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MSI has announced a new addition to its line-up of gaming notebooks - the 14.1-inch GX400. Boasting of powerful features when it comes to graphics and processing power, the GX400 is equipped with an nVIDIA Geforce 9600M GT 3D graphics card with a built-in DDR3 512MB VRAM, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Intel PM45 Express Chipset.

Complementing those features are the GX400’s vivid image enhancement technology, Dolby Surround Sound, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, DTV receiver, HDMI, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a long battery life which is perfect for Blu-ray movie playback. In addition, the GX400 also features a quick launch touch sensor for switching to its five different modes - gaming, movie, presentation, office and turbo battery. The GX400 comes with up to 500GB or hard drive space, and either a DVD Super-Multi or Blu-ray optical drive.

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T-Mobile has already been offering an Eee PC that comes along with a mobile broadband package, but up until this point its been used with an external modem. However, based on a recent press release it looks like we can soon be expecting to see a new version of the Eee PC 901 with built-in 3G capability, which has been dubbed the Eee PC 901 GO.

According to the release, Asus will be working with T-Mobile to offer an “ASUS Connection Manager” which will allow the 3G-capable Eee to easily and quickly connect with the network when launched. In addition they also mentioned that users would get up to five hours of surfing time. As of now T-Mobile has not yet released any information as to when this service will be available, they also failed to mention how much the service will cost, or how much the Eee PC 901 GO will retail for.

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Today, Samsung has officially unveiled their once rumored ultraportable X360 notebook. Judging from the specs, the X360 should be a decent around town or traveling notebook with its light weight of just 2.8-pounds. Not to mention its slim design which measures in anywhere from as thin as 0.66-inches up to a still thin 1.2-inches at its thickest point.

In addition, the specs are seemingly just as nice, the X360 will be powered by a Centrino 2 ULV processor and will feature a 13.3-inch display with a 1280 x 800 resolution. Other features include a standard 1GB of RAM that is upgradable to 4GB, your choice of a 64 or 128GB SSD or a standard 120GB hard drive. The X360 also offers a 1.3-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR, an ExpressCard slot, three USB ports, HDMI, VGA-out and a 7-in-1 card reader. One item that is missing, but also comes as little surprise is that the X360 does not offer any optical drive.

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Fujitsu Siemens has officially unveiled the frequently pictured Amilo Mini netbook, which carries the official name of Amilo Mini Ui 3520 netbook, and with the official announcement we now have the final specs, pricing and some nice press style images to go along.

First up, the Mini Ui 3520 will feature an 8.9-inch WSVGA display with a 1024 x 600 resolution and it will be running Windows XP Home Edition. Other features include a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of DDR2 667MHz RAM, either a 3600rpm 60GB or 4200rpm 80GB hard drive and a 1.3-megapixel webcam. Otherwise it will have the usual array ports and connectivity which include ethernet, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, an ExpressCard slot, USB 2.0, VGA, microphone in and headphone out.

Sadly they still have not announced an official release date, however the Mini Ui 3520 netbook will retail for €399 (around $588 US). Keep reading to check out the new images…

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It looks like those leaked images of the “no function key” Dell Inspiron 910 were indeed accurate, the latest image (pictured above) comes courtesy of some newly released Dell support pages for the upcoming Inspiron 910.

Based on the image, and the docs we can now confirm that the Inspiron 910 will have just two LED’s, one for power and one for battery status. We can also confirm, with some disappointment that the keyboard will be slightly different than most are currently used to seeing, as it will not have the dedicated function keys. Of course, looking on the bright side, it could make for a nicer typing experience with the possibility of slightly larger keys.

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Bill Gates promised frequent updates way back when they were doing the final testing of IE7. Yet somehow, it’s been almost two years before they finally released the beta mode of Internet Explorer 8 just today. Some will hurrah, some will cringe, some won’t care one way or the other. But...it’s out...and along with actually seeming to be an improvement over the previous version...it’s pretty clear that the folks at Microsoft are also using their latest browser as a clever little way to try to take over some Google ground.

I admit, I’m a diehard Firefox user. And when I checked out IE8 beta, I immediately recognized the same thing others seem to be seeing. The Smart Address Bar is very similar to the Awesome Bar in Firefox 3. When you start to type in the address bar, it tries to guess where you want to go, based on where you’ve been before. Although I have to give it to Microsoft, their Smart Bar seems to do the job even a little better. It shows history items, autocomplete suggestions, and your saved Favorites all in lists that you can collapse or expand with just a click. Also, you can delete an address from the Smart Bar with just a click as well, which is really handy for any addresses you may have in there that were typed incorrectly or if you have bookmarks you just don’t use anymore. 

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Our buddy Xavier over at Notebooks.com currently has a excellent contest running, they are giving away a chance to win either a Voodoo Envy 133 worth $2,199 or one of three IdeaPad S10s.

“We will randomly select one grand prize (Envy S10) winner and three (Ideapad S10) winners from the pool of respondents who have completed the survey, including all open-ended questions by September 3rd. Winners will be notified of their prizes by email by Sept. 16.”

Sounds like some great prizes, you do have to fill out a survey in order to qualify, but with notebooks like those I think it sounds like it could be well worth your time. So what are you waiting for, head on over to Notebooks.com and try your luck.

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MSI has recently added two new laptops into its collection, this time its the EX300 and EX400. As of now, neither models have been given a price, nor a US release date, but judging from the specs, they should be something that we hope to see.

The EX300 features a 13.3-inch TFT WXGA ACV display with a 1280X800 resolution, an Intel Core2 Duo processor and a DVD Super-multi or Blu-Ray DVD optical drive. In addition the EX300 also Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, an Ethernet port, two USB ports, HDMI, headphone out, microphone in, a built-in card reader and has the option for Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. Other options also include anywhere from 160 up to 320GB of hard drive space and can top out with 4GB of RAM. The EX300 will be running Windows Vista Home Premium and have the option for either a 4 or 8-cell battery.

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Aside from the two Vostro laptops which Dell announced, it will also release two new desktop models - the affordable and practical Vostro A160 Mini-Tower and the entry-level Vostro A100. Both are geared for the most basic business computing needs and boast of similar features and specs.

Both desktops feature either an Ubuntu Linux or Windows Vista, integrated audio, graphics and network connection, expandable graphics capability, USB and audio ports. The A160 comes with either a single or dual core Intel Celeron or dual core Pentium processors, up to 80GB of hard drive space and a 16x DVD ROM. The A100 desktop gets the Intel Atom processor, an 8x DVD+/-RW and up to 160GB of hard drive space.

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Asus has quietly launched their latest offering, the Eee Download service, and judging from the initial support and initial response, they should have kept it a little quieter and made sure it was a little further developed before they unveiled it.

See, at first glance its a great idea, the Eee Download service offers the ability to “install software and multimedia in just one click,” which comes courtesy of the Click ‘N Run (CNR) format. If you remember back, CNR comes from Lindows Linspire fame shame, however CNR has since recently been purchased by Xandros.

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