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HP Mini 5101 netbooks on sale now from $399

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 20th 2009 No Comments

HP’s sturdy, business-friendly Mini 5101 netbooks have gone on sale, priced from $399. Two models are available, the VJ907AA and the FM955UT, each with Intel’s Atom N280 1.66GHz processor, a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 display and 1GB of RAM.

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Google working with Acer, ASUS, HP and more on Chrome OS netbooks

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 9th 2009 No Comments

chrome logo Google have revealed the hardware partners that they are currently working with on their freshly-announced Chrome OS. The search giant has named Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, HP, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and Toshiba as all helping to design and build devices that will run the new platform, which has been described as the Chrome browser with a new windowing system, on top of a Linux kernel.

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HP Mini 110 XP Edition now available in pink and white

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 8th 2009 1 Comment

If you’ve been holding off on picking up one of HP’s Mini 110 series netbooks because you’ve wanted it in pink or white (what, really?) then today is the day to flex your credit-card. HP have unleashed the two new color versions of their 110 XP Edition, meaning you can have the 10.1-inch Atom N270/N280 netbook in sober black, coquettish pink or lost-in-a-snowstorm white.

Update: HP have also added the Broadcom HD Video Accelerator option to the Mini 110, priced at $30 (Thanks Peter!)

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Best Buy offer Sprint Compaq 3G netbook for $0.99

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 6th 2009 No Comments

Sprint and Best Buy are offering a Compaq Mini 110-series netbook for just $0.99, assuming you’re willing to sign up to 2-years of EVDO Rev.A data service from the carrier. The netbook, The Mini 110c-1040DX, can be picked with either a CDMA EVDO Rev.A module for use with Verizon or Sprint, or an HSDPA module for use with AT&T; however only the Sprint subsidy brings the price down to under a buck.

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HP xw9400 Workstation gets dual Six-Core AMD Opteron CPUs

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 1st 2009 No Comments

HP have announced their latest workstation, and if you’ve been disappointed with the power on offer in past models then this one might just do the trick. The HP xw9400 Workstation can now be specified with the six-core AMD Opteron 2400 series processors, giving a total of 12 cores overall when two of the processors are paired together.

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HP announce new Pavilion, Elite, Slimline & Compaq Presario desktops

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jun 25th 2009 No Comments

HP have announced a new range of consumer desktop PCs, together with an update to their MediaSmart Server software for TouchSmart PCs. Slimline, Pavilion and Elite desktops have all been announced, together with a new Compaq Presario desktop. In addition, HP have announced that select consumer PCs bought from today onwards will be eligible for their Windows 7 Upgrade Program.

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HP ProBook 4310s 13.3-inch notebook: optional Blu-ray & Gobi 3G

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jun 24th 2009 No Comments

As well as the somewhat VAIO-esque Mini 5101 netbook they announced this morning, HP have also got a new ProBook full-sized notebook for you to consider. The HP ProBook 4310s has a 13.3-inch display and the same styling as the rest of the S-series the company announced back in April; there’s also optional Gobi WWAN mobile broadband, DDR3 memory and a full-sized keyboard.

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HP Mini 5101 netbook gets slick, business-ready design

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jun 24th 2009 No Comments

HP have announced a new netbook, the Mini 5101, and like their original entrant to the market they’ve gone with business-friendly materials targeted at “on-the-go professionals”. The HP Mini 5101’s 10.1-inch display is clad in anodized aluminum, while the lower case is made from magnesium alloy. Inside, there’s the usual Intel Atom processor, in this case the 1.66GHz N280, paired with up to 2GB of RAM and up to a 320GB HDD or an 80GB SSD.

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Verizon FiOS internet speed boost: up to 20Mbps uploads

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jun 22nd 2009 1 Comment

verizon fios speed boost If you’ve considered Verizon’s FiOS internet service but dismissed it for being too slow for your tastes, the news that they’re speeding up the fiber-optic system will come as a pleasant surprise. The company is boosting downlink/uplink speeds of its entry-level package from 10/2 Mbps to 15/5 Mbps, while the mid-tier 20/5 Mbps climbs to 25/15 Mbps. New York City and Long Island will see even greater increases.

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Multitouch Windows 7 notebooks from HP, Acer & Lenovo coming; LG ultra-thin in 2H09?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jun 18th 2009 No Comments

The latest batch of new laptop and ultraportable rumors are spilling out of the Far-East, tipping new touchscreen models running Windows 7 and at least one ultra-thin from LG. According to industry sources, HP, Acer and Lenovo have all placed orders with Taiwanese capacitive touchscreen manufacturer Cando; meanwhile MSI are said to be supplying LG with an ultra-thin notebook that will ship in the second half of 2009.

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