The Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator enables high definition video playback on netbooks with Intel Atom processors that wouldn’t ordinarily have enough power in the graphics or CPU departments to handle 1080p HD video. It’s not a complete graphics card, but rather a media coprocessor that can be added to an internal PCIe slot in some netbooks. A handful of…

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The only Asus netbook that the company builds with a multitouch display is the Asus Eee PC T91MT… and as far as I know, that model hasn’t begun shipping yet. But display maker EELY is showing of an Asus Eee PC 901 netbook that’s been outfitted with an 8.9 inch, resistive multitouch display at FPD 2009 in Japan. Netbooked got…

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Sure, part of the appeal of netbooks is that they’re super light and ultraportable laptops that you can take with you anywhere. But they’re also cheap, which makes them excellent options for anyone looking to hack together a robot, carputer, or under-the-cabinet PC. EeeUser Forums member mburris has been working on converting his Asus Eee PC 901 into a cabinet-mounted…

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Asus is reportedly partnering with Disney to release a netbook for children called the Netpal. USA Today reports that the mini-laptop is due out in July and it will run about $350. It’s targeted at kids between the ages of 6 and 12. The Netpal will have an 8.9 inch display and an Intel Atom processor. It has a 16GB…

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Not happy with the 4GB, 12GB, or 16GB solid state storage that comes with your Eee PC? You could upgrade it yourself. Or if you live in Taiwan, you can pay Asus the equivalent of about $43 US to do it for you. It looks like the program is only for the Eee PC 901 at the moment. And you…

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We’ve already seen plenty of extended batteries for the Asus Eee PC and other netbooks. These batteries are designed to provide as much as 2-3 times the battery life you’d get from the standard batteries that ship with these computers. But they also tend to be really large, adding substantial weight to these tiny laptops and in some cases propping…

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Installing Ubuntu, or pretty much any other operating system, on an Asus Eee PC is easy. Getting the audio, WiFi, Bluetooth, and webcam to work is another story. Fortunately Tombuntu has posted a handy tutorial for getting the latest version of Ubuntu Linux to work on an Eee PC 901. The instructions should also work for an Asus Eee PC…

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Looking for a cheap case or slipcover for your netbook? DealExtreme has a reversible black and red Neoprene case for $4.99. With free shipping. No, I have no idea how they can afford that either. But I’m not complaining. The product description says the bag is for 8 or 9 inch Asus Eee PCs, but it should work with any…

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You know how sometimes people talk about all day computing and then try to stick you with a battery that gives up after 5 hours? I don’t know about you, but I consider a workday to be at least 8 hours (and usually longer). Now it looks like there’s finally a battery for the Eee PC 901/1000 series that lives…

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Asus may have promised earlier this year that it would add its ExpressGate quick boot software to every machine with an Asus motherboard, but so far most of the company’s netbooks are ExpressGate free. But that doesn’t mean you can’t use the software on your Eee PC. One enterprising user figured out how to make a bootable USB flash disk…

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Exactly a year after launching the first Eee PC 701 4G in Taiwan, Asus is showing off how far the market has come with launch events for the super-thin (and kinda pricy) Eee PC S101 and the super-mobile, 3G-enabled Eee PC 901 Go. For the Italian launch of the Eee PC 901 Go, Asus picked one of the most ostentaious…

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Sure, some folks buy laptops because they want to be able to get work done while on the go. But others have less serious goals in mind. After all, why should you be chained to your desktop when you want to play Call of Duty? It turns out that most modern netbooks with Intel Atom CPUs are more than capable…

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