NetBooks

Apple may have set the tone for designer electronics, but if you're too broke to invest in the Mac-head lifestyle, try going vintage with its refurbished line of products. Other electronics retailers sell used products too, and buying straight from the source is safer than taking your chances on...

Before you grab a consumer electronics product, here are a few things to consider. Given how quickly devices become obsolete, a key point to be mindful of is whether the gadget will provide long enough useful life for its recipient.

Google apparently still has big ambitions in the hardware game. The search engine and online advertising giant is reportedly going to launch the first Chrome OS netbooks within the next few weeks.

With Apple's iPad leading the pack, shipments of tablets and netbook computers are expected to skyrocket a whopping 41% next year.

Taiwan's PC industry, the world's largest, is booming. Driving sales is a massive shift toward mobile computing as buyers flock to devices like netbooks and tablet computers.

Boob tube shipments are up and manufacturer revenues are expected to rise in the first quarter, reversing a six-month decline. But LCD makers are hardly raking it in as prices continue to slide every year.

Fears that the runaway netbook market would siphon off profits from the higher margin laptop market have been overblown. That's the key takeaway from the latest DisplaySearch numbers on sales of laptops (or notebook) computers versus sales of netbooks. "There is a small amount of cannibalization...

The long-talked about Apple (AAPL) tablet computer may be on store shelves in three months, PC World reports. Apple placed orders with manufacturers that suggests the device is being built, according to a report in Info Times. A tablet would be Apple's entry in the fast-growing netbook segment of...

First Microsoft Bing-ed Google's dominant search service. Now Google is striking back by announcing a operating system called Chrome, which may challenge Microsoft's Windows OS. The technology industry is a battleground as two of its biggest companies go after each others' meal tickets. Google...

Microsoft (MSFT) makes a huge amount of its profit from its PC operating systems. Google (GOOG) plans to enter that business in earnest. The search company already offers certain applications for PCs that handle word-processing and spreadsheet functions. Its Android software for phones is a...