Engadget is reporting on something rather interesting concerning the 5.6-inch ultra low voltage Vulcan FlipStart (or Vulcan FlipStart 1.0 as they were calling it). Not much has been heard out of this company since the influx of ultraportable and ultra-cheap “netbooks or “subnotebooks” that flooded … Read more
Amazon has an ultraportable 13.3-inch Sony laptop up on their “Today’s Deals” section, with quite a large one day only discount. It’s the Sony VAIO VGN-SZ691N/X (although it has been discounted this heavily in recent weeks, probably to be phased out for the Sony SZ7 … Read more
Couple of semi-important stories (especially if they affect you). First, CNET is reporting on Intel releasing updated DirectX 10 graphics drivers for its Intel Mobile GM965 Express chipset, aka the X3100 Graphics Media Accelerator. Many ultraportable laptops use the integrated graphics that are available with … Read more
SlashGear is reporting that the US launch of the Asus Eee PC 900, the 8.9-inch version of the 7-inch Asus Eee PC ultraportable netbook/sub-notebook is fast approaching. As a matter of fact, they are talking a week away from today – May 12, 2008. They … Read more
Over the weekend, Gear Diary published a new review of the The Toshiba Portege R500, Toshiba’s high-end 12.1-inch ultraportable laptop with an LED-backlit display. Part of what makes this a little more high-end than other 12.1-inch laptops is that the particular model reviewed has a … Read more