Not happy with the standard 3 or 6 cell batteries that come with most Acer Aspire One netbooks? You can find a variety of 9 cell batteries on eBay. These third party batteries have prices ranging from around $58 to $80. It’s worth noting that third party batteries can be hit or miss. Some people […]
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Buffalo offers external enclosure for Eee PC 901 SSD
Buffalo has been selling 32GB and 64GB solid state disks that you can use to replace the low capacity disks that come with netbooks like the Asus Eee PC 901 for a while. Now the company is going a step further by offering a USB enclosure for its line of Eee PC 901 SSDs. The […]
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Asus Eee PC T91 convertible tablet press shots appear
Asus has been showing off the upcoming Eee PC T91 since January. The netbook features a touchscreen that can be swiveled and folded down over the keyboard for use in tablet mode, making it one of the first convertible tablet style netbooks. Others include the Intel Classmate PC 3 reference design (and CTL 2Go PC […]
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A closer look at the Asus Eee PC 1000HE keyboard
The Asus Eee PC 1000HE is virtually identical to the Eee PC 1000H netbook that Asus launched in 2008. But there are three major differences: It has a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 CPU instead of the older 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor. The 1000HE has a higher capacity 8700mAh battery rather than the 6600mAh battery […]
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Another Eee PC tablet PC kit ready to hit the market?
It looks like the Aeeeris Eee PC tablet kit could have some competition soon. Last month we saw a prototype of a much more attractive tablet PC kit, complete with joystick buttons, speakers, and other controls. Now it looks like the developer is preparing to market the kit. The folks at x-gadget have discovered a […]
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ARM-based netbooks coming in June
Companies have been demonstrating netbooks using ARM-based processors for a few months now. I got a chance to see a few in action at CES in January, and a handful were making the rounds even before then. But DigiTimes is reporting that we’ll see even more at Computex in June. And that means some of […]
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VIA introduces multimedia chipset for netbooks with 1080p capabilities
Chip maker VIA has unveiled a new low-power media system processor capable of handling 1080p video. The VX855 chipset can handle hardware decoding of H.264, MPEG-2/4, VC-1, and WMV9 video formats. The chipset has a power draw of just 2.3 watts. The VX8555 chipset is compatible with VIA’s C7, Nano, and Eden processors. The Chrome9 […]
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OLPC to use ARM CPU in next-gen XO laptop?
The One Laptop Per Child group could soon move to adopt an ARM based processor for its next generation XO Laptop. The move is interesting for a few reasons. First, ARM CPUs tend to consume far less power than x86 chips from companies like Intel, AMD, and VIA. And second, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows […]
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MSI Wind CS120 nettop now shipping
MSI has been showing off a series of nettop and all-in-one computers combining low cost and power efficient processors for a few months. Now the first MSI nettop is available in the US. The MSI Wind C120 is a small and low power desktop computer that has the same basic guts as an MSI WInd […]
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Eee PC 701 with a multitouch display – Video
We’re starting to see netbook makers including Asus and Gigabyte produce mini-laptops with touchscreen displays. But one thing we haven’t really seen yet is netbooks with multitouch displays. But Johannes from Eee PC.de did spot something unusual at CeBIT: an Asus Eee PC 701 with a multitouch screen. There are at least two reasons this is […]