The mobile computing market changed forever a few years ago with the introduction of the netbook.  Finally a small, reasonably lightweight personal computer that could be carried by anybody.  Then the technology companies brought us a new breed of powerful ultraportables and finally tablets.  One thing to note though is that prices haven’t changed much, [...]

Categories: Mobile Computing

There really can be no escaping from it these days and we’ve accepted the barrage of emails we receive from people as a normal part of life.  Should it be this way though and will something have to give soon in order to avoid people either becoming completely addicted to their email, or to help [...]

Categories: Email, Mobiles

So the Chromebook has finally been announced, and first models will ship on June 15 in select countries (US and several European countries). Both Acer and Samsung have revealed some of the specs of the netbooks running Google’s Chrome OS. Both Chromebooks will be powered by a dual-core Intel Atom cpu and a 1280×800 display. [...]

Categories: ask the readers

There are all manner of images, screenshots and leaked details coming out now about Windows 8 and we already know a lot about what Microsoft want this product to be.  We know it’s going to be smaller, quicker and more agile than even Windows 7 was able to be.  It’s going to have to run [...]

Categories: Windows

I’ve had the pleasure of trying out plenty of netbook hardware. Just about every form factor and operating system combination available. These netbooks range from the hardly usable, to the might-as-well-be-a-laptop, and everything in between. It’s that “everything in between” space that appeals to the majority of users on the planet and that’s exactly where [...]

Categories: Hardware, Linux, Open Source

Most netbooks and quite a few other – mostly mobile – devices run on a low resolution that no desktop user would want to work with anymore, largely because the screen is not big enough for some applications. The width is usually not the problem, the height is. Most websites for instance are optimized for [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Chinese company Novo first announced their Coloured Glaze Media Centre PC at CES at the beginning of the year but now it’s approaching release, Engadget China have had a close look at it.  But is a small PC with a transparent plastic block on the front gorgeous or a gimmick, and more importantly, where you are [...]

Categories: Gadgets, Music and Video

Say hello to the eDGe, the name that I cannot write without MS Word auto correcting the hell out of me. This is a device that gives convergence a whole new side. Entourage has taken specialty devices like an eBook Reader and netbook and put them both together to have a dual screen, multi-function device. [...]

Categories: Gadgets

Computer boot time is a concern to many but not all users. Some do not seem to care if their PC boots up in a minute or more while others leave their computers on to avoid booting it again. One of the things that is making the boot time of modern computer systems that long [...]

Categories: Hardware