LaptopMag got their hands on a Samsung NC10.  After testing the battery, they found that the battery lasts more than 5 hours which is unheard of with almost any other netbook.
By making some subtle changes (i.e using a state-of-the-art SSD drive) they were able to almost squeeze 8 hours from the battery.
Samsung appears to be serious about making big waves in the US PC market.  It’ll be interesting to see what other goodies Samsung has waiting.

If you like Kool-Aid, there’s a great article on Linux-Watch.com
It makes sense an article bashing Windows 7 would show up on the site, but it completely goes against a couple key facts that appear to be known to everyone but them. 
First, almost no consumers user Linux.  This is key when it comes to netbooks because netbooks are aimed at schools or business users looking for a PC companion.  When people have a problem they want to be able to make changes themselves, or call someone that can help them.  Some …

If you have an Asus Eee PC netbook, there’s a hack you may not have heard about.  You can change the screen orientation from landscape to portrait.
This is great if you want to use your netbook as an ebook reader since the page orientation is up and down instead of side to side.
From the article:
You either use a program called EeeRotate. Although it has no official relationship with Asustek, Eee Rotate was said to be created specifically for the Eee PCs. It runs on Windows XP-powered Eee PCs and all …

CDs as we now it, are over as a distribution method for software. Using a USB hard drive allows you to install anything. If you want to install XP on your netbook, it’s a lot easier than you’d think.
In fact, Liliputing has an article that breaks it down for you and makes it plain and simple.
You can read all about it here.

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