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Samsung launches new netbook models (CIOL) NEW DELHI, INDIA: Samsung today announced its plans to strengthen its Netbook business by launching new models as well as expanding into new markets in the country.

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HP Pavilion DV7T Laptop (PC World via Yahoo! News) You can get a brand-new HP Pavilion dv7t laptop for $900 from HP.com. Just enter the coupon code NBPC223494 at checkout, and watch the price fall from $1349 to $900. If you don't like the Pavilion dv7t,...

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Teen at Center of Lower Merion Laptop Scandal Speaks... For the first time since the laptop scandal involving Harriton High School broke, we are hearing from the student at the center of the controversy.

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AMD to Introduce Netbook Chip in 2011 (Linux Today)

Posted by admin | Posted in Netbook News | Posted on 12-03-2010

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Hardware Central: “Advanced Micro Devices plans to release a processor in its “Fusion” line that will be positioned for the netbook market, putting it in competition with the Intel Atom, and, to a lesser degree, the ARM processor.”

Sony VAIO W Series Netbook (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Posted by admin | Posted in Netbook News | Posted on 11-03-2010

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Buy.com has a Sony VAIO W Series netbook in cocoa brown on sale for $443.75 with free shipping. The sleek little netbook has a 10.1-inch backlit LCD panel, which has great picture quality with minimal glare, rich colors, and sharp contrast. The VAIO W Series also features 720p high-definition support and plays 720p video stutter-free. The unit on sale boasts a 1.66GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB …

AMD Planning Netbook Chip for 2011 (InternetNews.com)

Posted by admin | Posted in Netbook News | Posted on 11-03-2010

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After a long time on the sidelines, Intel rival AMD is getting into the netbook game with a dedicated chip designed specifically for computers with screens 12 inches or smaller.

Skooba Netbook Messenger Bag Review (The Gadgeteer)

Posted by admin | Posted in Netbook News | Posted on 11-03-2010

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As soon as I opened the Skooba box I fell in love with the color of my bag! I know that sounds like a girl thing but let’s face it-I’m a girl! If you want something that sounds like a guy thing, how about my 80 year old father who said- “It has lots of [...] Filed in categories: Gear , Reviews Tagged: Bag , Shoulder Bag Skooba Netbook Messenger Bag Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on …

Pioneer gets into the netbook game with the 12.1″, ION2-toting DreamBook Lite (Geek.com)

Posted by admin | Posted in Netbook News | Posted on 11-03-2010

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Pioneer isn’t exactly a company I consider synonymous with laptops: in my mind’s eye, they are mostly identified with televisions and stereo systems. So it’s sort of surprising to see this come through my mailbox: Pioneer have announced a new netbook, the 12.1″ DreamBook Lite. Who’d a thunk? It’s not a bad little machine, although typical [...]

EVSC discusses "design flaw" with netbook vendor | POLL (Evansville Courier & Press)

Posted by admin | Posted in Netbook News | Posted on 11-03-2010

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EVANSVILLE —Evansville’s public school system says it is negotiating with the manufacturer of laptop computers being used by high school students over what it is calling a “design flaw.”The netbooks, made by Hewlett Packard, are in their first year. All high school students in the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. were required to rent a netbook.EVSC in summer 2009 entered into a contract with …

Google sheds light on Chrome OS Netbook security (ARNnet)

Posted by admin | Posted in Netbook News | Posted on 10-03-2010

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Google’s Chrome OS Netbook will feature a host of built-in security technologies designed to protect users from malware and other threats, a Google engineer said at the recent RSA Conference.

Asus Eee 1005PR Netbook (Coated)

Posted by admin | Posted in Netbook News | Posted on 10-03-2010

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Asus has unveiled their latest Eee netbook, the Asus Eee 1005PR netbook. The new model is based upon the earlier Eee PC 100PE and includes a 10.1-inch LED backlit widescreen display that supports 720p HD video due to the inclusion of a Broadcom BCM 70015 HD decoder. Along with this, the Asus netbook is powered [...]

MSI Wind U160 Netbook Pairs Intel ‘Pine Trail,’ Windows 7 (eWeek)

Posted by admin | Posted in Netbook News | Posted on 10-03-2010

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The newly arrived MSI Wind U160 netbook offers Intel’s new “Pine Trail” platform, along with Microsoft Windows 7 Starter, 15 hours of battery life and a $380 price tag. The Wind U160 netbook joins a market filled with competition from Acer, Asus, Coby and Dell.

MSI’s latest Wind U160 netbook has fifteen hour battery life (Geek.com)

Posted by admin | Posted in Netbook News | Posted on 10-03-2010

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MSI’s Wind netbook was one of the first real competitors to the Asus Eee PC that actually mattered. It did a few things that were pretty revolutionary at the time: it shifted the mouse buttons to below the trackpad, where the Eee always placed them unergonomically at the side; it expanded the screen to 10.1 [...]