The term netbook, coined by Intel, conveys little useful information about this category of machines. Sure, they all have wireless networking, but so does every other laptop. What the term originally ...

The netbook has been an amazing success story over the last two years, and one notable element of that story is the extent to which the individual devices have been driven primarily by the platforms ...

Long ago, before smartphones were ubiquitous and children in restaurants were quieted with awful games on iPads, there was a beautiful moment. A moment in which the end user could purchase, at a ...

Lenovo has introduced a new netbook with a 12-inch display that will also be the first netbook device to include Nvidia' s new graphics platform, Ion. The IdeaPad S12 from Lenovo will have a 100 ...

New research by IDC points to falling sales of the chip that drives the majority of netbook PCs–Intel’s Atom CPU. One suggestion is that the first quarter 33% drop is a sign that the netbook’s rise to ...

Looks like the netbook is no longer the immature, dim-witted cousin of the grown-up laptop: Sharp’s new Mebius netbook is so shiny and clever it outclasses many "superior" machines. It’s got a ...

Netbooks are universally regarded for their portability, but no two netbook models are exactly alike, and each seems to come with different trade-offs. A netbook with a superior battery might have a ...

Are consumers dissatisfied with their netbooks? Despite the form factor's explosive growth in popularity and seemingly bright future, a market analysis firm with a novel means of collecting and ...

Netbook sale growth has plunged in the months after the the iPad hit stores. Why? The Apple iPad is the quintessential entertainment slab, a computer made of screen that makes the perfect travel ...

No wonder Microsoft is looking to the web as a way of delivering Office. The company is using a seriously tiered approach to selling Windows 7 that could restrict what applications, including Office, ...

A netbook is more portable and lighter than most traditional laptops because of its smaller size and weight. However, some standard hardware that can be found on a laptop, such as a CD/DVD drive, is ...

A netbook may be too weak and puny for serious computing, but it makes a pretty good jukebox. Thanks to the massive amount of music available online, a two-pound computer can access and play nearly ...