Apple “Tablet” rumors bump up stocks

Let’s face it: this Apple Tablet — (whatsitgonnabecalled? -> iTablet? MacBook Touch?) — has been a long time coming. And now Mac fanbois everywhere are going ape crazy on the possibility of Steve Jobs’ version of the netbook might launch in January — to the point that it is making Apple stocks a very tasty

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nVidia ION allows Blu-Ray viewing on a netbook

nVidia’s ION graphics chip is looking more like a winner by the moment. We talked about the nVidia ION’s graphics capabilities at length, and what a boon they can be to netbooks. But now, David Ragones, product line manager at Nvidia claims here at a CNET.com article that nVidia ION for netbooks supports blu-ray playback.

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ASUS Eee PC 1201N — Fastest Netbook of the moment?

If there are characteristics that should be expected from a netbook — to be lightning FAST is not one of them. A netbook is portable, trendy, affordable, mobile, light, and undeniably cute. So if what we hear about the ASUS Eee PC 1201N is all true, that is not such a bad thing at all.

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Seagate Momentus: World’s Thinnest 2.5 Hard Drive

To add fuel to a netbook-induced craze that has gripped the computer-buying public these holidays, hard drive manufacturer Seagate has released an ultra-thin 2.5-inch hard disk drive obviously targeted at netbooks and ultra-portables. Found this via NetbookChoice.com:

Seagate has announced a new hard-disk drive that it claims is the world’s thinnest at 7mm. The Seagate Momentus

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External Hard Drive: the perfect Netbook accessory

(cue nostalgic music)… I remember the first PC I assembled by myself. It had 256MB of RAM, and AMD processor and a 10GB Hard Drive — you heard that right, a dinky 10GBs. Gone are those days, even netbooks today come with a 160GB HDD at the very least. But the way we consume, create,

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The MacBook Air Superdrive dilemma

So yeah, we get that you are obviously an Apple fanboi — no harm in being loyal to specific products.  And you’re a guy on-the-move — you do business online, you are a poster boy for everything portable, your office is the coffee shop, the metro, Central Park, or wherever you choose it to be.

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Top 10 External Hard Drives for this holiday season

And now we bring you a holiday gift idea that is 99% on the spot — who doesn’t need that extra data storage space? External Hard Drives are dime-a-dozen, that’s why it’s hard to pick out the good ones. Well, never fear, MacPCWiz to save the day for you. And here we go with our

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November’s Bestselling NETBOOKS

As the holiday season goes into full swing, you’ll be hearing more and more of this, the computer system of the year by far – the NETBOOK. The biggest shopping holiday of the year, Black Friday, has come and gone (that’s “when-Americans-get-into-an-irrational-buying-frenzy-every-end-of-November-and-buy-everything-they-see” to you non-US residents) and we here at MacPCWiz list down for you

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Black Friday’s Big Winner – NETBOOKS

For Black Friday madness, there will always be winners and losers — the ones who got what they wanted, and the ones who didn’t do so well. Today at MacPCWiz we take a look at the big winners for Black Friday shopping madness. Netbooks, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, and yes, Twitter — they all were

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