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The Mini Notebook Invation

The hottest thing in the laptop world right now are MiniNotebooks. I first heard of this when I was reading about Asus's Eee Pc a few months ago, but today even the big boys like HP are entering the market with their 2133 Mini Notebook ($600). But the one that I'm very delighted about is Acer's Aspire One ($380-$425) It runs on Linpus Lite Linux, uses the new intel Atom processor, and is very sleek and cool. The link provided is from Laptop Magazine , it has an in depth look as well as (7) minutes of hands on video with the machine, that you should check out. Enjoy, Have a great weekend everyone. -Ash

Major xBox 360 news + Flash WarGame

xBox 360: --------- So 2 very exciting news: #1. The price is coming down, and the storage capacity is going up. You read right, according to an article from SEATTLE's Associate Press, the 360 is planning to increase the hardware capacity to 60gb ($350), and the price of the 20gb 360 will go down to ($299). This is great news, especially for those (like yours truly) who have been too busy to actually get one these. The full article [ here ]. #2. Microsoft announced that they will be giving the dashboard a major face-lift, a 3d face-lift to be exact, including 3d avatars, video chat capabilities and all the extra goodness that comes with the 360 and then some. The full article [ here ]. Flash: ------ Do you like flash games? Do you like card games? then "The Continuum" is defiantly for you. Seven Lights is the publisher of this new card WarGame, and they are targeting the HardCore gamers. They claim that its not one of those 30 minute games that flash developers tend to ma

Eee PC 900: With Touch Screen.

I've been reading many tech blogs recently, and a subject that keeps coming up is the Asus Eee PC 900 . Its a brand of laptops that are coming out, mostly known for their super light weight and open source compatibility. Since almost every device coming out these days has some sort of TochScreen technology implemented, many techies have been wonder as to when the Eee PC will start to support it. Well, look no further, through the Engadget blog , I was linked to jkkMobile.com , and he has successfully moded his Eee PC with a TouchScreen, you can check out his video [ here ]