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Last week, Sony announced a line of cheaper notebooks that featured Blu-ray drives.  While nobody would ever accuse Sony of being the cheapest anything, the Vaio NW starting point at $880 was one of the cheapest entry level Blu-ray notebooks.  Not to be outdone by anyone in price, Acer is… Continue Reading »

Every product hitting the market tries for an angle to reach a target demographic.  Someone to sell their stuff to.  And HP really throws age distinction into the ring with their latest offering, the Artist Edition 2 Notebook PC. The big angle on this one?  Youth.  It’s like they are… Continue Reading »

Digital 3D is becoming quite popular in movie theaters as of late.  Even the latest Pixar film, “Up,” is using the technology.  The only problem with Digital 3D is it tends to get lost in translation over to Blu-ray or DVD releases.  Without a display that is made for the… Continue Reading »

In an interesting story, the Wall Street Journal covered the homeless population of San Francisco and showed that some of them are almost as connected as someone with a home.  This story is similar to how we learned that the homeless population in Washington DC was using cell phones and… Continue Reading »

Just recently the Dell Mini 9 product listing has been going on and off of the Dell website.  This led many to wonder whether the site was being updated or if Dell had other plans.  Initially, I had thought it a little strange, in part because the Mini 9 seems… Continue Reading »

By now most of us know that Dell has promised to release computers running on Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux.  So far it’s been following through with a select few of its machines.  Most notably it includes the option to customize with Ubuntu on every netbook the company offers.  Dell has now… Continue Reading »

Details for the upcoming CULV-based MSI Wind have recently been leaked.  The model is the MSI Wind U200 and it would appear as if this will be an ultraportable notebook worth checking out—that is assuming these specs are accurate and it is priced well. So far, the pricing details have… Continue Reading »

Dell has recently made another Inspiron series netbook available here in the US.  This time it is the Inspiron Mini10v which is priced from $299 and up depending on your configuration. As far as colors, the Mini 10v has more than a few available to choose from.  You can opt… Continue Reading »

As soon as the Windows 7 RC 1 was made available just about a week ago, many people took this opportunity to jump on it and see how it compared to Microsoft’s last OS, Vista.  If you have been following tech in recent months, then you probably have noticed Microsoft… Continue Reading »

Intel’s study of notebook security has revealed that lost and stolen laptops cost companies an average of nearly $50,000.  This is because the value of the computer includes the data it held as well as the device itself. A senior executive’s notebook is valued at $28,449 while a director or… Continue Reading »