Apple's launched iTunes Plusâ€â€ÂÂDRM-free music tracks featuring high quality 256 kbps AAC encoding- for $1.29 per song. iTunes Plus is launching with EMI’s digital catalog of recordings, including singles and albums from Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Joss Stone and Pink Floyd. 
Palm, Inc. announced the Palm Foleo, a device that's designed to be a companion to Treos and other smartphones. The Palm Foleo has a 10-inch screen and full sized keyboard, but does not have all the functionality of a notebook computer. Palm hopes business people will leave their notebooks at home in favor of a Foleo/Treo combo. 
enovo's 12.1-inch 3000 V200 notebooks with Intel's Santa Rosa technology are now available. Based on Intel's Santa Rosa platform, the V200 starts at $1,199 with an Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8GHz processor, dual-layer DVD burner, 1GB of memory and 160GB hard drive. 
The Samsung Q1 Ultra was showcased on CNBC's Power Lunch today. The Q1 Ultra is definitely an improvement over Samsung's previous UMPCs, but is $799 still too much for a secondary PC? 
Google Maps has a new feature called "Street View" that lets users browse cities from the perspective of a vehicle driving about town. The service captures storefronts, residences and roadways to help users visualize their destinations. 
A hard drive upgrade can revive an aging notebook's performance and provide more space for all of your music, movies and photos. Products like the Hitachi Travelstar Upgrade Kit make it easy for even the most novice computer users to install a faster and bigger drive. 
Intel first showed off the Metro concept notebook at Intel Developers Forum last month. Business Week got an in-depth look at the notebook, which may be produced late this year. The Metro is fashionably thin, measuring less than .7-inch thick and weighs 2.25-pounds. 
Sony's BX business notebooks are are now available with Intel's Centrino Duo technology. The BX 740 and BX760 series of notebooks are optimized for business users and feature built-in Sprint EVDO mobile broadband cards. 
Apple's set to announce updates to its MacBook Pro line of notebooks next month at WWDC, according to industry experts. The new MacBook Pros will feature Intel's Santa Rosa platform. 
Matrox Graphics announced that its DualHead2Go Digital Edition multi-display upgrade device is now shipping. The company's Graphics eXpansion Modules (GXM) product line allow users to connect two digital monitors to notebooks for a maximum resolution of 3840x1200 (dual 1920x1200), while still using a notebook's built in display. Apple's set to announce updates to its MacBook Pro line of notebooks next month according to industry experts. The new MacBook Pros will feature Intel's Santa Rosa platform. Apple recently increased clock speed, memory and drive capacity on its consumer grade MacBooks. 
The hotly anticipated iPhone will only be available with AT&T service for at least the next five years. The AT&T and Apple deal also prevents the development of a CDMA version of the iPhone for the same period of time. 
The folks over at Lenovo are teasing us with something they're calling 'ThinkPad Reserve.' Is it possible they're getting ready to launch something a little more fashionable than basic black? It appears so, as a Lenovo web page touts craftsmanship and has several images of leather being sewn. 
Walt Mossberg says Samsung's second generation of ultramobile PCs are a great improvement over last year's models, but not ready for mainstream consumption. He recommends the Samsung Q1 Ultra as an option for those who don't want to lug around even the smallest laptops. 
LG announced a shiny compact notebook that features Window's Sideshow on the lid. The 12.1-inch LG Z1 notebook has a 2.5-inch LCD on its lid so users can quickly access email, calendar and multimedia content.