Bridging the digital divide is a noble cause, but it can have some unintended consequences. Do we really want to turn developing nations' kids into laptop zombies? This cartoon shows what might happen if the OLPC foundation succeeds. 
AT&T's CEO Randall Stephenson said a 3G Version of the Apple iPhone will be available next year during a Chruchill Club dinner in Silicon Valley. He said Apple will "dictate what the price of the phone is." 
The Zonbu notebook is designed to be energy efficient and low maintainence, thanks to automatic system updates and a paid subscription service. The Zonbu notebook starts at just $279 if you're willing to commit to a two-year, $14.95 per month subscription fee. 
Here's a Microsoft Zune commercial that makes me want to never buy a Zune. The entire comercial is made up of two cobras in a desert fighting over an ice cream cone...really that's it. No Zune, no features, nothing. Just snakes licking an ice cream cone....mmmmm maybe the new Zunes taste good.
The new Zune ads have generally avoided showing off features, instead showing people in a daydream-state, parading around with giant jelly fish and dancing bunnies. 
Avot mV is a free application and service that makes it easier to find, view and bookmark video clips on your mobile phone. The service aggregates video from several sources, including MySpace Video, ESPN, Youtube, DailyMotion, ABC and 5min.com, and optimizes them for mobile phone viewing. I tested the Avot Media on my iPhone and Samsung BlackJack and had very mixed results. 
Fujitsu announced a 320GB laptop drive, the highest capacity 2.5-inch drive on the market. The new drive spins at 5400 RPM and should satisfy most multimedia gluttons, with enough capacity to store about 80,000 songs or 140 hours of DVD-quality video. 
Google's Maps for Mobile has a new feature called "my location" that pinpoints your location via GPS, or approximates it using cell towers if your phone doesn't have GPS. This solves the dreaded problem of not knowing where to start your driving directions or where to search for a nearby cafe. 
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The Dell XPS M153o is the latest update to the company's high-performance notebook line. The XPS M1530 is built of magnesium alloy and aluminum, giving it a high-class appearance at a reasonable $999 entry price. Available in a black, red and white, the XPSM1530 can be loaded with a Blu-Ray disc burner and a solid state drive. 
If Apple were to release a Tablet, what would it look like? The guys over at Gizmodo held a contest and the winner's rendering, dubbed the 'MacBook Touch' is very sleek. The MacBook Touch can be rotated about and has a virtual musical keyboard for GarageBand. 
Siemens has heavily modified the MacBook Pro for doctors on the move. The "Acuson P50" is especially designed for mobile applications in cardiology as well as vascular applications and use in the operating room and anesthesiology departments. 
Notebook stands come in all shapes and sizes these days, but the Laptop Sticks stand may be the most ingenious of them all. Built of bamboo, Laptop Sticks snap together to form an impromptu stand and fit together like a jigsaw puzzle so you can easily stow them in your bag. Some Germans are paying a 600 euro premium to unlock their iPhones the legal way. iPhones go for 399 euros in Germany, bringing the total bill for an unlocked phone to 999 euros ($1,473). 
It's hard enough to give up part of Thanksgiving and camp in a cold parking lot to get a great deal. But some Best Buy employees allegedly made the experience absolutely miserable by passing over some customers and playing favorites. One family waited in line for 14 hours and didn't get the computer they wanted and watched as a Best Buy employee smuggled a voucher for the same laptop to his girlfriend. 
Stuffing an old laptop inside a guitar seems seems like a perfectly good way to give old tech new life. This guitar uses the laptop's display as a visualizer. 
Some Verizon customers are complaining about an audible alarm that sounds when they dial 911. I guess someone thought this would be a useful feature useful feature, but do you really want a siren sounding when you're hiding from a burglar in your closet?
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