It looks the Asus Eee Box isn’t the only interesting mini-desktop around. Amid the swathes of Centrino 2 and small form factor notebooks at IDF this week, we spotted this – a mini Centrino 2 desktop.

William Maher wonders if expensive notebooks are really that much better than the $499 EeePC.

Intel promises you'll be able to watch a full Blu-Ray movie on a single battery charge, once again highlighting the woeful battery problems facing laptop users.

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.

Buying a mid-range Dell notebook now means a choice between Dell's Inspiron, Studio and XPS notebooks. We examine the value.

It looks like a high school science project, but is actually the first step towards one day wirelessly powering your notebook or mobile phone.

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.

Only it’s not the Turbo Mode of the early 90s. Intel sheds new light on its Core (Nehalem) CPU, including excessive use of the word “turbo”.

Oh, and it’s power efficient too. Follow our coverage of the next big desktop processor from the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.

We’ve just seen the demo, and frankly, we’re blown away. High resolution beach-scapes, ultra-realistic water ripples, wind blowing through the tall grass. Wait, is that...?

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.

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.

It seems that Samsung may be a player to watch in laptops - we've just seen their new range including the NC20 and N120, and we have to say we're impressed

Wireless web access at 200MBps may sound like a dream for ADSL users, but it’s the vision promised if WiMax takes off in Australia. The question is, when will it be widely available? Now one Aussie ISP has blown away claims that the next-gen technology is flawed.

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 bad news is that Sony says these sexy 11.1in Vaio TZ laptops are at risk of overheating. But there is something about Sony's Vaio laptops that should make you happy.