In a world first, we've managed to get our hands on a review unit of Sony's stunningly thin ultraportable. Most surprisingly, it sports the newest Atom chip from Intel - the Z550 2.0GHz and GMA 500 graphics.

Two chips for two different audiences. One for the lucky ducks in the USA – WiMAX enabled. For us Aussies, it’s going to launch initially without the WiMAX advantage.

The Nvidia Ion finally pops up in HP's latest netbook addition with an 11.6in screen, 250GB HDD and a graphics chip devoted to 1080p video and even some games.

Intel has released a short animated video illustrating the process by which sand is turned into silicon and a CPU. But the over-simplicity has us leaning towards AMD's older and more interesting video

The days of unreliable seven-day forecasts may be a thing of the past, thanks to the Bureau of Meteorology's investment in a new Sun Microsystems supercomputer that uses Intel's new Xeon 5500 chip.

The HP Mini 2140 injects a little prestige back into netbooks, blending style with decent performance and respectable specs.

Asus add yet another netbook to their range: the swivel hinged T91 Eee PC and HP offer the Mini 5101 netbook for professionals. We investigate the perfect netbook for busy professionals

Canon are only the second manufacturer in the Australian market to provide a flash based video camera (Panasonic is the other). Daniel Long gives his first impressions.

The attractive HP Mini 2140 sports an Intel Atom chip, choice of HD or SSD drive options, Win XP, LED screen, massive keyboard and the much sought after 6 cell battery option. Is this the best netbook money can buy?

Those lucky gear-heads over at Atomic have managed to get their mitts on the latest Intel processor, the Core i7 Extreme. From their early review, it looks like a another Intel winner.

Asus have launched their new 2009 range with a bunch of improved netbooks and laptops with better battery specs, better keyboards, touch screens and one model that disperses negative ions.

Finally, a netbook with a real keyboard. The Acer Aspire One A0751 also boasts an iPhone style multi-gesture touchpad and a stylish 16:9 HD display. Is this the end of cramped typing?

DivX playback seems to be the flavour of the month in LCD-land, with Teac's new The 19” Teac LCDV1955HD and the 22” LCDV2255HD TVs supporting the format.

Security and privacy advocates argue that RFID tags could make it easier for hackers to target our private information, as RFIDs permeate every facet of everyday life

Card skimming and online fraudsters are costing Australians over $120m a year, but there is hope say experts. We've got some tips on how to navigate your local ATM and what to look out for.

Graphics cards manufacturer Nvidia posted a fourth quarter $147.7 million loss, as demand for Nvidia-equipped PCs weaken.

We take each week's best rumours from around the world and list them here in the Weekly Rumour Mill.

The new Eee PC 900 from Asus was released for press viewing today at the CeBIT technology show in Germany.

Move over Eee PC, the new HP Mini 1000 reminds us all again why bigger keyboards still rock our world. This could of been the 'mini' notebook to beat all others, except for a few glaring omissions.