Tech Event

• Samsung Chromebook Plus Demo at CES 2017

  This video is a quick hands on the Samsung Chromebook Plus by Robby Payne of Chrome Unboxed at CES 2017.

• More Details on the new Acer Chromebook 15 Models

  This interview from Lon Seidman with an Acer representative provides some more detail on the upcoming Acer Chromebook 15, that is being showcased at CES 2015.

• Acer Chromebook 15 Introduced at CES 2015

  Acer showcased this new Chromebook at CES 2015, which currently takes place in Las Vegas: the Acer Chromebook 15.

• Hands-on the Tegra K1 powered HP Chromebook 14 at IFA 2014

  A short hands-on video of the upcoming Tegra K1 powered HP Chromebook 14 recored by Steve Paine at IFA 2014.

• Hands-on the Toshiba Chromebook 2 at IFA 2014

  There are 2 main criticisms of Chromebooks in terms of hardware: too little RAM and low quality displays. An upcoming Chromebook that could fill this gap is the Toshiba Chromebook 2 CB30-B.

• Samsung Chromebook Showcased at ARM TechCon

  The new Samsung Chromebook seems to be a huge success. It currently ranks first on Amazon's laptop best seller list and is temporarily out of stock.

• Bryan Lunduke Talks about Why Linux Sucks and Why Not

  If you are a Linux user you've probably experienced hardware issues. Ever tried to work with a dual monitor setup for example? If you are a developer targeting

• 10-inch Sunlike Netbook Running Android Ice Cream Sandwich

  This netbook by Sunlike, recently showcased at China Sourcing Fair, is powered by a 1.2GHz Boxchip A10 CPU, comes with 1GB RAM and runs Android.

• Future Samsung Chromebook with Coreboot Boots Ridiculously Fast

  The 1st generation of Samsung Chromebooks was released about a year ago, so it's high time for an updated model with improved specs, software and boot time,

• Low Price EPC1029D Android Netbook Spotted at CeBIT

  Netbooks seem to be out of fashion but now and then a new device pops up, that fits into the netbook category, especially when tech exhibitions take place. One

• Asus Eee PC X101 MeeGo Netbook Showcased at HKCCF

  This short video, filmed at the Hong Kong Computer & Communications Festival 2011, shows some of the software features the Asus Eee PC X101 running a custom

• Lenovo Ideapad S100 with MeeGo Showcased at Computex

  Besides the Asus Eee PC X101 also the Lenovo Ideapad S100 was showcased at the recent Computex running the MeeGo operating system. The long awaited Ideapad S100

• Asus Eee PC X101 Running MeeGo at Computex 2011

  There has been continued speculation about ASUS considering a Linux based operating system again for new netbook models. Google's Chrome and Android systems

• Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Showcased at Google I/O

  Soon after the recent announcement of Samsung and Acer Chromebooks being released next month the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook was showcased at last week's final

• DNS Netbook: From Russia with MeeGo

  At the recent Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona the folks over at Netbook News spotted this 10.1-inch netbook by Russian PC maker DNS.

• NEC 7-inch Netbook Powered by Tegra 2 Chip Running Android

  Here is another non-tablet device that Charbax from ARMdevices spotted at CES 2011.

• Nufront Dual Core Laptops at CES 2011

  If you follow the coverage of this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, you may conclude that it's all about the most promising iPad competitor or

• Linpus for MeeGo Demo at IDF 2010

  JKK of jkkmobile chats with Warren Coles of Linpus at last month's Intel Developer Forum 2010 about the MeeGo based version of Linpus Linux Lite, demonstrated

• HP Classmate PC with SUSE Linux

  Looking at the devices showcased at this year's COMPUTEX in Taipei it doesn't look like 2010 is the year for Linux on netbooks but rather the year of Android

• Linpus Linux Lite 1.3 with Fresh UI at CeBIT 2010

  This video by JKKmobile recorded at CeBIT 2010 gives us a taste of Linpus Linux Lite 1.3 running on an Acer Aspire One netbook. The new version of the Fedora

• Gen4 Convertible Classmate PC with Moblin

  Today at CeBIT, Intel introduced the 4th generation of the classmate PC, a convertible 10-inch touchscreen mini laptop powered by an Intel Atom N450 processor.

• MSI Wind U160 Running SUSE Moblin at MWC

  Back in January at CES 2010 the MSI Wind U135 running SUSE Moblin attracted lots of attention and now at Mobile World Congress there shows up another MSI Wind.

• Compaq Airlife 100 Smartbook at Mobile World Congress

  In this video Chippy from Carrypad gets his hands on the Compaq Airlife 100 at Mobile World Congress 2010, which currently takes place in Barcelona, Spain.

• Hivision Netbooks, MID, and eReader at CES 2010

  This video features products from Hivision showcased at CES 2010, including the PWS700B and PWS700BA Linux netbooks, as well as an MID with Windows CE, and an

• 5 Special Devices from CES 2010 that Run on Linux

  Lots of fascinating new devices were showcased during past week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. In addition to marketing new products events

• Samsung N127 Netbook with Moblin Demo

  Samsung showcased a large number of netbooks at CES 2010, but according to Ars Technica there was one netbook that attracted the most attention, the Samsung

• SUSE Moblin Linux on the MSI Wind U135

  The openSUSE project was one of the early adopters of Moblin and now we can see the result of mixing SUSE Linux and Moblin on the upcoming MSI Wind U135

• Jolicloud Pre-Beta on the Samsung N140

  After months of private alpha testing Tariq Krim, founder and CEO of Jolicloud, announced the launch of the publicly available pre-beta of the Linux based

• Linux Experts on Linux, Netbooks and the Future

  Arnaud Laprévote, CTO & Head of Research Projects at Mandriva, and Aaron J. Seigo, KDE developer and KDE Foundation member, are interviewed by Charbax.

• Introduction to Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry

  Sugar on a Stick is a Live Linux distribution that can be loaded onto any flash drive with at least 1GB storage capacity to boot the child-friendly Sugar

• Moblin Demos at IDF 2009

  At the end of September the Intel Developer Forum 2009 took place in San Francisco, an event where Intel introduces new hardware and software technolgies and

• Linpus Moblin V2 Demo at IDF 2009

  The 3 new versions of Linpus Linux Lite demonstrated in this video from Mid Moves recorded at the Intel Developer Forum 2009 look pretty awesome.

• Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker Mini Netbook Hands-on

  The PC-Z1 NetWalker by Japanese electronics manufacturer Sharp is a mini-netbook with a 5-inch touchscreen (1024x600px) display that runs Ubuntu 9.04.

• Moblin V2 Linpus Linux Lite at COMPUTEX

  At COMPUTEX 2009 Taiwan based Linpus Technologies showcased its updated instant-on product and its Moblin V2 Linpus Linux Lite distribution with Linpus UI and

• Gecko EduBook: The Tinkerer Netbook

  Thailand based NorhTec Corporation take the DIY Netbook concept one step further with their Gecko EduBook. To keep costs low the netbook can be shipped in

• Dirk Hohndel on Moblin at OSCON 2008

  Dirk Hohndel, former Chief Technology Officer of SuSE and Vice President of the XFree86 project, gave this keynote presentation about Moblin and the vision

• GNB GL 750 Mini Netbook with Google Android

  GNB showcased this netbook reviewed by Sascha for Netbook News at COMPUTEX 2009.

• Mtube II XP Netbook and Android Tablet

  The Mtube II is a combination of netbook and tablet PC running Windows XP in netbook and Google Android in tablet mode. Apart from the unfortunate netbook

• Compal Snapdragon Netbook with Google Android

  Nicolas from Tech Video Blog browses various Web sites on a Snapdragon-based netbook by Compal running Google Android in this video from COMPUTEX 2009.

• Larry Ellison on Netbooks at JavaOne Conference

  At last week's JavaOne conference held in San Francisco Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talked about the future of Java in this keynote Q&A together with Scott

• First Look at Pegatron's Freescale-based Netbook

  Sascha reports from Freescale headquarters in Taipei, taking a first look at the Pegatron netbook, a very thin and light laptop with an estimated weight of 800

• Wistron N900z Smartbook with Freescale Processor

  Low-end ARM-based netbooks or Smartbooks seem to be a hot trend at COMPUTEX 2009. The Wistron N900z is one such device powered by Freescale's i.MX515 multimedia

• Foxconn SZ901 with Moblin Linpus Linux Lite

  2 days ago Linpus announced to showcase Moblin Version 2 of their Linpus Linux Lite distribution for netbooks at COMPUTEX 2009 in Taipei.

• Introducing the ECS T800 Android Netbook

  Yet another video from busy Sascha at COMPUTEX 2009 getting his hands on the ECS T800 Netbook that will run the Linux based Android operating system.

• Jolicloud is in Business

  Jolicloud, a new Ubuntu Linux based Internet operating system for netbooks now is officially in business. Jolicloud is described as an operating system that

• Snapdragon Based ASUS Eee PC Running Android

  Whether a mobile computer with a 11.6 inch screen is still a netbook or rather a subnotebook is a question one can argue or just don't care about.

• HP Mini 110 Preview Video

  Daniel Tsou from Singapore's Gadget Podcast Tech65 takes a detailed first look at the HP Mini 110 netbook in this video recorded live at HP's Touch The Future

• Netbooks the Death of High Priced Laptops?

  About 10 million netbooks were sold in 2008. 20 million netbooks are predicted to be sold in 2009. In this presentation Tim Bajarin, president of Creative

• openSUSE on Netbooks at FOSDEM 2009

  At this year's FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting) Stefan Seyfried, who works on the openSUSE Linux distribution, gave this talk

• Linux - Journey of the Penguin

  Last weeks episode of German tv show neues from tv station 3Sat was a special about Linux called Linux - die Reise des Pinguins. I just watched it and want to

• Linpus QuickOS on Acer Aspire One

  Another video from Sascha at the Linpus booth during CeBIT 2009 introducing Linpus QuickOS on an Acer Aspire One.

• Secret Netbook Running Linpus Linux Lite

  Sascha Pallenberg of Germany's No.1 netbook news site demonstrates a new secret netbook at the Linpus booth of this year's computer expo CeBIT. The super slim

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