’s N7010 and Sharp’s Mebius), and even a capacitive-touch keyboard. Take a look. More »
Software

Giz Explains: Android, And How It Will Take Over The World

2:00AM John Herrman | This week we met Motorola’s Droid, the first handset with Android 2.0. To an outsider, it just looks like another Google smartphone, but 2.0 is more than that: it’s proof that Android is finally going to take over the world. More »