I used to cringe when folks asked me to recommend a laptop that cost less than $1,000. Granted, there have been laptops at that price for a few years now, but they were generally chunky cases stocked with generations-old components and low-resolution screens -- not exactly anything I'd feel good about recommending for use as a primary computer. Imagine my surprise when computer manufacturers responded to my call for $1,000 laptops with some downright Crave-worthy systems. I expected to receive only 15.4-inch systems, because the larger case provides more room for engineers to work and keeps costs down

The Kensington Contour Active Vertical Messenger bag is a slim and stylish case for 15-inch or smaller laptops, as long as you don't need too much

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UK business owner.: Hi all, I'm making an early new year's resolution this year, to act on some of my most cherished principles and share my wealth, such as it is. It occurs to me that in my house I have a spare room that's being almost completely wasted at the moment, and that having someone else live ...

(Credit: Belkin) While others fret about people breaking into their digital equipment, we often have more immediate concerns. Maybe it's a comment on the Wi-Fi coffee shops we frequent, but we often find ourselves worrying about the computer being stolen altogether -- and, in those cases, older tech might be more...

NVIDIA released today the GeForce 8800M GTX and GeForce 8800M GTS video cards, which are claimed to be “the world’s fastest notebook GPUs” . These 256-bit cards fill the top enthusiast GPU product positions in the NVIDIA GeForce 8M Series product line. As a part of the 8M Series, the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX and 8800M GTS [...]

All the same, the Black Hawk XR5 Quad Core Super Notebook is filling me with covetous thoughts right now. 2 x 512MB GeForce Go 8800GTX, a carbon fiber top, up to 4GB of RAM, up to three hard disks and a Core 2 Quad processor. ...

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Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the Microsoft 69R-00001 Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000...

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Monday 19 November 2007 at 00:00:00 Extreme's Summit X150 switches offer a good range of features for an affordable price Extreme Networks' Summit X150 series of 10/100Mbit/s switches represent the vendor's first foray into the low-end business market. The 1U, Layer 2 switches ...

If you’re wondering what the new flash Zune looks like from the inside out, head over to Rapid Repair. They tore apart the new Zune and offer a disassembly guide, just in case you want to chance repairing your busted Zune yourself.

The Zune 2 looks like it’s well constructed and put together, but the Zune pad can’t be readily replaced.

Check out the full photo breakdown over at Rapid Repair.

The Darth Vader laptop has 50 educational games with a Star Wars twist. Darth, Obi-Wan, C3PO, R2D2, and others take little ones through fun...

Transcend is getting ready to roll out a 16GB Class 6 SDHC memory card. The card can store more than 8,000 7-megapixel photos.It will have minimum transfer speeds of 6MB/s, for quick transfer of your digital photos or video to your notebook. The Transcend 16GB SDHC card automatically detects and corrects errors during transfers. It comes with a lifetime warranty.

Anthony Dhanendran, Computeract!ve, Monday 19 November 2007 at 00:00:00 Tough case keeps your files safe Portable hard disks are getting smaller (and their capacities are getting bigger) but Buffalo is one of the few manufacturers paying attention to the need for a rugged disk that can take the wear ...

Of course I got an iPhone pretty much immediately after it was released in Germany — and the quick review is: I love it. There are lots of silly and annoying things: no cut&paste, no iChat (only a text message app that looks like it), no way to use the iPhone to get my laptop online, ...

I have had the t61 for 3 weeks now and can say that overall I am impressed with it. I have not had the problems that many have reported here on the forums. It did come pre-installed with all the usual crap but a quick format and ...

Linux.com takes a look at gOS. They conclude: "I really liked gOS. It's a cute little system with lots of functionality and great looks. It works well and is fast and stable on my laptop. It should work on any computer that any other Linux supports. Enlightenment is an impressive desktop environment, ...

"Mobile Google Notebook looks mighty interesting. "Google Notebook was one of the few Google apps that we're not available from a mobile phone. Now you can go to http://google.com/notebook/m and find a HTML version of Google Notebook ...

Editor's Note: This Mobility Site Week in Review is a list of the reviews, videos, and articles that were posted on Mobility Site between November 11 and November 17 in case you missed any of them.   ~ Susan Mobility Site Site Resources: Mobility Site Forums  (If you haven't already, take a ...

Bryan Cantrill recently wrote a blog entry, where among other things, he philosophized on the concept of “perfect code”. He compares software to math, arguing that Euclid’s greatest common denominator algorithm shows no sign of wearing out, and that when code achieves perfection (or gets close to perfection), ...

Bryan Cantrill recently wrote a blog entry, where among other things, he philosophized on the concept of “perfect code”. He compares software to math, arguing that Euclid’s greatest common denominator algorithm shows no sign of wearing out, and that when code achieves perfection (or gets close to perfection), ...

We normally take our vacation on the east coast of the Florida peninsula, so we purchased one week of timeshare vacation on Ormond Beach. It was near the end of ...

This is the best Christmas gift ever--wow!  The XO laptop got a great review from the New York Times' techie David Pogue, who was sincerely...

PC MicroWorks has announced the Black-Hawk XR5 17-inch gaming/workstation notebook, featuring a quad-core processor and two NVIDIA’s new Geforce 8800M GTX mobile video cards in SLI mode. The Black-Hawk XR5 is configurable with the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 CPU at 2.66GHz, as well as with Core 2 Extreme and Core 2 Duo. All of these [...]

NComputing's products let multiple people share the same PC. A batch of 7,000 PCs with Ubuntu Linux have been sent to Macedonian schools, the first of a collection that Ubuntu sponsor Canonical expects will reach 20,000. Through a program called Computer for Every Child, the...

PC MicroWorks Corporation introduced the Black-Hawk XR5 Quad Core Super Notebook. The company claims the XR5 is first the notebook to utilize dual NVIDIA Geforce Go 8800GTX GPUs in SLI mode. The 17-inch Black-Hawk XR5 has the power normally reserved for desktops, which isn

Laptop Mag reviews the T-Mobile Shadow and writes, "The rest of the design is very much in line with the Shadow's minimalist approach.

Laptop Mag reviews the Motorola Q 9h and writes, "Don't expect too much from the 2-MP camera. Although it captures sharper images than the Q music's 1.3-MP camera--and did so with very little shutter delay--they're not exactly print-worthy. On...

Greetings - my 1520 finally arrived at COB Speicher after three impatient weeks of waiting. I am very, very happy with it - although I was worried after reading many posts here on NBR. The 1440x900 LCD (LPL) is bright, has zero defects ...

Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal answers some commonly asked questions for those thinking of switching to a Mac. There are lots of people that can benefit from switching from a PC to a Mac, but there are many others that should steer clear and stick with PCs.

I'd love to try OpenSolaris on something like this: More details here, here and here. In terms of performance, while it doesn't appear to have the fastest CPU in the world, it'd probably be a lot faster than my 733mhz PIII, 256mb RAM GX110, which is able to run snv_70 with a pretty acceptable user experience ...

We’ve written about the One Laptop Per Child project before on The Bivings Report. Now they have launched the Give One Get One promotion...

Are you looking for that next great gaming notebook to strike fear in the hearts of your enemies and make your friends jealous? MSI's new GX600 notebook might just be the notebook to satisfy all your gaming needs. Take a look at our in-depth review to see if it's right for you!

Windows vista sp1 being released to beta tester with so far positive review. features including better battery life for laptop users

...lap desk and laptop base with a couple of built-in speakers. You can connect a laptop to it via a USB cable. Instead of the laptop, you can also...

MSI has announced the PR200 Crystal Collection 12.1-inch luxury notebook, which features 120 handcrafted crystals forming a ring on notebook’s lid, and a pearl white chassis color.

Anthony Dhanendran, Computeract!ve, Friday 16 November 2007 at 00:00:00 A kids' notebook with a difference When you think of a computer for children, the first thing that springs to mind might be one of those 'fake computer' devices designed for very young children, with a... >  Read the ...

Most people worry about future events that may or may not happen. This expectation of something bad happening causes people stress even though the thing may never occur. One helpful technique for reducing worry is to export your worries to a notebook or diary. Suppose you can't get to sleep ...

Solid Sate Drives have some obvious advantages over Hard Disk Drives. Rob from GottaBeMobile tested a pair of OQO 02 ultramobiles, one with SSD and one with HDD. The SSD equiped OQO2 booted up significantly faster versus the HDD version. Applications on the SSD OQO 02 launched almost instantaneously, while the HDD OQO 02 took several extra seconds to do the same tasks.

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David Pogue of the New York Times has a review of the laptop at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/techn...

Carol Mangis, Senior Editor from PC Mag's Gear Log posted a great review of the new Mobile Edge CuteBug Messenger Bag. It's the ultimate gift idea for that special lady in your life. To find out more, check out the Mobile Edge website at MobileEdge.com.

Two smart guys from Georgia Tech have devised a way to control your notebook by blowing at the display. The breath control user interface (BLUI) uses the microphone to pick up puffs of air, enabling users to scroll or select and open items. The technology may be useful for those who can not use traditional pointing devices. Using the BLUI in its current state looks like it takes a lot of effort.

Kitchen canister sets are a great way to accent your kitchen and give you more storage space. Canister sets of today come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and ...

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Our review partner Digital Trends tested the Logitech KINETIK 15.4 Backpack and published a review of this stylish laptop backpack.

Filed under: , , , Genius Genius is a free memorization software app for macs. It has an easy user interface and it makes studying a lot more fun and hi tech than flipping pages in your notebook or worse, having a drone drill you on flashcards. It has an easy question and answer format which ...

AT&T and Sierra Wireless annoucned the USBConnect 881 USB modem, which is the first to have AT&T’s WWAN Communication Manager software pre-loaded on the device itself. This means the USBConnect 881 is plug and play on any XP or Vista notebook.

The USBConnect 811 connects to AT&T’s speedy HSPA wireless network and uploads data at up to 1,400 Kbps via HSUPA.

“The introduction of the AT&T USBConnect 881 is another great solution for laptop owners who need to stay connected to their world — everywhere they live and work,” said Michael Woodward, AT&T vice president, Business Voice/Data and wireless products. “The USBConnect 881, with its new automatic software installation, will allow them to do just that, faster and easier than ever.”

The USBConnect 881 is $49.99 with a two year contract, or $299 if you’re upgrading without extending your contract.

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I have reviewed online backup services before, but I never bit the bullet and signed up for any of them. I didn’t want to pay to access my data, and I didn’t like not knowing where exactly the “remote location” is that stores my data. Today I ...