The U.K. wants to get the last 1/3 of its citizens online, and that's clear from the National Digital Inclusion Conference currently being held in London. As part of that movement, Microsoft U.K. is working on a so-called "Senior PC" which will feature a simplified user interface.

The United States has been left to wait while the new Asus Eee PC has already appeared in Europe and Asia, but now at least we have a date and a price. The Asus Eee PC 900 will release in the United States on May 12th, priced at $549 for either the Linux or Windows XP model.

The Asus Eee PC has drawn much attention, becoming so popular other manufacturers are chomping at the bit to get into that segment. Tuesday HP announced the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC, which it says is targeted for the education market, but will most likely reach into far other markets, just as the Asus Eee PC has.

In time for holiday shopping, HP today introduced a range of consumer products – from personal, stylish devices that help protect and preserve digital memories, to the ultimate in high-definition digital entertainment PCs and TVs.

At Digital Life, the industry's premiere consumer electronics show, Gateway, Inc., unveiled one of the industry's slimmest and most stylish computers yet, the Gateway One™. The no-compromise elegant design, simplicity and expandability of Gateway's newest all-in-one PC brings sophistication to computer design, proving PCs don't have to be boxy and boring.