Electronics consumers have welcomed the diminutive ULPC machines (such as the Asus Eee, HP Mini-note) with wide-open arms, but major names in the computing industry are wary about the new trend of low cost PCs and the threat that their attractive price tags pose in the computing market built on powerful and expensive machinery. Read more in the full article.

After seeing both Sony and Microsoft come up with their plans to release their own motion sensing controllers - or at least, rumored to be - it's not much of a surprise at all to see other companies follow suit. We're talking about the Asus Eee, by the way, and somehow drawing a connection between the ultraportable laptop and the games console may be a bit of a stretch...until you see some similarities in the FCC exhibits report image. Check out how the upcoming Asus Eee Stick motion-sensing peripheral after the jump.

So what's the deal, really? Microsoft has repeatedly denied rumors about Xbox 360 consoles equipped with Blu-ray, but it seems as if the rumors have the longevity and tenacity of cockroaches: they can't be completely wiped out, for some reason. And what's the rumor, this time? Hit the full article to find out more.

Boo yeah! Now we've got more reason to trade in our Eee PC 701s, and it's because a beefier 900 is definitely forthcoming. Official specifications have been spilled from ASUS itself, and to it we've added other tasty delights such as regional launch dates and target price range. Learn more about the next in line for the million-selling Eee PC series at the full story.

Presenting the ultimate in compact technology, the newly-released Asus Eee PC 900 is small, sleek, and just too darn cute not to snap up. But for those of us a bit more tech-minded than most, it's been discovered that the processor churning inside the Hong Kong/Taiwan retail versions of the Eee PC 900 isn't what they originally promised it would be. All the details after the jump.

Possibly encouraged by the success of their Eee PCs, Asustek is going to launch the second generation of these powerful yet cute midget laptops this month in Taiwan. So what can we expect from these notebooks? An Intel dual-core ULV processor, for one. More in the full article.

Being affordable is one of the main features of Asustek's Eee PCs, and many believe that this is due to the notebook's use of the open source Linux operating system. However, it doesn't seem to be the case: Windows XP Eees have been spotted in Best Buy, and guess what? They have the same price tag as the Linux-flavored Eees. More details in the full article.

Now who doesn't remember the first Eduwise? Intel's "Classmate PC" may have been visually akin to that of a kid's educational computer you could get at Toys 'R Us, but inside that 7-incher was a capable beast. The semiconductor giant wasn't about finished with it's "World Ahead" program, so it rolled out the next Classmate PC in line. Check out the spankin' new specs that could give ASUS Eee PC a run for its money - that is, when you hit the full story.

Whatever you've been up to with your Eee PC, we're pretty sure it wasn't just limited to typing and surfing the web. If you're a power user, you might have tested the full potential of the Eee PC in games and similarly demanding software. But sometimes you wished you could do more than just up clocks and mess with configurations, and we hear you. Apparently, ASUS heard you, too, and they've just released official SDK for the Eee PC.

Here's some big news for the PC scene. We've just learned that a crack has been released for Windows Vista that allows a pirated version of Vista to become activated and fully operational upon use. More on this news after the jump!