Xavier Lanier

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What Tech Bloggers' Desks Look Like

Yesterday I posted a photo of what my desk looks like after doing some organizing and it got me wondering what other mobile tech bloggers had on their desks. I emailed a few bloggers and some of them emailed or posted pics of their desks and gear.
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MacBook Nano: Unofficial Apple OSX Netbook….

Here are some pics of two MacBook Nano netbooks, which started life as a pair of MSI Winds. An Apple fanboy and his son applied a couple of stickers, stamped "MacBook Nano" on the bezel and installed OSX Leopard to complete the transformation.
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Black Friday: Sam's Club to Sell Acer Aspire One for $349

Sam's Club will sell the Acer Aspire One for $349 on Black Friday and throw in a free leather case that isn't available from other retailers. The Black Friday Acer Aspire One configuration includes an 8.9-inch display, 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM and 120GB hard drive.
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My New Notebook Workstation Setup

A Notebooks.com reader recently asked me what kind of notebooks and gear I use so I snapped this picture of what my desk currently looks like. It's messy, but it's a work in progress as I just bought a new desk over the weekend.
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Sony Style VIPs to Get Early Black Friday Shopping Appointments

I just got an invite to Sony's VIP holiday event, which is taking place on November 21 from 7pm-9pm. The company is holding this event so select customers can get Black Friday pricing a week before black Friday to get the holiday ball rolling early.
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Dell Studio Notebooks Get New (Product) Red Artwork

Dell's offering three new designs on its Studio 15 and Studio 17 notebooks. The New World, Shine Within and Healing Patterns designs will benefit the Global Fund, which works to save lives and eliminate AIDS in Africa.
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Dr. TabletPC: My High-Tech Doc (video)

I went to my new doctor's office for the first time on Friday, but instead of worrying too much about my health I ended up interviewing him about how he uses a Tablet PC all day long to better serve his patients. I shot a video of him explaining how he uses his tablet and why more doctors don't use tablets and Electronic Health Records.
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Dell Latitude XT Stress Tested on Video

Dell Latitude XT Tablets are tough little computers despite their small stature. PeliasMobile, a company that helps businesses go paperless put together this video demonstration to show how durable and reliable this tablet is. The XT Tablet gets dropped repeatedly, water spilled on it and run over by a car.

My Apple Curse Strikes Again, but Apple Store Saves the Day

I've had my share of 'bad Apples,' but none was nearly as bad as the MacBook Pro I bought four months ago. As I wrote back in March, Apple products have something against me- maybe because they have to share my attention and desk-space with numerous PC notebooks. That's why I wasn't completely surprised when my MacBook Pro's display did a great Zebra impersonation today. I was completely surprised by the treatment I got at the Apple Store and had one of the best customer service experiences I've had in a long time.
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HP Mini 1000 Video Promo

Ann Finnie from HP sent over a new promo video for the HP Mini 1000. I really like these brief ads that Adcetera ( a Houston, TX ad agency) puts together for HP. They are always very concise and communicate a few benefits of HP's products in layman's terms.
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HP Mini 1000 Mobile Internet Experience Video Demo

HP's built an interface called Mobile Internet Experience (MIE) for the Mini 1000. MIE is designed to make it easy for people to do the most common Internet-related tasks on the Mini 1000 and make it possible for them to use Linux without having to actually learn a thing about Linux.
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iPhone iV Extended Battery from Fastmac

The FastMac iV Extended Battery for the iPhone is an innovative little battery pack that triples talk time, adds a camera flash and a USB port for charging your bluetooth headset.
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Alienware m17 Gaming Notebook Introduced

Alienware's launching the M17 a 17-inch gaming notebook that has some killer specs including the an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 quad-core processor and dual ATI Mobility Radeo HD 3870 cards.
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Another Notebook Battery Recall

Sony batteries used in HP, Toshiba, and Dell notebooks are being recalled...again The 100,000 batteries included in the recall are are at risk of catching fire or exploding.