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Asus are ready to launch a “killer product” in June according to the company’s chairman. Could Asus be ready to unveil its first Google Chrome OS netbook? Or even a tablet?

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It’s not often a laptop’s packaging makes us fall in love with it, but the Sony Vaio W has done just that. Sony’s ditched all of the Vaio W’s cardboard packaging. Instead, it’s handed over to customers inside its own carry case. No boxes to stash in the attic, or chuck in landfill, and a free laptop bag to boot.

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Lunchtime LowdownThe week is almost over and what a week it’s been with flurries of tech news from CES 2010 and real flurries of snow covering Britain. As we slip slide into Friday afternoon, here’s your round-up of this morning’s tech news, the Lunchtime Lowdown…

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Intel has launched AppUp, a new app store for Windows-based netbooks. Will the processor titans manage to create a store comparable to Apple’s iTunes App Store. Read on to find out what it’s been working on…
Intel’s AppUp store can be accessed through a desktop application for Windows netbooks. Download it and you’ll be able to access Intel’s app catalogue.
Current apps on Intel App Up include a Newsy app and a Boxee app. Intel has also make its SDK available, so if you got developer skills you can start building your own apps.
Intel plans to expand App Up to other devices in the future, with mobile phones, other handhelds and smart TVs like LG’s Skype TV.
Out now | £free | Intel

IntelIntel has launched AppUp, a new app store for Windows-based netbooks. Will the processor titans manage to create a store comparable to Apple’s iTunes App Store and how will it compare to Samsung’s new app store. Read on to find out what it’s been working on…

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Google Chrome OS could be coming to a Google branded Chrome OS netbook. Following the Google Nexus One, it now seems Google may also be working on its own netbook to showcase the net focused OS.
Google has made it clear that it would work with range of manufacturers including Asus, Acer and Lenovo. But it seems it might want to take a little bit more control over the hardware for the Chrome OS netbook.
According to Techcrunch, multiple sources are claiming that Google has been talks at least one hardware manufacturer about building a Google-branded netbook. Google has apparently submitted a request for proposal document, seeking pitches from the netbook makers to fit their specification.
Google doesn’t seem to be in a hurry with the suggestion being that its netbook is on course for Christmas 2010. Google apparently intends to sell the devices directly to consumers. The device will be 3G enabled and be available with various carrier plans making it a potential competitor for the Nokia Booklet.
With the Google Nexus One rumoured to be the mystical Googlephone and these whispers of a Google-branded Netbook, is Google really trying to conquer the hardware world?
Need to know more about Chrome OS? Try our guide to the 5 reasons why Google Chrome OS will reinvent the desktop.
Due 2010 | £TBA | Google (via Techcrunch)

Google Chrome OSGoogle Chrome OS could be coming to a Google branded Chrome OS netbook. Following the Google Nexus One, it now seems Google may also be working on its own netbook to showcase the net focused OS.

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nokia-netbookThe ever-elusive Nokia netbook just took a giant step towards reality: Nokia’s CEO just went on record to say that the the Finnish phone maker is actively looking into the lil’ laptop market. And yes, he used the N word.

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Slim PS3 review: Six months on

A near total improvement on the classic/fat/chubby original PS3

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Slim PS3 review: Online abilities

The slim PS3 deserves credit for flexibility in how you get online

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Red Dead Redemption video: Living In The West reveals gameplay secrets

Red Dead Redemption has been delayed until May but Rockstar has released a Red Dead Redemption gameplay video to keep you hungry for its Wild West adventures. Read on for some new Red Dead Redemption gameplay secrets…

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