Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

Dell has announced its new 12-inch netbook, the Inspiron Mini 12, and has promptly thrown into confusion the whole definition of just what a "netbook" is supposed to be. The not-so-Mini 12 is a ...

In an announcement that surprised no one, Dell Computers took the wrapping off its Android-based Dell Mini 3 smartphone on Friday. Dell did not provide a launch date, but the company did say the phone ...

Once thought to be a dying breed, UMPCs (also known as netbooks) have hung around the laptop market and are finally gaining some momentum. As more people look for inexpensive, lightweight secondary ...

Dell has discontinued its Inspiron Mini line of netbooks, its latest portable casualty after the cancellation of the Dell Streak tablets. Neither the Inspiron Mini 1018 or the Mini 1012 netbook ...

Installing OSX on commodity PC hardware has advanced a lot since the early days of OSx86 when Apple switched to Intel. With the advent of netbooks, a new target platform has emerged; one that doesn’t ...

If there was any question that the gap between ultraportables and netbooks is ever-shrinking, Dell's newest model answers in the affirmative. Though it's definitely a netbook (determined by its ...

Dell recently released a new netbook that sits between the Dell Mini 9 and the Dell Mini 12. The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 was created to be the "Perfect 10" netbook, and while Dell came close, it still ...

We speculated last month that the Mini 5 might be Dell's answer to the Apple iPad. It looks like Dell isn't interested in releasing just one tablet computer - they're ready to start a whole collection ...

Dell's E mini-notebook computer, first outed when Gizmodo's Brian Lam collared Michael Dell sneaking one about the D6: All Things Digital conference, has got a price. The E not only lops a few letters ...

The Dell Inspiron Mini computer allows its users to restore the system to its factory settings. Continue reading to learn how to do so. To perform a PC Restore, turn on the computer. During the boot ...