OK so this is one for people who may be passing through Japan in the coming days, want a netbook, and like the idea of it being a limited edition model.

DosPara has launched the Prime Note Cartina UM, a new Linux powered netbook.

It seems there's a new netbook launched every day at the moment, and here's two more.

First up is the LuvBook U100, which Akihabara News has given the dubious title of "a netbook with the price of a notebook". Not a good start.

You may not have heard of the company, but if you have loads of cash to splash on a desktop PC - and perhaps also a ticket to Japan to get it - here's the DosPara Prime SSD-RAID.

This $9340 monster delivers a reading speed of 1119.73MBps,...