Chinese computer maker Malata doesn’t get a lot of attention in the US, since as far as I can tell the company rarely sells any products in the States. But over the past few years Malata has come out with some of the more interesting mini-computer designs I’ve seen. Now the folks at Notebook […]
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Intel: Netbook growth is slowing; Microsoft: Nope, netbooks are tanking
Update: Microsoft has released its earnings report, and while Intel says netbook growth is slowing, the software maker says its numbers paint a different story — with netbook sales down 32 percent from a year ago during the same period. Overall, Microsoft is seeing a decline in consumer PC sales, but there’s still growth in […]
Samsung NC215S solar powered netbook up for pre-order
The Sasmung NC215S is the first netbook with a solar panel built right into the case. The company says you should be able to get 1 hour of battery life for every two hours of charging time in the sun. While Samsung told me a few weeks ago that the laptop would be available for […]
Can’t afford your own netbook? Borrow one from the library
Netbooks are low cost portable laptops that can function as secondary computers for some folks — or primary computers for those who may not have the money to buy a more powerful machine (or the interest in spending that kind of money). But something neat happens when you make computers more affordable and more portable: […]
Survey: Netbooks are just as popular as tablets, plenty of people don’t care at all
It seems like every other day we see a report suggesting that tablets are killing off consumer demand for netbooks, but last week ABI Research released results of survey suggesting that both product categories remain pretty popular. About 27 percent of those questioned said they were “very” or “extremely” interested in acquiring tablets, while the […]
Intel: 100 million Atom processors shipped
Industry analysts are making a good living these days claiming that netbooks are dead and that tablets are holding the knife. But Intel’s not ready to hold a funeral just yet. In fact, the company just announced that 100 million Atom chips have been shipped since mid-2008, and most of them have found their way […]
Deals of the Day (5-31-11)
Sure, the week’s tech news has been dominated by a trade show in Taiwan, but let’s face it… most of the cool gadgets unveiled at Computex this week won’t hit the streets for months. If you can’t hold off that long, here’s a roundup of deals on tablets, netbooks, and other gadgets available today. Netbooks, […]
Asus gives half a dozen netbooks Atom N570 upgrades
Asus has quietly upgraded a half dozen of its 10 inch netbooks with shiny new 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N570 dual core processors. We already knew that the Eee PC 1015PX packed the latest dual core Atom chip, but the folks at Netbook News also spotted new versions of several other netbooks with Atom N570 […]
Microsoft: Netbooks are down 40%
Microsoft released its quarterly earnings report yesterday, and while the company reported more than $16 billion in revenue and $5 billion in income for a pretty healthy increase over last year, it wasn’t all good news. Basically the company is seeing growth in the business division, but Windows isn’t bringing in as much revenue as […]
Canonical not ready to trade Ubuntu netbooks for tablets just yet
It seems like very few days I see an article proclaiming that netbooks are dead and tablets are holding the knife. The truth of the matter is that netbooks are still selling pretty well — low cost, low power notebook computers just not as exciting as they were a few years and bloggers and journalists […]