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The Power Mac-MasterCard promotion runs until Dec. 18. The offer is available at Power Mac stores at Greenbelt 3, Power Plant Mall, SM Megamall, SM City North Edsa, SM Mall of Asia, and Trinoma.

It was a seemingly uneventful weekend when, unannounced, we were introduced to the HP Pavilion tx2502AU.

What can we say, we got mesmerized by the outer beauty of this twisting wonder from HP. It was as if the thing has some magical powers that could stun first-time lookers.

Us? We got zapped, actually. Read the rest of this entry

Ask Lilliput, being tiny has its advantages.

You fit in a pocket, you don’t have to dunk to hide, you can hop on a horse’s back and feel on top of the world. You get tossed in the wind, you can be ubiquitous yet quite unseen.

Thanks to the miniaturization of chips, gadgets are going the way of Lilliput, getting smaller every day. In Geekland, a generation of minis is being born. For one, the mini notebook is here, a category of its own in the PC market, officially called sub-notebooks or netbooks. Read the rest of this entry

Third time is a charm. Asus recently launched the third series of its popular line of mini notebooks, giving consumers more choices in terms of features and price points.

The new Eee PC 1000H comes on the heels of the Eee PC 900, which the company rolled out quite recently, too. Although a welcome development, the company admits that releasing fresher models so near from the last one runs the risk of displeasing some earlier buyers. Read the rest of this entry