Proposed buyout will get messy, but could have big rewards.

The price war among Netbooks and mini-notebooks is hot at the moment, especially leading up to Christmas. We source the best prices from around the net this week.

Small enough to fit in your pocket but with enough power to make light work of rusty screws and flat-packed furniture

Potential deal valued at $1.6bn.

Good quality and with a proper li-ion battery, but expensive and bulky compared to the Olympus.

The Korean-made JNC SSF-70 is very cool, neat and bursting with goodies – it comes with 128MB of MP3 storage plus voice recording plus a built in FM scanning tuner plus a built in auto-charging battery – all in a tiny tube designed to hang ‘round your neck on a special earphone/neck strap combo.

Mobile phones are experiencing their second major evolution. Its not one of form factor, but of functionality.

Developer alters game code to propose to girlfriend. Meanwhile, millions of gamers around the world wish their girlfriends actually played games.

The Kodak EasyShare Printer Dock 6000 is a tiny photo printer-cum-camera dock for Kodak EasyShare CX/DX 6000 and LS600-series cameras. Although it's designed to print 4 x 6in borderless prints, the dock is capable of a lot more. The abundance of functions this dock can perform boggles the mind. Ranging from slide show streaming, three-hour camera Li-Ion battery charging, multiple print runs and PC file-synching, this printer does it all.

Web giant rolls out plan for internal shake up.

Search leader Baidu's revenue up 175 per cent with new services.

It’s a tad heavier than the EeePC, but the kicker is the options, and there’s lots of them.

Craig Grannell reveals quick, efficient ways to add interactive components to websites.

Great in day-to-day use, but poor software and high price dent its appeal.

Still the easiest GPS to use, the new third generation TomTom trounces the competition.

Not the best road handling, but the offroad features could make it very attractive.

Stacks of potential, but current hardware is underwhelming and the client software a mess.

Some useful features and cheaper than TomTom’s One. But there are some issues.

Receiving this model last month, we knew we were seeing innovation in action with the introduction of OLED technology and the ultra wide and bright 2.2-inch display. OLED allows for less power consumption while providing a noticeably brighter and clearer display than other technologies – perfect for direct sunlight and angular viewing.

The WAITEC Clipp represents an interesting fusion of technology, and has the distinction of being the first portable MP3 player that also doubles as a 4x CD writer.