There are two things that happen every year when I’m at CES, regardless of the mobile devices on display: I run into mobile tech bloggers from around the world unexpectedly, often without even trying. I pick up way more USB flash drives than I know what to do with, since companies love to put their press kits on USB sticks…

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The HP Mini 311 is an 11.6 inch laptop with a 1366 x 768 pixel HD display, a low power 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, and NVIDIA ION graphics. Despite the slow CPU, this computer can handle 1080p video playback and 3D graphics acceleration for many modern video games. The folks at NVIDIA sent me a demo unit to review…

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Been entering the Liliputing contests for the past two weeks and still haven’t won anything yet? Don’t worry we’ve got one more big prize to giveaway: a slightly used Zune HD portable media player. NVIDIA sent me this Zune HD to review recently so I could check out the first consumer electronics device to use the NVIDIA Tegra processor. Tegra…

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The Lite-On eTAU208 USB DVD/CD Writer is a slim and light disc burner. Best of all, it’s USB powered, which means you don’t need to carry around a separate power cable. Just plug it into your netbook, insert a disc, and the DVD burner powers up. As someone with a huge USB DVD burner that’s pretty much anchored to my…

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The Asus O!Play HDP-R1 is a small box that you can stream HD or standard definition video, pictures, and audio to your television set. You plug it into your TV, connect a hard drive or other storage with media via the USB port, and navigate the menus using the included remote control. It’s that easy. There are two things that…

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The Asus CrossLink cable is designed to share data between computers. And when I say data, I don’t just mean you can copy files from one PC to another using the CrossLink Cable. you can also share internet access and optical disc drive functions using this device. Say, for example, you have a netbook without an optical disc drive but…

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Car-mounts for netbooks are fascinating things. Add a GPS receiver and your netbook can instantly become a full featured GPS system with an enormous display (by GPS standards). You can also use a mount to plug a netbook into your car audio system and use it as a jukebox, although I’d recommend having the person in the passenger’s seat manage…

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Cool Bananas makes a number of laptop cases and slip covers that are perfect for 9 and 10 inch netbooks or portable laptops with 11.6, 12.1, or 13.3 inch displays. The cases come in a variety of colors and styles, including hard cases, canvas mssenger bags, and neoprene slip covers. UK-based retailer Gearzap carries a large selection of Cool Bananas…

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The holiday shopping season has already begun. But why should you have to go out and spend money to get cool new toys? You work hard. Don’t you deserve a freebie? We here at Liliputing certainly thing so, and over the next two weeks we’re going to do our best to help you get something for nothing with a series…

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What better way to celebrate the labor day weekend than with some free accessories for your netbook? Yeah, I know, that doesn’t make any sense to me either. But the fine folks at HP and BuzzCorps sent me a few goodies recently, so I figured I’d pass along the free to you. Here are the prizes: HP V125w 16gb USB…

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There are just a few days left to enter the final contest in the Liliputing Birthday Bash. To celebrate the site’s 1st birthday, we’ve been giving away prizes throughout the month of April. The final prize is a slightly used HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition netbook (the same unit I reviewed for the site a few months ago). The contest…

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The final prize in the month-long Liliputing Birthday Bash is a slightly used HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition netbook. This is the netbook HP sent me for a review I posted in February, so the box has been opened and the hardware has been fiddled with a bit. But the netbook is still in excellent condition, and you can’t beat…

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