There's no way one site can possibly review every product or break every single news story. So, I'll be doing a regular catchup and link to  bunch of stories that I come by.

Liliputing Review of the Asus Eee PC 1001P

Over at Liliputing, they've got a review of the Asus Eee PC 1001P - what they're calling the "Cheapest netbook with an 8 hour battery". 

Liliputing reports that:

"This model comes with 802.11b/g WiFi, but no 802.11n. It lacks Bluetooth. And it has a lower capacity battery than the Eee PC 1005PE. But it does have a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, and 10.1 inch 1024 x 600 pixel display. It runs Windows 7 Starter and Asus says it can run for up to 11 hours on a charge."

Their testing suggests that 11 hours is a tad ambitious.

At just $299 from Amazon [Affiliate Link], this looks to a steal.

HD video on a Netbook

PCPro reports that it's possible to play HD movies on a netbook of you follow their instructions. You'll need to stump up $10 for some software but that's cheaper than a new netbook with an ION2 controller.

Near Perfect Netbook Bag?

We'e been trying to get a review sample of the Skooba netbook satchel to no avail. However, Jason Dunn of Thoughts Media has reviewed one over at Digital Home Thoughts.

He reports that:

"The Skooba Design Netbook Messenger is an extremely well designed netbook bag, with well thought out features and a reasonable price tag. If I could change one thing about it, it would be to either allow the shoulder strap to be removable (so I could add a Skooba Superbungee to it), or to add some rubber grip to the underside of the shoulder strap to prevent slippage."

If you're interested in this bag, the article includes a discount code for a 20% discount on purchases of $50USD or more.

By Anthony Caruana