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Ask Engadget: What’s the best netbook out there?

Posted by Darren Murph in BLOGROLL, MEDIA

Filed under: Ask Engadget, Laptops

This week's episode of Ask Engadget (you know you can submit your own inquiry at ask at engadget dawt com, right?) poses a beautifully simple, albeit timely question about those bantam laptops that have taken over the world in recent months. What was once a niche market is now a blossoming sector, and the choices are indeed overwhelming.

"With so many netbooks now available, which is the best one out there? I'm mostly concerned with getting the best bang for my buck, so I'm not too interested in any of those higher-end units."

For those of you who have bit the bullet on one netbook or another, what kind of taste has it left in your mouth? Would you recommend your current unit? Would you suggest looking elsewhere? Let the battle of the bite-sized lappies begin!

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Yahoo Rounds Out Its Board With Icahn’s Henchmen

Posted by Erick Schonfeld in BLOGROLL, CREATIVITY, MEDIA, MOBILE

With the appointment of Frank Biondi, Jr. and John Chapple to Yahoo’s board of directors today, the last two slots on the board are now filled. Biondi, the former CEO of Viacom, and Chapple, the former CEO of Nextel, were both on Carl Icahn’s original alternate slate when he was still trying to replace the entire board. As part of his compromise with Yahoo, Icahn backed down from his proxy battle in return for three seats on the board.

After Icahn took his board seat following Yahoo’s shareholder meeting, the only question left was who would take the other two seats. One of them was initially reserved for former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller, until Time Warner pulled it out from under him. So the rest of Yahoo’s board chose Biondi and Chapple as the two least objectionable of Icahn’s henchmen. You really didn’t think they were going to vote for Mark Cuban, did you? Although, that would have been much more entertaining.

Now Icahn, Biondi, and Chapple (The Icahn Three?) can vote as a block, although they won’t be able to block anything outright on the 11-member board. But they are not there to block anything really. They are there to approve and encourage another deal that results in the sale of Yahoo.

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Palm’s Treo 850 is really the Treo Pro?

Posted by Paul Miller in BLOGROLL, MEDIA

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Palm_s_slick_new_Treo_Pro_revealed_in_leaked_photos'; Would you look at this. A very official looking page -- at a Palm.com domain, no less -- has unveiled the previously rumored Treo 850 as the Treo Pro. We're still digging the new look, though the keyboard does look suspiciously small in these shots. At a cursory glance we've got WiFi, a camera and a 3.5mm stereo jack. A couple more pics after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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