Looks like Google have got round to updating their Google Chrome comptability list. If you are planing or wanting to get a new netbook and want to be able to use Google Chrome have click readmore to see the full list.  If your netbook is not there, don't worry as they only list the systems that can run the unmodified Chromium OS source code. It highlights which functionality works and which is broken for the netbooks tested so far. For instance, only those netbooks using the Atheros wireless module will work, the Broadcom module will not. 

Should netbooks have internal DVD drives? It seems to be a major factor for a lot of people that I have spoken to when it comes to getting a netbook or a laptop.  In my experience a major factor for a lot of people is to be able to watch movies etc when they travel and most don’t want to rip their DVD’s to their netbooks or do not know how to do this. When advised about and external DVD drive most did not like the idea of having to carry an external netbook DVD drive. 

What’s your opinion?

Some interesting news from Chris Davies from Slash Gear about Apple maybe blocking support of Atom on OS X 10.6.2 correctly, in a move that is being seen as a strike against not only those individual consumers using the software on non-official machines, but against companies such as Psystar who attempt to sell OS X based non-Apple computers. 

The people on slashgear have an interesting article about Kohjinsha dual-display netbook detailed in video demo. I have used dual display's with PC's for years now and do find it very handy for a lot of applications, having many different apps running at once and being able to sort our you desktop to be able to view them all. After watching the video i must admit it does look very smart, as a can amateur photographer I can see this coming in very handy for displaying a lot of high resolution landscape shots. Hit read more to watch the video  

Are you looking for a netbook bag? Do you want a dedicated netbook bag, a netbook bag that will carry not just your netbook but your netbook accessories? Why use a standard bag when you can get a dedicated netbook bag custom made for netbooks. Click the read more link to see what netbook bags Ultimate-Netbook has to offer.

Ultimate-Netbook sell a large range of netbook cases & netbook bags which gives the customer a lot of choice when deciding on what type of netbook case or/and bag would suite them.  It’s only common sense that when you invest in a netbook to try and protect the netbook from bumps and scratches, this is why a netbook case is an ideal solution.  There are a few different types of netbook case to look at from netbook sleeves, netbook pouch, netbook book style & netbook silicone skin style cases.  All of the cases offer different features and different forms/levels of protection.

Foxconn Technology plans to launch its first smartbooks next year, which are mini-laptops that use microprocessors from Arm Holdings normally found in smartphones.  Foxconn has been asked by telecommunications companies in China and elsewhere to develop smartbooks due to their low prices, said Young Liu, special assistant to the CEO at Foxconn, on the sidelines of an Intel press conference in Taipei.

Looks like we are in for some new hardware for Netbooks well CPU anyway.  Intel's Netbook 2009 platform known as Pine-trail M (Mobile) is about to get faster. At launch in Q1 2010, Intel will add a new Atom N470 clocked at a record 1.83GHz. This is still a single core mobile CPU with an integrated IGP and hyper threading support.