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Tech NewsDell Drops XPS M140 Notebook and Dimension E310 Desktop
Dell announced a couple of new personal computers with a home entertainment bent today, the XPS M140 notebook and the Dimension E310 desktop. The notebook weighs less than 5.5 lbs, is 1.5-inches thin, has a 14.1-inch high-definition widescreen, has a 5-in-1 media card reader and a Dell MediaDirect button for quick access to digital photos, … Continued
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Laptop Screen Protector Picks Odd Name
ShaggyMac. That’s the name for a new Laptop Screen Protector that seems to have caught the imagination of laptop schleppers around the world. It’s not such a strange concept, just a very, very soft microblanket that protects the screen when your notebook is closed. But if you’ve been obsessing about your keyboard scratching up your … Continued
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Sharp WideNote Contest: This is the Last Day of Laptop
You sent in your tired, your poor, your totally wrecked, melted and disgorged laptops. We have received many unbelievable photos—check out some of the wretchedness after the jump—but it’s not over yet. Tomorrow, Gizmodo’s crack team of forensic editors will scan hundreds of entries and pick the top 3 (well, maybe 5 because there are … Continued
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Plasticsmith Lapvantage Loft For Laptops Of Love
Admit it. My alliteration skills are mad dope yo. Anyways, the Lapvantage Loft is designed to keep your laptop at eye level so your neck doesn’t break off or something like that. It is pretty sexy though and comes in Thinkpad black and Powerbook metallic colors. The Lapvantage has some neat standard features aside from … Continued
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Sharp Laptop Contest: The Competition
Dozens of hilarious stories and photos of busted laptops have been received as part of Gizmodo’s M4000 WideNote laptop giveaway—including this one—from a firefighter. So there’s a look at the competition. to those of you who have yet to send in your entries. Read of for all the contest details… When the good people of … Continued
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Pretty Fujitsu Laptop
The new Fujitsu is, well, really very pretty. It’s extremely slim. And it’s shiny too. Which I like. Weighing in at 1.38kg, it’s got a 10.6-inch, widescreen SXGA display, a lightweight titanium and aluminum case, optical drive, and an optional extra battery pack that’ll let you squeeze nearly 10 hours out of your battery. And … Continued
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Win This Sharp Laptop
When the good people of Sharp gave Gizmodo a spankin’ new M4000 WideNote laptop to do with whatever we pleased, my first inclination was to grab it and run away fast while yelling w00t! The notebook is only 3.8 pounds, so I could have run fast too, ga. But then reason intruded and I realized … Continued
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Live Bloggin’ the Apple Announcement
We’ve got a man on the inside. Hopefully we’ll have a bit of info soon. The Apple store is now down, so expect some hardware announcements. Cell traffic is closed in the room, but I suspect it’s just Javits center sucktasticness going on. PowerPage.org has some content up and our boy inside says it’s just … Continued
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Gizmodo Ink
A Detroit Free Press writer has a huge crush on Tablet PCs. So does Bill Gates. The two of them shared a moment. [Detroit Free Press] Following the lead of Disney, Fox becomes the latest studio to get with the times and commit delivering its films to movie theaters digitally. The money-saving economics of going … Continued
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Mobile Anti-Theft Gadget
When they aren’t engaged in pioneering research with two-player ping-pong via cellphones (as shown left), the scientists from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland toy around with biometric anti-theft devices. They have created a sensor that can be equipped into mobile electronics, such as phones and laptops, and it analyzes the walking patterns of … Continued
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Lamborghini + Intel = Laptop?
Lamborghini and Intel are partnering to create a line of Lamborghini-branded notebooks. This is a little more involved than the Acer Ferrari notebook deal, because neither Intel nor Lamborghini has a history of manufacturing notebooks. Cars, yes. Chips, sure. Notebooks, nuh uh. The new Lamborghini-Intel laptops will be based on a next generation Centrino platform … Continued
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Gateway CX2600 Series Convertible Notebooks
Gateway launched a new family of convertible notebooks (that’s Tablet PCs to the rest of us) that are aimed to be more affordable and accessible to the general public. The CX2600 Series notebooks will have a 14″ display, five hours of battery life, a Pentium M processor, a 5-in-1 card reader, 3 USB ports, 1 … Continued
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Sony Does Fashion Color Vaios
I don’t know why it’s taken so long for computer or CE companies to splash some color into their products. I think the iPod Mini proved that people will pay for (and actually want) a different color chassis. Motorola is finally making a Pink and Blue RAZR, and now Sony has introduced a line of … Continued
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Laptop Sushi Dinnerware
Yet another sign that the Japanese are a really… uh… creative yet lonely sort. This here is a dinnerware set for one made to look like a laptop. The design is loosely based on the bento box: the keyboard is a container, the display is a plate, the CD is a smaller plate, the mouse … Continued
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Toshiba Tablet Catches the Eye
I love the look of tablet PCs. I’m still not sold on the entire idea of tablet PCs, but there’s not much out there that holds your neighbor’s attention like one of these babies. And leave it to Toshiba to add another beauty to the fold. The R15-S829 Tablet PC is pretty much the same … Continued
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AJP Power Notebook
Powerful and pretty, the AJP D900T-X will blow most laptops away with it’s masssively powerful specs. It’s got a NVidea Go 7800 GTX GPU, 3.8 GHz Intel P4 and support for 2.8GB of RAM. And don’t forget the 100GB 7200 RPM hard drive. Throw in a massive 17-inch screen and I’m impressed. Ok, but do … Continued
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The New VAIO F-series in Pretty Colors
Looks like Sony took some more shrooms and decided to trip out the Vaio F-series’ color scheme. You can get the new notebook in red, blue, green, and uh,white. Don’t worry, the specs are also very pretty. 14″ WXGA screen, a webcam and a CPU up to a Pentium M780 at 2.26Ghz as well as … Continued
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BenQ Laptop a Joy
The BenQ Joybook. I want to meet the marketing genius who came up with that name. But no matter, it seems the ridiculous title hasn’t stopped the company from introducing yet another laptop to its series. The new Joybook R53 is supposedly the “world’s fastest 15.4-inch display laptop with 16 ms response time.” A full-featured, … Continued
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Notebook Fuel Cells To Go Mass Market
Haven’t we all wanted our own personal fuel cell at one time or another? LG thinks so, and plans on making it a reality by commercializing 25W power supplies based on direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) technology. The product will have a base unit and a removable fuel cartridge, all weighing less than 1kg. And … Continued
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