Microsoft launched the Touch Pack for Windows 7 last year to help showcase some of the touchscreen capabilities of Windows 7. But it was only available to OEMs, which meant that if your computer didn’t come with Microsoft Touch Pack preloaded, you couldn’t install it yourself… until now. Yesterday Microsoft released the Touch Pack for […]
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Asus Eee PC 1005PR with HD display ready for pre-order
The Asus Eee PC 1005PR is the first 10 inch netbook from Asus with a high resolution 1366 x 768 pixel display. it also packs a Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator so you can actually watch HD video smoothly on the HD display. And while the Eee PC 1005PR isn’t shipping quite yet, it’s now […]
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Asus Eee Keyboard unboxed
The Asus Eee Keyboard hasn’t actually started shipping yet. But now that it’s available for pre-order, the folks at Netbook News caught up with some folks at Asus to check out the retail packaging — and then to rip it open and see what comes in the box. Basically, along with the keyboard you can […]
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Archos 7 inch Android tablet up for pre-order for $200
While dozens of companies have announced plans to bring tablets running Google’s Android operating system to market sometime this year, Archos is one of the few that has actually been selling Android tablets since last year. But if the Archos 5 Internet Tablet with its small 5 inch display isn’t your cup of tea, it […]
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Dell Looking Glass tablet with Android, Tegra, and TV tuner coming this Fall
The upcoming Dell Streak 5 tablet is already a pretty droolworthy gadget, combining some of the best features of a Google Android smartphone with the larger display of a portable media player. But the folks at Engadget got their hands on some leaked information about an even more impressive tablet from Dell that should be […]
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Next-gen NVIDIA ION laptops might not hit the US for another month or so
While there’s reason to believe that some of the first laptops with next-generation NVIDIA ION graphics could ship in France soon, it looks like we might have to wait a little while before they start to show up in the US. Engadget reports that Acer and Asus have both confirmed that their first notebooks with […]
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Shenzhen Anson introduces tiny Aoson R169 netbook
Tired of netbooks that have too much space around the keyboards? The Aoson R169 from China’s Shenzhen Anson doesn’t have that problem. The netbook’s case is barely any bigger than the keyboard, providing just enough room for two touchpad buttons below the spacebar. Instead of a trackpad, there’s a Thinkpad-esque pointing stick in the middle […]
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Acer Aspire One 752 hits Japan
The recently introduced Acer Aspire One 752 thin and light laptop goes on sale in Japan on April 23rd. The notebook has an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display. And while most models in the Aspire One series have Intel Atom processors, this notebook has a more powerful Intel CULV processor and integrated Intel […]
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Hanvon F10 tablet with Atom CPU, Windows 7 Home Premium
Hanvon got a bit of buzz recently for introducing a 10 inch touchscreen tablet with a 1.3GHz Intel Celeron ULV743 processor at a time when many other PC makers are pushing out tablets with low power ARM-based chips or Intel Atom processors. While Intel’s ULV line of chips aren’t exactly power hungry, they tend to […]
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BMorn 9 inch Android tablet from China
BMorn is a consumer electronics company based in China. According to the folks at Shanzai.com, the company is best known for making GPS systems and protable media players, but the company is starting to show off an 8.9 inch touchscreen tablet running Google Android 1.6. It has a RockChip ARM-based CPU. A prototype was on […]