Isaiah's Tech

Asus is going to put Voice Recognition into their EEE-lineup of PCs and netbooks. They are deciding to do this because "touch and gesture input is universal, whereas language is not universal." This will be useful at home, but I doubt that you'll be able to get away with talking to your EEE in public. Beware of others awkwardly staring at you. It is expected to be released in the last half of this year. Keep in mind that it could be only implemented in their newer EEEs. I don't know if it will work with old EEEs, but look out for it later this year. Asus is pushing to make society even lazier than it already is. By the way, I have no idea why the EEE in the picture has Mickey Mouse's ears.

[Gizmodo]

Samsung's been releasing a ton of stuff lately. First there was the N310 netbook, then the N110 netbook, and then the Q320 and R522 notebooks. Now this is the Samsung N120 netbook with a six-cell battery which will give you 10.5 hours of battery life! It also has a 12-inch full keyboard, so that's good for those of you with small fingers. It has a 10.1-inch display, an integrated 1.3MP webcam, a 3-in-1 card reader, 3 USB 2.0 ports, and has optional Bluetooth. It will run on Windows XP thankfully and is expected in Europe this April. No word on the price though, of course.

[Gizmodo, Engadget]