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Kobalt Computers announces new range of gaming notebooks

23 January 2008, 14:20

As part of its Mojave range, Kobalt Computers has announced the immediate availability of its Mojave IX and Mojave XI gaming notebooks.

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Hacks galore: how to make an Eee PC your own

21 January 2008, 12:00

The ASUS Eee PC doesn't offer a bad specification for the price, but what if you want more? Simple, hack the device to your hearts content.

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Inventec invents curvy UMPC

21 January 2008, 10:17

UMPCs aren't quite penetrating the market as manufacturers had hoped but nonetheless, some pretty cool designs are on the horizon, none more so than Inventec's forthcoming curved model.

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ASUS Eee PC to strike back with touch screen?

18 January 2008, 12:17

ASUS' Eee PC is facing competition from various other manufacturers this year and if reports coming from Taiwan are to be believed, ASUS plans to up the ante with a ...

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Dell laptops give a tingling sensation to customers

18 January 2008, 11:27

Sounds good doesn't it? Afraid not, the "tingling sensation" happens to be a nicer name given by Dell for what we would simply call an electric shock.

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Everex gives us a reason not to buy its CloudBook

17 January 2008, 12:16

A collective sigh came from the interweb earlier this month when Everex announced its low-cost CloudBook notebook with a small 7" screen offering only a 800x480 resolution. If that hadn't ...

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Next on the low-cost notebook bandwagon: Gigabyte

17 January 2008, 10:04

They all want a slice of the low-cost pie right now and Gigabyte vice president Richard Ma reveals plans to enter the market in June.

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Acer to take on ASUS in low-cost notebook market

16 January 2008, 11:18

In the first half of 2008, Acer will become the latest manufacturer to begin offering low-cost notebooks, directly competing with ASUS' EeePC.

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Macworld 2008: MacBook Air, world's thinnest notebook

15 January 2008, 20:34

It wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination to say that Steve Jobs left the best 'till last by announcing the super, super-slim MacBook Air toward the end of his ...

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OLPC project aims to extend to USA

14 January 2008, 13:30

Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of the OLPC project has announced his plans to bring the low-cost XO laptop to needy students in the USA.

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Designer of XO laptop starts new company

11 January 2008, 14:11

Mary Lou Jepsen, designer of the XO laptop that is used in the One Laptop Per Child initiative, has started a new company stating "the XO laptop was just the ...

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ASUS integrates GeForce 8700 SLI and 1TB HD in luxury laptop

11 January 2008, 09:15

Everything but the kitchen sink, huh?

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Flippin’ hell, that’s clever, Via!

10 January 2008, 15:59

We spotted yet another seemingly weird UMPC that Via proudly handed us for a fiddle, and no, I didn’t break it… well, not quite.

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Everex CloudBook takes aim at ASUS Eee PC

10 January 2008, 12:37

Not wanting to let the ASUS Eee PC family have the market for small, light and cheap portable computers all to itself, Everex is introducing what looks to be a ...

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Voltaic introduces laptop charging solar bag

9 January 2008, 10:59

Innovative bag manufacturer Voltaic Systems has revealed its latest marvel at CES, a solar bag that can fully charge your laptop.

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Panasonic unveils world's thinnest Blu-ray drive

8 January 2008, 17:53

A 9.5mm-high drive that reads and writes at 2x.

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ASUS' new Eee PC to have WiMAX and bigger screen

8 January 2008, 15:30

ASUS revealed a few more details on its plan to enable WiMAX into a range of notebooks. Interesting revelations on the second-generation Eee PC, as well

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New ASUS-Lamborghini laptop is thin, light and sexy

8 January 2008, 15:29

ASUS extends the luxurious Lamborghini-branded laptops to a 12.1 thin-and-light model with DX10 graphics.

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Intel parts ways with OLPC project

4 January 2008, 15:46

Intel abruptly withdrew from the One Laptop Per Child project today citing "philosophical" reasons.

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Asus to show second-gen Eee PC next week

2 January 2008, 11:55

Asus is due to show off what it calls the "next generation" of its elfin Eee PC Linux-based sub-laptop at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week.

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Dell's Inspiron 1525 notebook surfaces

28 December 2007, 11:49

The upcoming Inspiron 1520 notebook from Dell has appeared on the computer manufacturer's Australian website and is available for pre-order with shipments expected in early January.

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Dell defend Latitude XT pricing

21 December 2007, 12:01

Just about every company has a breaking point and following a global complaint from, well, everyone, Dell steps forward and defends the pricing of its Latitude XT tablet PC.

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Dell's Latitude XT tablet PC gets official

11 December 2007, 09:08

We knew it was coming, you knew it was coming and today Dell confirmed on its official blog that it "will begin taking orders and shipping the product by the ...

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Dell's Latitude XT tablet PC launching December 11th

7 December 2007, 12:23

Tablet PCs, the portable systems the world nearly forgot, are set to receive a new breath of life as Dell readies the launch of its own tablet PC, the Latitude ...

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Microsoft trying its best to bring XP to the XO laptop

6 December 2007, 17:49

Not content with seeing the $100 XO laptop running only Linux, Microsoft state "we are hard at work" on bringing its OS to the device.

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OQO launches new e2 model featuring HSDPA

4 December 2007, 10:54

OQO announce its new model, the e2. Though not much has changed, very little in fact, this new model brings with it HSDPA, a much needed feature for the portable ...

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Running low on your laptop battery? Try Amacrox's power-brick.

28 November 2007, 12:44

Amacrox to retail power-brick that serves as a multipurpose replacement laptop battery.

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Certain MacBook drives a cause for concern

28 November 2007, 09:43

UK data recovery firm Retrodata reveals that some Seagate hard drives used in Apple's MacBooks contain a manufacturing fault that could lead to severe data loss.

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Dell launch latest XPS notebook, XPS M1530

27 November 2007, 10:05

Available for purchase today, the Dell XPS M1530 claims to be "a sleek and powerful multimedia machine expertly balancing performance, design and unprecedented functionality".

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OLPC struggling for adoption

27 November 2007, 09:36

The OLPC (One Laptop per Child) scheme, aiming to put thousands of $100 laptops in the hands of children worldwide has so far struggled to get off the ground. Are ...

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