TOSHIBA AND INTEL IN UNOFFICIAL RACE FOR 0.01NM CHIPS

This does concern notebooks and netbooks so bear with us. You might recall that Intel has been working on a 45nm chip codenamed Havendale to release into machines later this year. The new chips would be a step closer to its dreams of a 32nm system.Well according to the sources at DigiTimes, they have totally scrapped these plans and are heading full speed ahead to the 32nm formfactor (codenamed

ASUS Eee PC 1005HA AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER VIA AMAZON

That pretty much sums it up for the post but just in case you wanted a few more details before checking out the ordering link below, the 1005HA is the brother of the 1008HA (albeit cooler).The system sports the usual internals such as 1.6GHz Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 160GB hard drive, no Bluetooth but WiFi is available, 1.3 megapixel camera and a battery life that is said to last for 8

SAMSUNG COLORFUL MINI S2 HDD

Hey ladies! How would you like a 2.5 portable HDD that fits snugly inside your purse and won't be mistaken for something else if you should have to retrieve it in public?Well Sammy (Samsung) has announced the availability of its Mini S2 portable HDD series addition. You might remember that the Mini S2's have been around for some time now in 160GB all the way up to 0.5TB space.Well they have just

NEW FAN TO CHIL YOUR LAPTOP

Its common to find laptop these days that pack enough heat to fry your nuts. But not everyone is interested in that and so there has been a slew of laptop cooling fans etc to fix the problem. But the Minifit XL looks to have fixed one problem, not only does it cool your laptop, it also places it at an angle for better viewing.Th Minifit XL can take laptops up to 15" and is made out of aluminum.

DELL VOSTRO 1220 OUTED IN SPY SHOTS

What do we have here? It seems to be one of Dell's latest models that hasn't even been announced yet. Yes people its the 12 inch Vostro 1220 Engadget got tipped off on this and so far the specs are looking pretty decent.As said before there is a 12-inch screen, Core 2 Duo T6750 processor, 4GB of random access memory, 320GB hard disk drive, SD card slot, ExpressCard and fingerprint reader. You

MICROSOFT EXTENDS XP DOWNGRADE AGAIN

When will it ever end Microsoft? Apparently people are so in love with XP that the software giant has once again extended the expiration date of its venerable OS. The news comes on the eve of much distress in the business community that Microsoft's new licensing program for Window's 7 will cause panic and distress among businesses.Thus the giant of all OS has said that XP downgrades will be

EDGE TECH 128GB USB FLASH DRIVE IS ANYTHING BUT CHEAP

How would you like a flash drive that holds 128GB of flash memory? I'm almost sure that no one would pass up such an offer. What if I told you that it can be yours on July 31st for $390 USD.You might be wondering what makes it so freaking expensive, well it does have that 128GB storage thing, and it comes with a good aluminum housing as well as basic encryption software for a little extra

ASROCK MULTIBOOK G22

As you might have guessed looking at the netbook design and the name (as will as the logo) ASRock is a spinoff of ASUS. That however is beside the point when it comes to their new Multibook G22 which packs some impressive features for a netbook. Under the hood you'll find a dual core Atom 330 processor, NVIDIA Ion, 2GB of RAM and yes a multitouch trackpad. It also comes with a 12.1-inch

ASUS AND DISNEY TEAM UP FOR CHILDRENS NETBOOK

Its not everyday Disney makes a succesful bid for the control of your kids tech lives. And so far most of what we have seen has fallen way below the success line. But it seems they might have just hit the jackpot as GadgetMix.com is reporting that Disney is working with ASUS to bring a netbook geared specifically towards kids.The color choices will be limited with "Princess Pink" and "Magic Blue"

DELL LATITUDE Z SERIES LEAKED IN PHOTOS

This kinda goes without saying, but its not surprising that someone would leak a photo of a laptop. And that is exactly what some user of NotebookReview forums has done. As you can see this Dell Latitude Z series obviously takes some styling cues from its distant cousin the Adamo. More importantly, this model doesn't seem to be doing too bad in terms of specs. According to the stickers its

MEET THE DosPara PRIME NOTE CRESION NA NETBOOK

By now you're aware that NVIDIA and Intel are not friends especially since NVIDIA announced that Ion would be competing with Intel's crappy GMA graphics cards in netbooks. Well this fight has a sudden turn of events as Japans DosPara has decided to pair "Romio and Juliet" together in the form of the Prime Note Cresion NA.Yes people, NVIDIA's Ion chipset is paired with a dual-core Atom 330

ASUS 11.6-INCH Eee PC 1101HA COMING TO EU THIS MONTH

If you've been keeping up with this blog, you would have remembered that Asus demoed the Eee PC 1101HA back at Computex. Well they have not given it an official release date, but Notebook Italia is claiming the beast of a netbook is coming to Europe by months end. More importantly the device (according to them) will retail for the U.S equivalent of $560.This is for a system that packs a 1.33GHz

FINALLY A NETBOOK FOR UNDER $200

Who would have thought that the day would come so soon that you would be able to buy a sub $200 netbook from some guy in Thailand. Well that day has come and you can finally get the Gecko EduBook for a nickle under the $200 buffer zone.Better yet it runs on those little AA batteries you have lying around the place and carries a screen just 8.9 inches with a 1024x600 display which is LED-backlit.

WINDOW'S 7 E (for Europe) WILL NOT HAVE IE8

Again this news should not be surprising especially inspite of the fact that the EU has been turning Microsoft into their personal money bag for quite some time now. But its now official that Window's 7 will not come with IE8 in Europe.But fair not, because Microsoft will allow OEM's to install it themselves and you can be sure that there will be some good incentives for those who do. So don't

ARCHOS INTROS WINDOW'S 7 TABLET

Its not like this should be entirely unexpected from Archos seeing they specialize in this type of thing. But this one is really cool especially seeing that it will launch in October with some version of Window's 7 installed. More importantly it will carry Bluetooth, 80GB HDD and dual DVB-T antennas. As to the processor it seems that there will be an Atom 7515 1.2GHz CPU included and pricing is

HP ROLLS OUT NEW NOTEBOOK MINI 100 IN ITS MINI NOTEBOOK FAMILY

HP announced the launch of its latest notebook HP Mini 110 series which will replace Mini 1000. This new member in Mini notebooks family is available in pick chic, black swirl and white swirl protective HP imprints and comes in two flavors- The HP Mini 110 Mi Edition (Linux) and Windows XP Edition costing $279.99 and $329.99 respectively. Its Linux version can be further upgraded to faster N280

ACER TO LAUNCH 3D-DISPLAY NOTEBOOK BY END OF OCTOBER THIS YEAR

According to the media reports, Acer is planning to come up with a new 3D notebook by the October end this year. It is to be believed that Taiwanese ODM Wistron is co-developing the system with Acer and will accompany with software supporting 3-dimensional videos and can convert those into 2D. Having 15.6 inch screen, the notebook will be equipped with Windows 7 but will need stereoscopic glasses

SNOW LEOPARD COMING THIS SEPTEMBER FOR $29

Apple has finally "come clean" concerning Snow Leopard. At WWDC they have finally detailed the informants concerning Leopard. We were a little disappointed because instead of reinventing the wheel, they refined it which doesn't seem to be what the rumors were saying concerning the new onslaught of Microsoft and Window's 7.At any rate there is a new remote Finder as well as support for Microsoft

SAFARI 4 IS OUT OF BETA

Well what would you know, Safari 4 has been released and according to Apple, offers "unparalleled speed." They go on to say that this concerns their tests against Internet Explorer 8. Some of the new features included is a full history search that features cover flow (like what you find in iTunes).In Leopard (debuting this September), Safari will run on the 64-bit framework so we are hoping to

CUTE PENGUIN FLASH DRIVES APPEAR EVERYWHERE

Every once in a while we bring you the lighter side of the computer world and today is no exception. If you are in love with your "supposed" ancestors in Antarctica, then you might want to check out these new flash drives which will be available like NO!They come in 2GB, 4GB and 16GB sizes and as you would expect, titled specifically Penguin drivers. Better yet every time you buy one of these

QUALCOMM 1.3GHz SNAPDRAGON CHIPSET

Well it looks like Qualcomm's really taking up its arms involving the world of smartbooks (fits between netbooks and smartphones). They have just announced the Snapdragon chipset which is said to be 30% stronger, use 30% less power and come with 1.3GHz CPU.All this means that come 2010 your smartbooks and smartphones will have gotten a whole lot faster and powerful as well as energy efficient.

VIDEO: SNAPDRAGON RUNS ANDROID

No doubt you've been hearing rumors that Android was coming to a netbook near you. You probably might have remembered we covered a few stories last week about home mods doing it. Well finally we have something better to show for it.Here at Computex (yes its going on now), an ASUS Eee PC smartbook is up and running with Android on a 1GHz Snapdragon chipset. The benefits of this of course is

DELL STUDIO XPS 13/16 AVAILABLE IN RED

We're not sure why you wouldn't be convinced to pick up a Dell XPS after our review. But in case you needed that little something, we have it right here. Right now, you can pick up the best notebook Dell has made not only in Black but also in red with the leather trimmings in red also.We're not sure if this will appeal to more women then men, but you'll finally be able to have it in either