…It could be, based on reports over at the Mozilla support site. In a post on Nanotech, CNet’s Brooke Crothers talks about his own experiences with Firefox on a Macbook Air. Crothers notes that when opening multimedia-heavy pages (which typically include Flash elements) Firefox tends to cause a greater rise in temperature than Safari. While […]
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Microsoft: Now that you can say “netbook” again… don’t
Sure, Psion may have dropped its trademark claim to the word “netbook,” but now Microsoft doesn’t want you using the word. Not because the big M is claiming some sort of stake in the trademark. But because it’s just not very descriptive. That’s something I’ve been arguing for the past year, but which Microsoft and […]
Samsung N120 10.1 inch netbook review
At first glance, the Samsung N120 looks like a cross between the Samsung NC20 and N110 laptops. Like the N110, the Samsung N120 has a 10 inch display and a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU. But Samsung’s latest netbook has a larger chassis than the N110, which makes it closer to the size of the […]
What’s in a name? Netbook vs. Mini-Notebook
I’ve been saying for ages that I’m not a big fan of the term “netbook,” because it implies that tiny laptops like the Asus Eee PC, MSI Wind, or HP Mini are basically web browsers with keyboards. But the truth is you can use these little machines to watch movies, listen to music, browse photos, […]
Best Buy reminds me why I don’t love the word “netbook”
There’s been a lot of talk over the last few days about the word “netbook.” I think it’s silly that Psion is starting to protect its trademark a year after people started using the word netbook widely. But at the same time, I’ve never been a huge fan of the word. Because it implies that […]
Psion explains its trademark position, probably won’t sue me
Psion, the company that holds the trademark for the word “netbook” is attempting to better explain why it sent cease & desist letters to some bloggers and web sites recently. Apparently most of the entities on the receiving end were advertisers and computer makers using the term to describe their products, not journalists and bloggers. […]
Intel buys Netbook.com, web portal coming soon?
Intel has purchased the Netbook.com domain. The page currently redirects users to Intel’s page describing the Intel Atom CPU. The page features a bit of news, some reviews, and information about the Atom processor. Just a few short months ago, there was no accepted term for low cost, low power subnotebooks like the Asus Eee […]
Asus N10 isn’t a netbook, it just looks and acts like one
Asus has been making the rounds showing off its upcoming N10 notebook. And the company has a message: it’s not a netbook. Sure, it has a 10.2 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor just like the Asus Eee PC 1000/1000H. And sure, it’s got a starting price of around […]
More than 8 million netbooks to ship this year
Taiwan’s Market Intelligence Center projects that more than 8 million low cost ultraportable laptops will ship this year — that’s a pretty impressive number for a market segment that didn’t even exist this time last year. The report suggests that number could more than double next year, with 18 million units shipping. The year over […]
Fujitsu Siemens Netbook details emerge
Johannes from Netbux.de wrote in to let me know that he’s uncovered a few more details about the upcoming Fujitsu Siemens Netbook. As we already knew, the computer will pack an 8.9 inch display and run 300 to 400 Euros, or about $475 to $633 US. But it also looks like the computer will sport […]