h4Vaio P dubbed an... ahem... 'lifestyle PC'./h4 pstrongCES/strong Yes, Sony did it: today, it unveiled an 8in netbook - or "ultra-portable PC", as the consumer electronics giant would rather you called it. It also used the term "lifestyle PC"..../p

h4Sexier than an Eee Box?/h4 pDSGi's Advent offshoot has followed up its various netbooks with a desktop machine based on Intel's Atom processor..../pa href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/hardware;sz=468x60;ord=123456789?" target="_blank" img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/hardware;sz=468x60;ord=123456789?" width="468" height="60" border="0" alt=""/a

h4VIA-running Mini 2133's successor?/h4 pstrongCES/strong Has HP's netbook product line finally put VIA's C7-M processor behind it? Certainly, the company's latest model, the business-oriented Mini 2140 uses an Intel Atom CPU..../pa href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/hardware;sz=468x60;ord=423456789?" target="_blank" img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/hardware;sz=468x60;ord=423456789?" width="468" height="60" border="0" alt=""/a

h4The keyboard-cum-display-cum-PC/h4 pAsus has kicked of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with a sneak preview of its upcoming Eee keyboard-cum-PC, which features an integrated display..../p

h4Macs to join PCs in the cloud/h4 pstrongMacworld Expo/strong Microsoft has announced two products designed to provide users of Office 2008 for Mac with improved access to existing server-based Microsoft services..../p

h4Watch films whilst typing emails/h4 pTwo heads are better than one, as the saying goes. But are two laptop screens better than one? Well, if you want to find out then your pockets had better be deep because the price of Lenovo’s dual-screen ThinkPad has now been confirmed..../p

h4Mid-size movie machine/h4 pDell has expanded its low-cost Inspiron laptop line with the launch of the Inspiron 15..../p

h4Wind U115 blows into Taiwan/h4 pMSI has introduced its anticipated Wind U115 - a netbook that incorporates an SSD emand/em a hard drive..../p

h4Intel rivals prep dual-core netbook chips/h4 p2009 promises to be the Year of the Dual-Core Netbook, what with low-power dualies from Freescale, AMD, and VIA Technologies poised to join Intel's dual-core a href="http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupId=35641" target="_blank"Atom 330/a..../pa href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/hardware;sz=468x60;ord=123456789?" target="_blank" img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/hardware;sz=468x60;ord=123456789?" width="468" height="60" border="0" alt=""/a

h4PictureBook revival?/h4 pSony is now teasing Japanese punters about what could be a new, tiny Vaio notebook, having begun baiting New Zealanders earlier this week..../p

h4More laptops than desktops shipped in Q3, apparently/h4 pMore laptops shipped in Q3 than desktops, the first time this has ever happen during a given quarter, apparently..../p

h4Bonkers Intel size rules to blame?/h4 pVIA may claim its Nano processor isn't for netbooks, but that won't stop Samsung next month unveiling a 12in notebook-not-netbook based on the chip..../pa href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/hardware;sz=468x60;ord=223456789?" target="_blank" img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/hardware;sz=468x60;ord=223456789?" width="468" height="60" border="0" alt=""/a

h43,353,088 pixels, at your service/h4 pWord has leaked out that Lenovo plans to release the world's first dual-display laptop at next month's Consumer Electronics Show (a href="http://www.cesweb.org/" target="_blank"CES/a)..../p

h4Kiwis peck away at teaser website/h4 pFrom the far side of the world Sony New Zealand is telling us that a new Vaio is coming..../p

h4Windows PC comeback/h4 pThere's a good chance little Suzie won't get the Mac desktop she wanted for Christmas, according to industry bean-counter NPD. The firm's US sales statistics for November show Windows PCs retook ground against Macs in the lead-up to the holidays..../pa href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/hardware;sz=468x60;ord=223456789?" target="_blank" img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/hardware;sz=468x60;ord=223456789?" width="468" height="60" border="0" alt=""/a

h4Notebook-style netbook debuts/h4 pAsus has sexed-up the 10in end of its Eee PC line with a new-look glossy design it hopes will win buyers who might have otherwise opted for rival netbooks..../p

h4Good news for netbook owners?/h4 pNokia will ship a USB HSDPA 3G dongle early next year in a bid to grab a share of the growing laptop-oriented mobile broadband business..../p

h4Market watcher predicts big shift to HDDs/h4 pHas the solid-state drive had its day - at least as a key component of Small, Cheap Computers? That's what one Asian market watcher reckons..../p

h4In like Flint/h4 pUK carrier O2 has begun offering HTC's year-old attempt to pre-empt the netbook market, branding the 3G-enabled device as the XDA Flint..../p

h4emHow/em much?/h4 pTop marks to supermarket chain Lidl for missing the 'cheap' in 'Small, Cheap Computer'. It wants a whopping £390 for a bog-standard 10in netbook..../p

h4Small, cheap desktops to gain GeForce IGP/h4 pNvidia is to tweak its MCP79 chipset to work with Intel's Atom processor, it has been claimed..../p

h4Work in a cold climate/h4 pAs the winter temperature plummets and heating costs rise, emRegister Hardware’s/em hacks have grown fond of the leg warmth generated by laptops. But if you’re not a fan, check out Logitech’s latest..../p

h4Aspire One quarter's most popular machine/h4 pAnd the most popular netbook in Q3 was... the Acer Aspire One, closely followed by - surprise, surprise - the combined collection of Asus Eee PCs..../p

h4Total SoC integration/h4 pIntel's 32nm Atom chip - aka 'Medfield' - has popped up on the chip giant's roadmap with a 2010 release window..../p

h4HIS unot/u making mini-laptops/h4 pGraphics card maker HIS has warned punters off of netbooks bearing its brand - it didn't make them..../pa href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/hardware;sz=468x60;ord=423456789?" target="_blank" img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/hardware;sz=468x60;ord=423456789?" width="468" height="60" border="0" alt=""/a

h4Home cinema notebook/h4 pSupermarket-PC vendor Medion has blast the wraps off the Akoya P8610 desktop replacement note