The current crop of touchscreen tablets may not have active digitizers for precise pen input, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use them to product art. YouTube user sunguckim says he has a $2000 Wacom Cintiq drawing tablet and a $500 Asus Eee PC T101MT tablet-style netbook. While he admits the Cintiq provides a better experience for sketching, he says…

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Part of the point of nettops is that these tiny computers are cheap thanks to their underwhelming processors and other specs. But someone apparently forgot to send that memo to the folks behind the Artopz Minitopz, which has a price tag of $2375 and up. That said, it’s certainly one of the most intriguing looking desktop computers I’ve ever seen…

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Science fiction and fantasy publisher Tor Books is preparing to launch a new web site. And to build buzz, the company is giving away an Eee PC hand-painted by artist Donato Giancola. The artwork is pretty slick, but even more impressive is this short video showing the painting process.  It’s not clear from the contest page what model this is,…

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