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Gigabyte new M1005 and Q2005 announced ahead of CES

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [31/12/2010 - 04:22] - 0 - Laptops

Gigabyte released two new netbooks this week with the M1005 an the Q2005. Both comes with an Atom Dual Core N550 CPU, a 10.1” LED backlight monitor with a 1024×600 resolution, 1 or 2GB of RAM and the choice between, 250, 300 or 50[...]

Gigabyte new M1005 and Q2005 announced ahead of CES

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Acer Aspire One 721 gets mysterious upgrade, but only Czech Republic

By Akihabara News Team - [15/12/2010 - 10:27] - 0 - Laptops

The Acer Aspire 721 was originally launched with the Nile line of AMD processors. The performance of this model was first rate, with long battery life, HD playback capability, 1MB of L2 cache, 2GD of DDR3 memory, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Blu[...]

Acer Aspire One 721 gets mysterious upgrade, but only Czech Republic

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Toshiba dynabook N300, another netbook powered by Harman/Kardon speakers ?

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [7/12/2010 - 04:53] - 0 - Laptops

Truth be told, Toshiba Japan latest dynabook N300 is in fact a variant of the European version name the NB550 Series announced a few days ago. Both models feature the exact same specs, same dimension and a nice pair of Harman/Kardon sp[...]

Toshiba dynabook N300, another netbook powered by Harman/Kardon speakers ?

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Toshiba releases new netbooks with Harman/Kardon speakers

By Akihabara News Team - [3/12/2010 - 11:18] - 1 - Laptops

Toshiba announced yesterday the release of its new netbooks, the NB520 and its no-frills counterpart NB500. Equipped with the newest Harman/Kardon 2W speakers, the smallest ever designed for a laptop, it touts unrivaled audio quality i[...]

Toshiba releases new netbooks with Harman/Kardon speakers

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Samsung NF210 and SF510 available in India

By Akihabara News Team - [3/12/2010 - 09:48] - 0 - Laptops

We announced a few month back the release of Samsung’s newest SF and NF models, well today Samsung Hub reports the indian release of the series’ high-end models, the NF210 and SF510. They are already available, 22990 Rupees[...]

Samsung NF210 and SF510 available in India

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T-Zone, one of Akihabara most famous store goes under

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [1/12/2010 - 01:38] - 2 - Offbeat

Akihabara district is day by day loosing its best Computer & Electronic Stores, and since November 29, T-Zone, one of the Store I often went and buying part for my DIY PCs (Desktops, HTPC, Office Working Station), announced that th[...]

T-Zone, one of Akihabara most famous store goes under

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ACER introduces a new AspireOne Happy in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [30/11/2010 - 05:30] - 0 - Laptops

Acer unveiled this afternoon its latest Aspire One in Japan with the AOHAPPY-A51B. Schedule to hit stores this week-end, this new AspireOne Happy, available in 4 different flashy colors including Purple, Blue, Red and Green, the AOHAPP[...]

ACER introduces a new AspireOne Happy in Japan

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LG Korea introduces new X170 Netbook with “SmartPOP” features

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/11/2010 - 12:59] - 0 - Laptops

LG new X170 is your average Netbook powered by an Intel Atom N550 or N455 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 250GB of HDD, an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 with the choice of a 10.1” LED backlight LCD featuring a 1366×768 resolution of 1024[...]

LG Korea introduces new X170 Netbook with “SmartPOP” features

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Sakamoto Ryōma has now its own PC

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/11/2010 - 04:28] - 0 - Laptops

One of Japanese modern leader (born in 1836) Sakamoto Ryōma was a key figure to modernize Japan (More on Wikipedia). Being one of Japanese most famous figure, it is natural to think that sooner or later someone would come with a modded[...]

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Acer Japan Announces Three New WiMAX Laptop Models

By Akihabara News Team - [1/11/2010 - 10:59] - 0 - Laptops

Acer Japan will release three models of laptop computers with WiMAX built in, starting this coming Friday. AOD-255-A01B netbook (See Gallery) This 10.1-inch 1024×600-pixel (2007 called, etc etc) netbook comes with Windows 7 Starte[...]

Acer Japan Announces Three New WiMAX Laptop Models

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Sharp to stop selling and manufacturing PCs from now on.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [22/10/2010 - 02:03] - 3 - Desktop Laptops

Sharp, according to Nikkei, announced yesterday that it will no longer sell and manufacturer PC (Personal Computer) including both laptop and desktop. While sharp was not clean on when it will cease all PC production, the company howev[...]

Sharp to stop selling and manufacturing PCs from now on.

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Aspire One Happy’s perky little notebooks

By Akihabara News Team - [13/10/2010 - 11:41] - 0 - Laptops

Acer just announced a new netbook line-up in 4 bright colors: Candy Pink, Lavender Purple, Lime Green and Hawaii Blue. Dual-booting Windows 7 and Android InstantOn, the netbooks seem geared towards mobility and travel: 8 hours of batte[...]

Aspire One Happy’s perky little notebooks

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Toshiba 2010 Autumn-Winter Lineup

By Akihabara News Team - [6/10/2010 - 12:52] - 0 - Desktop Laptops

Toshiba will unleash thirty-one new models into the world as its 2010 autumn-winter Dynabook and Qosmio lineup, the company announced yesterday. Highlights will include 3D capabilities, digital TV tuners, and Blu-ray drives. Seven of t[...]

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Sony add the Pink and White Crorodile option to its Vaio P in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [28/9/2010 - 02:55] - 0 - Laptops

If you are looking for something out of the ordinary, why don’t you give a try to Sony’s latest Vaio P in their Shiny new Pink Crocodile and White Crocodile? Yep, Just announced in Japan the Vaio P will now also be available in this ra[...]

Sony add the Pink and White Crorodile option to its Vaio P in Japan

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Dell’s New Tablet Notebook (IDF 2010)

By Akihabara News Team - [15/9/2010 - 03:51] - 0 - Tablet-PDA

Convertible tablet PCs – that is, tablet PCs that can turn into a regular laptop form factor – have traditionally had swivel screens on hinges that work the same way as the swivel screens on Sony’s Alpha DSLRs, for example. There was a[...]

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NEC LaVie Light Netbook comes with improved CPU and Battery Life

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [13/9/2010 - 04:04] - 1 - Press Conference Laptops

The last but not the least, NEC’s latest netbook, the LaVie Light, still comes with a 10.1” screen but now with a HD Resolution (1366×769), Windows 7 Home Premium, Office Personal 2010, a Dual Core ATOM N550 (1.5GHz), 2GB of[...]

NEC LaVie Light Netbook comes with improved CPU and Battery Life

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Samsung launch new SF and NF laptop.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [1/9/2010 - 01:27] - 1 - Laptops

Samsung today announced the launch of the SF series of ultra-portable notePCs and NF series netbooks. Without compromising on powerful performance and enhanced features, the Samsung SF Series notePCs and NF Series netbooks set a new st[...]

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Samsung add two new X Series Notebook in Korea

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [28/7/2010 - 04:32] - 2 - Laptops

Samsung introduce two new X Series notebooks in Korea with the X430 and X180. The X430 comes with a 14”LED Backlight monitor with a 1366 x 768 resolution, with a Core i3 330UM CPU, an Nvidia GeForce 310M and 4GB of RAM, while the X180,[...]

Samsung add two new X Series Notebook in Korea

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[Review] KDDI IS01, When Sharp brings Android to the rest of us in Japan.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [27/7/2010 - 11:25] - 7 - Review Tablet-PDA

There is no doubt that Sharp changed the Japanese landscape when it comes to Linux based handled and while the Zaurus 3200 is no longer available, we were please to see last march that Sharp is still working hard on bringing Linux in J[...]

[Review] KDDI IS01, When Sharp brings Android to the rest of us in Japan.

LG announces the launch of their latest Netbook, the X140.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [26/7/2010 - 01:09] - 0 - Laptops

Behold LG’s latest 10.1” Notebook the X140. Running on WIndows 7, our Atom Based (1.83GHz) notebook offers a 1366×768 resolution comes with an LED Backlight monitor, a 1.3Mpix WebCamera, 2GB of RAM and 320GB of HDD as well as 3G. [...]

LG announces the launch of their latest Netbook, the X140.

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Samsung N220 Plus Premium unveiled.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [14/7/2010 - 10:12] - 0 - Laptops

Announced with more RAM and larger HDD, the N220 Plus Premium Netbook from Samsung may finally get what it takes to become more attractive. Our 10.1” Notebook comes with an Atom N450 CPU (1.66GHz), up to 11h of battery life, 2GB of RAM[...]

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Samsung upgrade its N and R Series notebook in Korea.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [13/7/2010 - 06:14] - 0 - Laptops

Samsung, Korean largest PC manufacturer, announced some little hardware tweaks and upgrade for its N & R Series notebook including for example : N Series  Both the N Series (N150 Plus, N145 Plus) the adoption of the EBL technology[...]