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• HP to announce 3D laptop, fastest netbook

  Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday plans to announce new laptops, including its fastest netbook and first 3D laptop, which combines cutting-edge technologies to raise the bar in performance.

• Netbooks with Intel's dual-core Atom chip go on sale

  Online retailers have started selling netbooks with Intel's new dual-core Atom processor, ahead of official product announcements from PC makers.

• Laptops with AMD's Fusion chip to ship early next year

  Smaller and power-efficient laptops with Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming Fusion hybrid chips will reach shelves "early next year," company officials said on Tuesday.

• Intel releases faster dual-core Atom netbook processor

  Intel on Monday released a dual-core Atom N550 processor, which the company says will bring improved application and graphics performance to netbooks while retaining long battery life.

• Intel and Dell sue Canadian company for 'netbook' trademark

  Intel and Dell are seeking from the U.S. District Court and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a trademark cancellation over the term "netbook", held by rugged mobile computing solutions vendor, Psion Teklogix.

• Samsung to show off Android 2.2-based tablet next month

  Samsung is expected to show off an Android-based tablet dubbed the P1000 Galaxy Tab at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin next month, according to multiple reports. The tablet is said to feature a 7-inch touchscreen and offer live video chat capabilities.

• Acer debuts new dual Android, Windows XP netbook

  Acer's latest crack at combining Google's Android mobile software and Microsoft's Windows XP OS in the same netbook was unveiled at a computer show in Taipei on Thursday.

• Online sales of Dell Streak could begin Wednesday

  Online sales of the Dell Streak wireless tablet, with a five-inch screen that many say makes it look like an Android smartphone, could begin as soon as tomorrow, according to online speculation.

• OpenSUSE 11.3 released with two netbook options

  After nine months of development, the Novell-backed openSUSE Linux distribution has released version 11.3 which adds support for netbooks, touchscreen interfaces and a cloud-based backup and synchronisation service.

• Intel's Meego OS shown on multitouch tablet

  Intel has posted a demonstration of its Linux-based Meego OS for tablet computers via a YouTube video that shows the OS's multitouch support, multitasking and integrated social networking.

• Acer chooses AMD chips for new netbooks

  Acer on Friday announced new netbooks based on chips from Advanced Micro Devices, a win for the chip company's efforts to grab market share from rival Intel.

• MeeGo adds developers, needs 'investment' to succeed

  Less than a week after the MeeGo 1.0 netbook operating system was released by Intel and Nokia, six companies have announced support for the platform while a market analyst firm has called for a "major investment" if it is to compete with Apple, Google and Microsoft.

• Nokia, Intel release MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks

  The mobile software collaboration project between Intel and Nokia has yielded the first release of MeeGo for netbooks with version 1.0 now available for download.

• Netbook sellers need not fear the iPad, says analyst

  Apple's iPad won't put a crimp on sales of netbooks this year, an analyst has predicted.

• Intel says dual-core Atom netbook coming

  Intel on Tuesday showed off a netbook with a dual-core Atom processor as it talked up efforts to crank up the performance of the low-cost laptops.