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Archos, PeeWee introduce Classmate PC convertible tablets

At least two new companies are launching netbooks aimed at children and based on Intel’s Classmate PC convertible tablet reference design. In other words, the PeeWee Pivot Laptop and the new netbook from Archos (PDF Link) are pretty much identical to the CTL 2Go PC released earlier this year. They all have the same 8.9 […]

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Gartner: 2009 is the “year of the mini-notebook” in Asia Pacific

Research firm Gartner has put out a report claiming that this will be the “year of the mini-notebook” in the Asia Pacific region, with netbook shipments expected to grow by 82 percent from last year. You’ll have to pony up $1295 to read the full report, but the Cliff Notes version is available in the […]

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GMABooster can boost netbook graphics performance – a little bit

GMABooster is a free utility that can adjust the clock speed of the Intel 945GSE graphics chipset used in many netbooks to offer modest improvements to graphics performance. Basically, the Intel 945GSE integrated graphics processor, along with a few others, are sort of like underclocked versions of the 945 graphics. The idea is that by […]

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Gigabyte Booktop netbook that thinks it’s a desktop on sale in Taiwan

The Booktop M1022 is one of Gigabyte’s more unusual netbooks. This little guy has a bit of an identity crisis and can’t decide if he’s a desktop or a notebook. At first glance, it’s a pretty standard netbook with a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, and all the usual […]

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Asus launches Eee PC 1003HAG with 3G in Japan

Asus is launching the latest in its line of bafflingly named Eee  PC models, this time by adding the letters HAG to the end of the computer name. The Eee PC 1003HAG is due out in Japan in a few weeks, and it sports an integrated 3G modem that can handle download speeds of up […]