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Pimp your netbook

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

In some sense, it seem counter-intuitive to spend money upgrading a netbook. These devices are supposed to be low-weight, low-power and low-resource...
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Are two operating systems better than one with netbooks?

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Interesting premise: the burgeoning netbook market will be a boon to adherents of Linux and other alternative operating systems, even as Microsoft...
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Is Microsoft trying to kill netbook market with Windows 7?

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What with the shoddy power management, user restrictions and other frustrations baked into Windows 7 Starter Edition, you might think Microsoft was...
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KMart holiday deals include $120 off-brand netbook

Retail spies are already teasing out details on the kind of deals major retailers will offer on "Black Friday," the day after Thanksgiving...
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Apple's Leopard update killing 'hackintosh' netbooks

Netbook hackers are reporting untold woe from the latest update of Apple's operating system. OS X 10.6.2, currently avaiable only in a...
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Time running out for Apple tablet?

If Apple is going to come out with its long-rumored tablet, it needs to keep the price under $600 and get a move on. So says shopping site...
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Netbooks market big enough to merit their own trade show

In case you're not convinced yet that the netbook trend is here to stay, here's the latest bit of evidence that this is no passing fad: the...
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Turn a netbook into a mini-tablet PC

Who says netbooks are too wimpy to perform amazing tech tricks? Not hacker Rob 928, who got a little bored with his Dell Mini 9 netbook and...
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Live, free TV coming to iPhone and more?

Yes, you can watch TV programs on your iPhone and other portable devices, but you generally have to shell out bucks to a pay-as-you-go streaming...
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Is Sharp Netwalker a phone? A netbook? A tragic mistake?

No, I can't figure out what the Netwalker is supposed to be, either. The device, recently introduced by Sharp to...
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