NVIDIA is running a contest through November 22nd where you can enter to win a custom HP Mini 311 laptop, and HP external Blu-Ray drive, an HDMI cable, a laptop case, and a boatload of software including the games The Sims 3, Portal, and Left 4 Dead, which will presumably run on the HP Mini 311 thanks to the integrated NVIDIA ION graphics.

The laptop has an 11.6 inch display, 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 3GB of RAM, 320GB hard drive, and Windows 7 Home Premium. It includes 802.11b/g WiFi and Bluetooth.

The contest package also includes 3 Blu-Ray movies and a $50 credit to rent or stream movies from CinemaNow.

NVIDIA is giving away 12 of these packages. You can find details on how to enter at the NVIDIA contest page.

I’m not a huge fan of netbooks wearing bling, nor am I a fan of customizing a computer for Valentine’s Day (what do you do with it for the other 364 days of the year?) But Asus Hong Kong is holding a contest where you can win a netbook by bedazzling a virtual Eee PC S101 with fake Swarovski Cyrstals.

First price is an Eee PC S101,  second prize is an Eee PC 1002HA, and the third runner up gets an Eee PC 900HA. A few more folks will get a netbook case. Visitors can vote on the netbook designs they like the best. It appears you can only win if you’re in Hong Kong. But if decorating netbook covers is your thing, you can still participate.

via Portable Monkey

… Rose Okeson. 

Rose contributed three articles to the Notebooks.com wiki, (the randomly selected prize-winning entry was on the Sylvania G netbook) and will be receiving a shiny new Lenovo IdeaPad S10 netbook.

We had some excellent submissions as part of this contest. You can find them all in the contest thread in the Liliputing Forums.

And if you haven’t won a Liliputing contest yet, don’t worry. We’ve got at least one more scheduled to start before the end of the year.

The Liliputing HP Magic Giveaway contest continues through Tuesday night. But if you want more chances to win, check out these contests at other participating sites. Each is giving away the same $6000 prize package.

The Liliputing HP Magic Giveaway is off to a great start. More than 200 people have already submitted entries letting us know what they would do with the $6000 of HP and Microsoft Gear that we’re giving away. But what about you? Wouldn’t you like a shot at the HP Mini 1000 netbook, HP TouchSmart IQ816 all-in-one PC and other prizes? Well you’ve got four more days to enter. The contest closes on Tuesday night.

Please read the rules carefully before entering.

And remember, there are dozens of other blogs participating in the contest. While you can only win once, you can enter on as many sites as you’d like. So make sure to check out the complete list of participating web sites.

Update: I’ve closed the comments for this post. As I mentioned in the post, you should read the rules before participating. You do not enter by leaving a comment here.

In case you’ve been hiding under a rock, Liliputing has teamed up with HP and Microsoft to give away $6000 worth of prizes including an HP Mini 1000 netbook and an HP HDX 18 series Premium Notebook, both of which are pictured above. If you don’t spot the netbook right away, that’s because it’s the tiny bump on the HDX keyboard.

I took this picture to show you just how big the notebook is and just how small the netbook is. And because I just love taking things out of boxes, playing with them, and putting them back in.

The HDX 18 is pretty much everything a netbook isn’t. It’s big, heavy, and super-powerful. It has an 18.4″ 1920 x 1080 pixel display,  a Blu-Ray drive, a 2.26GHz Intel Core Duo CPU, 4GB of RAM and 500GB of hard drive capacity. It’s even got a built in TV tuner which works with Windows Vista Media Center or the included HP multimedia software. It’s a pretty awesome notebook, but lacks the portability that you’ll get from the HP Mini 1000.

For more info on how to win this prize, check out the official contest announcement.

And remember, 49 other web sites are holding contests as well. You can find a complete list on the HP Magic Giveaway site.

I just had a visit from a friendly FedEx driver who was kind enough to drop off $6,000 in gear from HP and Microsoft. Unfortunately, I don’t get to keep it. Instead I’ll be reviewing the HP Mini 1000 netbook over the next few days and maybe some of the other items in the bundle and then next week I’ll be launching a contest where one lucky Liliputing reader can win the whole bundle of hardware and software, which includes:

• HP TouchSmart IQ816 PC with Windows
• HP HDX 18 series Premium Notebook PC with Windows
• HP MediaSmart Connect
• HP Pavilion dv4-1145go Entertainment Notebooks with Windows
• HP Mini 1000 series with Windows
• HP Photosmart C6380 Wireless AIO
• HP 564 Series Photo Value Pack
• Microsoft Office Home & Student 2007
• Corel VideoStudio X2
• Kung Fu Panda widescreen DVDs

Don’t forget, 50 blogs are participating in this promotion, which means you have 50 chances to win. And while my contest won’t begin until next week, a number of sites have already begun their promotions. Check out the HP Magic GiveAway site for more details.

The HP Magic Giveaway kicks off today, with 3 of the 50 participating sites launching their contests. The Liliputing contest will start soon, but in the meantime, you can enter for a chance to win at Gear Live, Windows Connected, or Bleeping Computer.

You can also check out the complete list of all 50 participating blogs to increase your chances of winning a prize package of computer hardware and software worth more than $6000. You can enter as many of the contests as you like, but you can only win once.

I’m happy to announce that Liliputing is participating in the HP Magic Giveaway, a contest sponsored by Microsoft and HP that will allow 50 people to win over $6,000 each in HP products including a shiny new HP Mini 1000 netbook, plust several higher end computers, accessories, and software.

Here’s how it works. 50 blogs willbe holding 50 different contests. You can enter as many of these contests as you want, but you’ll only be able to win once. So what exactly is in the prize package?

• HP TouchSmart IQ816 PC with Windows
• HP HDX 18 series Premium Notebook PC with Windows
• HP MediaSmart Connect
• HP Pavilion dv4-1145go Entertainment Notebooks with Windows
• HP Mini 1000 series with Windows
• HP Photosmart C6380 Wireless AIO
• HP 564 Series Photo Value Pack
• Microsoft Office Home & Student 2007
• Corel VideoStudio X2
• Kung Fu Panda widescreen DVDs

I’ll have more information on how to enter and how to win soon. In the meantime, check out the list of participating blogs.

Asus has officially launched the Eee PC 900 in the UK today. The next generation Eee PC model will carry a suggested price tag of £329, which is about $647 US, but computers tend to cost a bit more east of the Atlantic.