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QOTD
Do You “Get” The Chrome OS?
10:20AM Sean Fallon | Today we got our first glimpse at Google’s Chrome OS and learned what it’s all about. So let’s start a discussion about some of the big issues. More »
Computers
10:00AM Nick Broughall | The original T91 from Asus wasn’t quite the touchscreen netbook we’d been hoping for thanks to the average tablet XP software and lack of multitouch. But Asus is never a company to sit on their hands, so they’ve updated the T91 to the T91MT, which adds Windows 7 and multitouch. More »
Asus Eee PC T91MT Appeases The Multitouch Faithful
10:00AM Nick Broughall | The original T91 from Asus wasn’t quite the touchscreen netbook we’d been hoping for thanks to the average tablet XP software and lack of multitouch. But Asus is never a company to sit on their hands, so they’ve updated the T91 to the T91MT, which adds Windows 7 and multitouch. More »
Computers
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 »
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 »
Software
Flash 10.1 Is Good News For Hackintosh Netbooks
4:10AM Danny Allen | High-Def Flash video is a stretch on some hacktintosh netbooks, but Flash 10.1 brings it into the realm of possibility. I just installed it on my MSI Wind running Leopard, and damn: HD YouTube and Vimeo videos were almost watchable. 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 »
Hardware
Intel Deems The Dual Core Atom 330 Too Hot For Netbooks
12:15PM Rosa Golijan | We’ve been curious as to why Intel decided to keep the N330 chip out of netbooks, and now we finally know: The chips are just too damn hot. 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 »
Software
Netbook Hackintosh Fix 10.6.2 Coming In “A Few Weeks”
3:06AM John Herrman | When Apple killed Atom processor support in the Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update, it was one of the first times they’d actively tried to stop hobbyist hackintoshing. It was also sort of a dick move! Luckily, it’s not going to stick. More »
Computers
