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NetbookTech wins a 2010 Golden Retrevo Award!

We’re honored and absolutely thrilled to announce that NetbookTech has won a 2010 Golden Retrevo Award for outstanding achievement in the “Laptops, Netbooks, & Desktops” space at Retrevo.com. In case you’re not familiar with Retrevo, they’re one of the top consumer electronics shopping and reviews sites out there with more than 5 million visitors a month. Getting an award from Retrevo is truly an honor and we’d like to extend our sincerest thanks to everyone at Retrevo and the general pub...

Seagate to launch 7mm laptop hard disk; ushers in thinner PCs

Seagate said on Tuesday that it will soon launch a new, 7mm-thick laptop hard drive that’s 25 percent thinner than current models. The launch, which is planned for the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in January, will allow computer makers to build even thinner laptop computers. Disk drives for laptop computers are typically 9.5 mm or 12.5 mm thick. As you might expect, thicker drives offer greater capacity because they can fit an extra storage platter inside. But recent technological adv...

AT&T Now Offering Subsidized 3G Samsung Go

AT&T is now offering another netbook which it will subsidize for you upon signing up for a data plan. The Samsung Go will feature Windows 7, but only Starter Edition. The latest netbook which AT&T is offering under the subsidy arrangement (requiring a 2 year data plan signup from the consumer) is the Samsung Go. The mini-notebook tips the scales at 2.8lbs and sports a midnight blue "soft texture" design featuring rounded edges and a chiclet keyboard. The netbook specs are fairly st...