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Lenovo Netbook gets a makeover, scares off males - Oct 27, 2009

Crave Design, design, design. With almost all Netbooks sporting the same, tired Atom chipset, vendors have turned to distinct covers to attract attention. Lenovo has recently revamped its IdeaPad S10-2 with a ... Read story »

Nettops get adorable with the Hello Kitty MiNEW A10 - Sep 21, 2009

Crave There're many ways to skin a cat, and Sanrio's biggest export just proved it with a Hello Kitty skin of the MiNEW A10 Nettop. It's adorable right now to the ... Read story »

Android-powered Aspire One spotted - Oct 14, 2009

Crave Though Google's Android operating system has its roots as a smartphone platform, the Netbook market has been eagerly awaiting its appearance in minilaptops. Why? Though mainstream consumers will most likely stay ... Read story »

LG debuts new widescreen multimedia laptops - Sep 18, 2009

Crave LG unveiled its new WIDEBOOK notebook lineup of five models that feature 16:9 HD LED-backlit displays and Intel Core 2 Duo processors for home entertainment. The WIDEBOOK lineup--ES, LG's marketing department ... Read story »

How to run Quake III and HD videos on a Netbook - Nov 2, 2009

Crave Most Netbooks are unable to render high-definition videos, not to mention run 3D games. In fact, the standard Intel Atom processor and integrated graphics chipset can barely handle Flash-heavy Web ... Read story »

Intel's new Core i7 and i5 chips make fast performance affordable - Sep 9, 2009

Crave Individual chip reviews are up around the Web, and the consensus seems to be universal admiration for the new Core i7's, and Core i5 especially, in terms of performance, value, and ... Read story »

Samsung Netbook to launch in Singapore - Jun 4, 2009

Crave After withdrawing its notebooks from the Asia-Pacific markets, Korean manufacturer Samsung seems ready to take a tentative step back into the region. The Samsung NC310 will hit Singapore in July, though ... Read story »

Qualcomm unveils new 1.3GHz Snapdragon chipset - Jun 1, 2009

Crave Toshiba TG01 Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset first made headlines when it debuted in the Toshiba TG01 Windows Mobile smartphone, showcased at the Mobile World Congress this year. The talking point at the ... Read story »

Qualcomm demos new "Smartbooks" - Jun 3, 2009

Crave The Android-based Asus Eee PC demonstrating its multimedia capabilities. There has been talk that the Android OS will appear in Netbooks, with some manufacturers revealing that they are exploring the possibility. ... Read story »

Freescale embraces SmartBooks - Jun 8, 2009

Crave Smartbook prototype featuring a vertical display. (Image credit: Freescale) As if the line between Netbooks and notebooks are not blurred enough, at the Computex Taipei 2009 tradeshow, we caught a glimpse ... Read story »

Upcoming MIDs with Intel's new chipset - Jun 5, 2009

Crave Inventec X3 During Intel's mobility event at Computex Taipei this week, a few device manufacturers showed off their new products bearing the chipmaker's upcoming platform for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) ... Read story »

Intel to give Netbooks a performance boost at Computex - May 20, 2009

Crave Forget incremental processor updates. The next-generation Intel Netbook platform, codenamed Pine Trail, will take an evolutionary leap and combine the processor with a memory controller and graphics engine on a ... Read story »

Gecko Netbook runs off AA batteries - May 11, 2009

Crave On the surface, the 8.9-inch Gecko EduBook is just another boring blip in the history of Netbooks. However, the true beauty of this device lies under the hood. Instead of an ... Read story »

Acer Aspire One 571 now comes with HD video decoding - May 18, 2009

Crave (Image credit: macles*) One weakness of the current crop of Atom-based Netbooks is their inability to render high-defintion video, a capability which the AMD Neo-based HP Pavilion dv2 proudly trumpets. While ... Read story »

Asus shows off Android Netbook and CULV laptops - Jun 2, 2009

Crave PC maker Asus was spotted demonstrating an Eee PC at the Computex Taipei tradeshow that bears little resemblance to the current crop of Netbooks. Instead of an Atom chipset, this minilaptop ... Read story »

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