See our side-by-side comparison of the three big guns in the sub-$1,000 mini notebook race, the ASUS N10, S101 and the Eee PC 1000H.

Earlier today I pondered the possibility of an Intel Atom-based smartphone. It looks like I wasn’t far off - Intel has just shown video of an Atom based cordless home phone.

The world’s biggest chip show is on this week in San Francisco and we’re there to bring you live coverage. Stay tuned for news on Atom, Core i7, Larrabee and more.

From budget laptops to ultra-tiny netbooks, ultraportables and high performance, we explain the tricks to finding out the ultimate laptop at the right price.

TechNovus' Nova Navigator aims to bring cloud computing to the masses, with a cheap Intel Atom PC designed to run apps over the Web.

Will Intel's new Atom chips finally mean an end to crappy performance on mini laptops?

Can a new Intel chip put make the sub $1,000 portable even more attractive? We cast our eyes over the ASUS Eee PC 1000HE's tasty looking specifications.

They’re faster than hard drives, and save battery life, but do they last? Intel says yes, and has 80GB and 160GB SSDs on the way.

Up till now Intel has hogged all the glory in the super light space with cheap and cheerful Atom notebooks. No more.

Battery life is turning into a major selling point, as we discover when we tested Toshiba's new mini NB100 netbook.

This picture sums up the mini-notebook frenzy at Intel's IDF in San Francisco – we’ve never seen so many mini notebooks in one place.

Here's our quick guide to buying a cheap laptop that isn't a pile of junk - from CPUs, to graphics, to price and other specs.

The battle of the mini-notebooks heats up. We get our first peek at Acer's new pint-sized Eee PC challenger, the Aspire One.

Our pics and first impressions of the hotly anticipated ultra-cheapie, and yes, it's better than the Eee in several ways.

We've put both mini-notebooks through their paces, and while Linux fans may disagree, the winner is clear.

Could a new wave of cheaper ultra-portables make you reconsider the cheap-as-chips netbook?

If you're wondering if a netbook is the perfect laptop for you, ask yourself this: will you want to work or play on your new laptop for hours at a time whilst viewing a screen 10 inches in size?

We sat down with AMD at CES to see what the company has in store for 2009, and find some things worth getting excited about.

The 1000HE could be our new favourite if ASUS’ claims of 9.5 hour battery life stack up.

Hot on the heels of the Eee PC 1000 comes the "N Series", which ASUS calls the netbook's "next of kin".