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Toshiba Notebook Batteries Recalled

Toshiba is offering a âہvoluntary exchangeâ€ÂÃƒâ€šÃ‚ (a euphemism for a recall) for 340,000 notebook batteries, which are manufactured byâÃ...
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Panasonic’s New Toughbooks

Panasonic announced three new Toughbooks today. As always, they are ready to take all the abuse you can throw at them. They are available starting in October a...
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Gateway Announces Core 2 Duo Lineup

  Starting on Aug. 31, many Gateway notebook PC models will be available with Intel Core 2 Duo processors. The Gateway M255-E, M285-E, M465-E...
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Dell Recalls Notebook Batteries

Dell notebooks are in the news again today as the company announced a recall of 4.1 million lithium-ion batteries. If you purchased one of the affected notebook...
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Dell Broadband ExpressCard for Notebooks

Dell just announced the first wireless broadband ExpressCard for notebooks. Many notebooks, including the latest Dell, HP and Lenovo models come with Express...
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Dell XPS 1210

Watch the video A Dell notebooks engineer walks us through the Dell XPS 1210. Lots of connectivity and battery life in this 12" package. Loo...
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Dell Laptop Explodes at Conference

A Dell laptop exploded during a conference in Japan. An attendee snapped some pics as the laptop continued to burn. Not sure what exactly happened here, but it...
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Ultraportable Dell- Built In Wireless Broadband

Dellâ€â„¢s new 12.1â€ÂÃƒâ€šÃ‚ notebook weighs just three pounds and will run for up to seven hours on a nine-cell battery. The D420 Latitud...
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Video: Intel’s Notebooks of the Future

Hereâ€â„¢s some great video of Intelâ€â„¢s concept notebooks. I especially like the docking station at the end of the video that acts as...
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Toshiba Tablet with EVDO

Portege M400 Toshiba's Portégé M400-S4032 Tablet PC is now shipping and features built-in EVDO. The 4.5 lb tablet PC has some nice specs and will keep the most demanding mobile pros connected.
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SonyStyle Notebook PC Trade-In Program

Sony has launched a notebook PC trade-in program that pays you up to $318 in giftcards to be used at sonystyle.com or at one of Sony's retail stores. This is a great way of getting something if you were planning on junking your old computer,want to avoid selling it yourself and like being green.