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Archive for May, 2008

Will Bandwidth Caps Affect You?

May 27, 2008 1:14 pm

Your days of all-you-can-eat Web browsing are numbered. While data caps are already standard for cell phones (most carriers impose a monthly limit of about 5GB), computer users have, up until now, been able to download and stream as much content as they want—all for a flat fee. The jig is up, it seems.
Comcast is […]

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OLPC XO-2 to Have Multi-Touch; Haptics in the Works

10:45 am

Last week, the tech industry was abuzz with questions about OLPC’s next-generation laptop, the XO-2. We heard the news straight from OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte’s mouth: that the system is just a prototype at this point and won’t be available until 2010. But that didn’t stop us and others from picking apart the conceptual […]

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Dell Precision M6300 Review (with Samsung SSD)

8:09 am

The Dell Precision M6300 is a 17″ desktop replacement targeted towards businesses that need a full-featured workstation with exceptional build quality. This notebook competes against such notebooks as the HP Compaq 8710p, HP Compaq 8710w and Fujitsu LifeBook N6470. The M6300 offers a wide range of hardware configurations, as well as a Samsung SSD for the businesses that require extreme ruggedness and extreme performance. Processors range from the T7250 all the way up to the X9000, RAM from 1GB to 4GB, display resolutions starting at WXGA+ up to WUXGA, and either NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M or NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M discrete graphics.

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First Look at VIA’s Mini-Notebook

7:12 am

We got our hands on the reference design VIA is shopping out to the OEMs, but it’s missing one thing: the much-anticipated Isaiah processor.
Just a tad deeper than the HP MiniNote 2133, VIA’s latest brainchild, the Open Book, offers two webcams, a built-in GPS receiver, Bluetooth, and integrated Wi-Fi and even Wi-MAX antennas. But inside, […]

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Gateway M-152XL Review

May 26, 2008 4:10 am

The Gateway M-152XL is a compact multimedia powerhouse aimed directly at the Toshiba A305, HP Pavillion dv6700, or Dell M1530. Each of these notebooks offer the same basic features, including high glossy chassis, fast processor, dedicated graphics, HDMI outputs, and their own brand specific styling elements. So how well does the Gateway stack up to the rest? Read on to find out.

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Users Voice Their Opinions about the Lenovo ThinkPad T61

May 24, 2008 8:44 pm

The Lenovo ThinkPad T61 has been in our top ten list longer than any other notebook, even more impressive is that it has bounced around between the #1 and #3 most popular since May of 2007 when it was released. But is this popularity deserved based on user opinions of actual T61 owners? In this article we look to find out.

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Cheap Camcorder Face-Off: Creative Vado vs. Flip Video Ultra

May 23, 2008 12:11 pm

It doesn’t take a camcorder expert to see that the new Vado pocket-sized camcorder from Creative ($99 for 2GB) is strikingly similar to the wildly popular Pure Digital Flip Camcorder (Ultra Series) ($149 for 2GB). Though Flip is rumored to be coming out with a new, smaller “mino” version of its camera, we […]

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Averatec Voya 6494

12:05 pm

As perhaps the most affordable ruggedized laptop, the Averatec Voya 6494 is a tempting choice, even if you don’t work in the field under harsh conditions.

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News Bits: AMD Puma Launches in June, Intel SSDs, LED Backlighting Costs Drop

11:23 am

Intel to push SSDs with Centrino 2
AMD to launch Puma platform in June
Touch-screen notebooks to boost panel demand
LED backlighting costs going down, approaching CCFL
OLPC OS producer in talks with notebook makers

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Mini-Review HP xb3000 Expansion Base

May 22, 2008 1:25 pm

I couldn’t have gotten through college without my laptop’s docking station. When I would return from the library with my Dell Inspiron 8200, rather than plugging in all my connections one by one—mouse, keyboard, external monitor—to my notebook, I had a Dell dock or port replicator on my dorm room desk. All I had to […]

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