Kohjinsha Releases Dual-Screen Laptop, The Kohjinsha DZ Netbook

Japanese laptop maker Kohjinsha has released a dual-screen laptop in time for Christmas. The Kohjinsha DZ has two 10.1” LCDs with 1024 x 600 resolution, a 1.6GHz Athlon Neo MV-40, 1GB of RAM (can upgrade to 4GB), ATI Radeon HD 3200, 160GB HDD, b/g/n wi-fi . The unit has a 4.5h battery life and weighs 1.84 kg. The starting price is about $900 (¥79,800), but to be the first on your block with one in America will cost closer to $1,100. We are huge fans of the multi-screen laptop con...

NYTimes.com Offers Digital Subscribers Overpriced “Discount”

In an effort to increase online revenues,  The New York Times is offering a offering a digital version of the newspaper formatted to look like the print version for an annual subscription price of $179.40 To sweeten this already questionable deal, (identical content is available on the site for free) the paper is offering digital subscribers a $100 discount on a Samsung Go netbook at J&R.  The price of the netbook after the discount is $279.99 (about what similarly powered netbooks co...

Asus In Talks To Acquire Toshiba’s Laptop Division

Asus Chairman Jonney Shih was quoted in China's Commercial Times saying that his company had had talks with Toshiba regarding acquisition of its notebook business.  To date, though, nothing has been finalized. Asus, who basically  invented the netbook segment with its eee PC line, has not yet acquired any other brands, unlike its competitor Acer, who purchased Gateway and eMachines. Still basically a rumor at this stage, but could be interesting to keep an eye on. [via ZDNet via Dig...

ASUS Eee PC 1101HA (Seashell) Is Our Favorite New (Larger Format) Netbook

If you love netbooks but miss having more screen real estate, Asus' newest netbook addition combines a best of both-worlds wide-screen 1366 x 768 display with longer battery life and a slim clam-shell design.  These still come with XP and use the new Intel Atom z520, which is even lower power-consumption than the N270.  As with all netbooks, we recommend bumping up the RAM as much as possible. List price: $429.99 Specifications Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home (Pre...

Creative’s Zii Released: The World’s First 1080p Blu-ray Quality Handheld Media Processor

Creative spinoff ZiiLABS has cooked up a new system-on-a-chip architecture for high-demand, low-power, mobile media applications. Expect to see this chip in portable media players, e-book readers, smart phones and netbooks in the near future. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW9rUfejLss] The Press Release: ZiiLABS Introduces ZMS-08: The World's First 1080p Blu-ray Quality Handheld Media Processor New ZMS-08 StemCell Processor Offers Faster, Lower-Power Single Chip Solut...

New Asus Tablet-Laptop Touchscreen Netbook Now On Sale in US

The new Asus Eee PC T91MT is now available on Amazon.com (in white only) for $532.00. We're not necessarily sold.  But for those who absolutely have to have touch-screen capability and who really need the ability to flip their monitor around to use their laptop in tablet format and who don't mind a significantly smaller screen size, lower processor speed and less storage space than the cheaper 1000-1009 series, then this just might be the netbook for you. Unfortunately,  touch-screens ...