Intel has released a beta version of its Linux-based Moblin 2.0 operating system designed for netbooks and nettops..

Ludicrously big batteries will arrive this year for laptops, says MSI, at the launch of its Wind U100+ netbook and ultra-thin X340 laptop.

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.

Apple's Macbook Pro may be getting all the hype, but Sony's Vaio remains perhaps one of the classiest non-Apple competitors on the market.

Love or hate them, the Netbook is here to stay in 2009. We take a look at five new models: some are contenders and others are likely to be quickly forgotten.

Well designed, solid and well-featured, but the battery life sells it short.

There’s a lot to like, but it doesn’t stand out from the crowd.

Dell’s long-awaited netbook has much to recommend it, but it’s far from the perfect product.

Stylish, sophisticated and super-portable: this is the netbook you’ll have to hide from your friends.

Fantastic looks but a high price for what is, essentially, the same old netbook under the hood.

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

Is Sony’s new Vaio P the new Lord of the Mini Notebooks? The tiny mini-me laptop weighs a puny 600grams, with 60GB HDD or 128GB SSD.

A good netbook with lots of storage, but battery life keeps it from being great

The HP Mini 1001TU lid has a silver spiraling pattern across the piano black surface, making it the most attractive netbook we’ve seen.

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.

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

Since the release of the Eee PC 701, the 'Notebook' has dominated. Easy to use, cheap and able to be left on the coffee table next to the remote, Notebooks are true appliance computing. The choice of which one to buy comes down to personal preference, but it's hard not to prefer those with the best usability. Our rundown of your options covers their performance, battery life, and design.

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.

Yes, it’s bigger and dearer than ever, but it’s also the most usable and well-made Eee PC yet.

Windows 7 is a bit lighter than Vista and the pre-Beta is now available to developers and whoever has an Internet connection.