What exactly was it that made netbooks so great, and where did they go? An Asus EEE PC shown here running Linux. You could run anything on them! Because they were real, full-fat computers.

Thanks to their utilitarian design and low prices, netbooks are inspiring a booming subculture of hackers souping up their liliputers with touchscreens, Bluetooth and unauthorized operating ...

Netbooks are under pressure as tech firms concentrate on mobile computing Rising prices and better alternatives may mean curtains for netbooks. The small, portable computers were popular in 2009, but ...

Netbooks are dead. Good riddance! Just a few years ago, these small, underpowered, ultracheap laptops were considered the future of the computer industry. In 2008 and 2009, recession-strapped ...

But I have one thing that's a must for Windows 7 - It must support netbooks. Here's why. During Q3 of this year, netbooks showed strong, albeit single-digit percentage growth, compared to PC sales ...

As Intel's investment into the Moblin OS gets increasing attention, and more non-technical users are introduced to Linux-based platforms in the shape of low-cost netbooks, 2009 will see open ...

Netbooks are dead, long live the Chromebook. Lewin Day wrote up a proper trip down Netbook Nostalgia Lane earlier this month. That’s required reading, go check it out and come back. You’re back?

BoingBoing Gadgets’ netbook compatibility chart is a great resource for putting Mac OS on netbooks. But before taking the Hackintosh plunge, here are the major contenders’ strengths ...

I’ve suggested several times that in the near future computers will penetrate nearly every aspect of your daily life: After all, netbooks are relatively new tech and they’re small enough to ...

Editor’s note: Acer denied on Jan. 19 that it is phasing out netbooks in favor of tablets, saying in a press release, “the range of devices available to users is getting wider and tablets are ...

If netbooks continue to grow as predicted, they will cause a major erosion of the low end of PC market, forcing Microsoft to either scale down Vista to something closer to Windows XP, or to ...