One of the items Acer had on display at the Computex convention in Taiwan earlier this year was its TravelMate 8481 notebook. Making the most of the available real estate, Acer crammed a 14-inch ComfyView HD (136x768) LCD display with LED backlight into a 13-inch footprint, a feat that required virtually eliminating the bezel altogether to increase the screen area by 15 percent. According to Acer, the display is part of what makes the 8481 "a true road warrior," and it will hit the road in August in the U.K.

Someone needs to put a vending machine in the lounge where Acer's marketing and design teams hang out. Clearly these guys and gals are starving, or at least that's our hypothesis on how Acer came up with the Aspire One Happy 2 netbook line, "a series of stylish netbooks in four fun and flavorful colors" including "Banana Cream," "Blueberry Shake," "Papaya Milk," and "Strawberry Yogurt."

Acer dropped us a note this morning to let us know about its new TravelMate 5760 laptop built around Intel's second generation Core platform. It's a 15.6-inch notebook crammed full of security features for enterprise road warriors, including Acer ProShield Security, a suite of security manageability tools integrated in a unified user interface. Boasting pre-boot authentication, Acer claims its new TravelMate keeps business users protected from the BIOS level all the way to the application level.

Residents living in the U.K. got first crack at Acer's new Ethos laptop line, unique notebooks that sport detachable trackpads you can use as a media remote. It's an innovative design in a form factor that's remained largely the same for years, and it's one that just landed in the U.S. and Canada at price points cheaper than their U.K. counterparts. We'll refresh your memory on the hardware after the break.