Xavier Lanier

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Sometimes the Internet Amazes Me…Watching Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai Live (off-topic)

There were several terrorist attacks last night in Mumbai (Bombay) India and thanks to a combo of Facebook, Reddit.com and IBNLive.com I learned about the attacks and have been following them for the past several hours. My wife's family is from Mumbai and we spent part of my honeymoon there so we have an interest in the city. We stayed at the Taj Majal hotel, which is one of the hotels attacked and spent time at some of the others.
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Black Friday Strategy Guide

Our friends over at Retrevo put together a very lengthy PDF guide to Black Friday. It includes Black Friday tips from a bloggers and experts, including a few tips from Notebooks.com.
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Alienware Black Friday Sale

Alienware will discount its high performance notebooks by up to $200 starting on 11/26/08 through Black Friday. This deal isn't anything to get too excited about, especially if you're pimping out yourm15x with expensive features like an SSD.

Black Friday HP Pavilion G50-112NR for $349 at Office Depot

Office Depot will be selling the HP Pavilion G50-112NR notebook for just $349.99 on Black Friday. This is a $250 discount off of the G50-112NR's retail price, making it one of the most affordable 15.4-inch notebooks available this Black Friday.

Black Friday: HP G50 for $429 at Office Max

Office Max is only advertising a single notebook for Black Friday and unfortunately it's not worth lining up for. While the $429 price tag is attractive, the HP Pavilion G50 notebook has an AMD Sempron processor. There are several other Black Friday notebooks with much more powerful AMD Turion or Intel Core 2 Duo processor for just a few bucks more.