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Just when you thought netbooks couldn’t get any more sickeningly cutesy

We’ve seen pink netbooks go on sale in time for Valentine’s Day. And we’ve seen V-Day themes mini-laptops adorned with hearts. But leave it to the Japanese to take things a bit over the top. From, the country that brought us Hello Kitty-themed netbooks, we have an Acer Aspire One that’s been bedazzled with hearts. […]

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Mouse Computer launches Illyama netbook in Japan

Japanese computer distributor Mouse Computer has released a new Intel Atom-based netbook that looks an awful lot like the last mini-laptop we saw from Mouse. But unlike the previously announced LB-1500, the new Illyama netbook doesn’t have an optical disk drive. That’s not to say that it’s your average netbook. Sure, it’s got a 1.6GHz […]

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Prime Note Cartina UM: Limited edition Japanese netbook

Japan’s Dospara is offering a limited edition netbook called the Prime Note Cartina UM, which seems to have all the standard specs you’d expect in a 39,980 yen ($415US) netbook: CPU: 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU Display: 8.9 inch, 1024 x 600 pixels Storage: 120GB HDD RAM: 1GB Operating System: Linux, with Windows XP driver disk […]