I am trying to install Fedora 10 on a T500 Thinkpad from a CD that I burnt myself (using an ISO image downloaded from the Fedora web site). I saw from previous posts that I first have to disable the switchable graphics on the laptop in the BIOS setup, which I've now done. But when the CD loads, it c...

Well, it looks like Packard Bell's "dot" netbook just didn't capture that trademark Packard Bell flavor the company was looking for, as it has now officially ditched the netbook in favor of a new, as yet unannounced model. As you may recall, the dot was essentially just an original Acer Aspire One i...

Reuters is also confirming the rumors from the Commercial Times about Apple ordering 10-inch touchscreens for third quarter. They are quoting an unnamed source. This may just be what others have......

Well I say liveblog, more notes that I’m making on the EEE as I fly, hence thenewer posts are at the bottom of this one. I’ll uploaded them when I get somewhere that’s not 6 miles up in the air, free Wi-fi enabled planes this 777 is not. (All times PST). 0500: The American Airlines...

Kevin was all over the rumors out of Asia yesterday that Apple is ready to produce a netbook this year.  The unconfirmed rumors have Apple getting a bunch of 10-inch touch-screens for inclusion on their netbook, even though they have stated emphatically they don’t do netbooks. The rumors have...

Cheap netbooks don’t just offer sales appeal. The low price-point is also giving rise to a hardware hacker movement that’s growing quickly. Let me put it another way: are average computer users more likely to hack and slash a $2,000 notebook or a $300 netbook? My money is on the netbook ...

Microsoft has already experienced the power the netbook has to open up operating system options for PC consumers, since it saw Linux distributions being included as the default operating system on consumer-oriented machines for the first time with the advent of the small, affordable, feature-light m...

Another day and the ball gets kicked down the field a little further on a possible Apple Netbook. Dow Jones, citing two unnamed sources says Apple will indeed launch a Netbook later this year with a touch screen between 9.7 and 10  inches. Another source is saying that other specs have not been...

Here goes another choice for you who want to buy a netbook, the IdeaPad S9e from China-based company Lenovo. Like most others mini laptop, this compact 8.9-inch notebook is powered by Intel Atom N270 processor and Intel 945GSE chipset. It also features a 1GB of main memory, a 160GB of hard disk, a L...

OEM hardware manufacturer OCZ just launched the Neutrino, a new Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz netbook. The netbook features a 10-inch backlit LCD display with 1024 x 600 resolution, 2 Gigs of memory and a 250 GB hard drive standard. A 250 GB SSD hard drive is available for an additional cost. Of course, ...