The netbook market has never been this competitive. Taiwanese netbook manufacturer Micro-Star International or MSI has recently made the MSI Wind U115 Hybrid (or the MSI Wind U115H) unit available in the United Kingdom and in Japan.

The MSI Wind U115 Hybrid boasts of being the first netbook computer to operate both SSD and HDD hard drives simultaneously. This brings a world of benefits such as shock absorbency, better energy consumption and speed. This units has Intel’s latest Poulsbo chipset with a 160GB hard-disk drive plus a 8GB solid-state drive. The 16GB SSD + 120GB HDD options are on the way. The Z series Atom processor promotes power efficiency for those long hours of computing.

With the newer Intel mainboard chipset, the MSI Wind U115 Hybrid can decode of H.264, MPEG-2 and VC-1 videos. Talk about bringing you videos on the go. The MSI Wind U115 Hybrid has a 10-inch (1024 x 600) matte display with a 1.3MP webcam and internal microphone. Battery life is a whopping 13 hours on a 6-cell pack and 25 hours on a 9-cell pack.

The MSI Wind U115 Hybrid is on sale for about $675-$750. It does sound quite pricey. But remember the benefits you will get especially the 13 hour battery life and the 720p video playback. The MSI Wind U115 Hybrid seems to be worth every penny.

SOURCES: ENGADGET, ELECTRONISTA, NETBOOKCHOICE, MSI HOMEPAGE

In the immediate future, Asus will launch the Eee PC 1005HA. The newest Netbook from Asus sports a 160GB Hard drive (with 10GB complimentary online Eee Storage), a 10.1-inch LED-backlit display (1,024 x 600 resolution), 1GB of DDR2 RAM, VGA output, three USB 2.0 sockets, a 0.3 or 1.3 megapixel webcam,  Ethernet, 02.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, a multicard reader and audio in / out. The Asus Eee PC 1005HA comes in two models which differ in processing power: model 1005HA-M with Intel Atom N270 or the model 1005-HA-H that comes with the Intel Atom N280. Both units come with Windows XP Home.

However, one of the intriguing parts of the Asus Eee PC 1005HA is the rumored removable battery that lasts for an astonishing 10.5 hours. Should this be true, the unit’s weight will slightly be heavier. However, this should be a small sacrifice to carry for a longer battery life. It remains to be seen.

The ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-M will go on sale for $405 while the Asus Eee PC 1005HA-H at $473.

Asus is aggressively sending out new models and campaigning heavily due to other companies such as HP and Acer that are jogging for position in the netbook industry.

SOURCES: SLASHGEAR, ENGADGET, FUDZILLA, NETBOOKCHOICE, ITPROPORTAL

It seems that a 13-year-old girl was really concerned by her mother being obssessed by World of Warcraft. I’m not going to discuss the game as I don’t play it, I prefer car simulation games and soccer games, especially the ones that are played on a real field. Here’s the excerpt:

“I know it sounds ridiculous but my mother has started playing the computer game WoW, World of Warcraft,” wrote the 13-year-old.

“This summer she has been sitting up all day and all night and she forgets what’s important to me. And when she’s not at the computer she’s like a lost soul. She just looks straight ahead and says nothing. I’m not doing so well.”

Other problems are dads watching porn on the internet and both parents stuck on internet chatrooms.

This is the place where probably most of them meet! Here’s an excerpt:

“It seems that my dad is ‘unfaithful’,” wrote one 15-year-old boy.

“I read his MSN conversation log. I was just curious. And then I saw that he was talking to, like, young girls. And the disgusting part is that he’s 53!

“And they talk about sex and how they’re going to meet and everything. It makes me want to puke. It really makes me feel bad.

“I don’t know if I should tell mum because I’m worried they’ll get a divorce. Please, what should I do?”

This was all written in a report published in Sweden from Children’s Rights in Society.

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Source: The Local via Slashdot

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OCZ is known as a expensive gaming memory manufacturer, and having their reputation on notebooks is what every enthusiast wants.

For starters, you won’t  be able to customize much, only choose between Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, a TV tuner, and a Intel 4965AGN 802.11a/g/n wireless adapter. The standard components are a 15.4″ WXGA display, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB GPU, Intel PM965 northbridge/ICH8M southbridge, SATA support for HDDs or SSDs, 8x dual-layer DVD burner, four USB 2.0 ports, ExpressCard 34/54 slot, and a fingerprint reader

“For years consumers have wanted to build their own mobile computing platforms, but the product offerings and market simply did not serve them as they did in the desktop do it yourself segment,” said OCZ Systems Solutions Product Manager Eugene Chang. “With the OCZ Do-It-Yourself Notebook initiative, OCZ empowers with the resources like validated component guides, documentation, tech support, and a warranty to allow consumers to configure and build a true gaming notebook with the exact specification that matches their unique requirements.”

Source: DailyTech via TheGadgetSite

Microsoft launched a new package of its Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. It comes in pink colour, hopefully will have some extras direct to the female population. (Yes, pink looks better on girls).

This edition comes with one year subscription of Windows Live OneCare and a copy of a Windows Vista tips & tricks book.

Source: 2dayBlog

No offense to anyone who is anorexic, especially top models. The new Lenovo X300 surely impresses even the guys at Apple, because the MacBook Air is 0.1lbs heavier than the X300…

You should get different versions, but the most recent one I saw had an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU at 1.2GHz with 4MB cache against MacBook’s 1.6GHz, 2GB of RAM which is the same as its Apple counterpart. The hard drive is only 64GB against Apple’s 80GB, but there are 3 USB ports, and a DVD writer, which doesn’t even exist in the MacBook.

Source: Engadget via TheGadgetSite