Xavier Lanier

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Intel’s Concept ‘Metro Notebook’

Intel showed off a concept computer called the Metro Notebook at the Intel Developers Forum. The slim notebook is designed to be carried over your shoulder s...
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The Future of Mobile Computing?

  This is Intel's take on the future of mobile computing. These slick devices will have impeccable speech recognition and connect seamlessly to your watc...
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How to Avoid Notebook ‘Craplets’

Walt Mosberg of the Wall Street Journal bought a Sony Vaio SZ series notebook a few weeks ago and was upset about the amount of trial software, demos and ads that came installed on it. He blames these 'craplets' for slowing down his system and making the experience of buying a new Vista notebook unpleasant. The craplets can slow down boot times, hinder performance and take up valuable hard drive space.
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Review: Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks

We took a look at the Logitech's redesigned QuickCam for Notebooks and were impressed with its simplicity and low price point. This is a very basic webcam that...
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Show us Your Notebook Bag- Jeremy Toeman

Jeremy Toeman is a blogger and digital media guru. He was formerly a VP at Sling Media (makers of the SlingBox) and now spends his days consulting for tech com...
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Luxury Solar Notebook Bag

  Picard, a German leather goods company, is going solar with a new collection of notebook bags. The Picard Solar line features an array of photovoltaic ...
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Sony VAIO Notebook Gets SSD

Sony's jumping on the flash drive bandwagon by offering up a 32GB solid state drive (SSD) option in its VAIO Type G notebook. Already the lightest 12.1-inch n...
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Blu-Ray Drive For Mac Notebooks

Fastmac announced the first Blu-Ray optical drive upgrade for Apple's PowerBook, iBook & MacBook Pro notebook computers. The new slimline, slot loading drive ca...
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Deal:Seagate 320GB USB 2.0 Drive for $99

If all the data on your notebook is worth more than $100 (everyone) and you're one of those that still doesn't back up your data on a regular basis (nearly ever...
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Lenovo Moves from Worst to First in “Green Ranking”

Greenpeace has put Lenovo at the top of its Green Rankings of technology manufacturers, a far cry from its recent worst position. The organization’s rankings have come under fire for being inconsistent.
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ASUS C90: Fully Upgradeable Notebook

Notebooks are notoriously difficult to upgrade, but ASUS is aiming to change things with a new line of notebooks .ASUS showed off a prototype of a desktop replacement notebook that is designed to be fully user upgradable.
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iPod Slows Bullet, Saves Soldier

We’ve heard lots of stories about how mobile technology is keeping the troops in Iraq entertained and connected to their families. But this iPod did more for one soldier he could have hoped.
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Notebook SSD: $29.99 + 2 CF Cards

There’s been a lot of buzz about Solid State Drives (SSD) in high-end specialized notebooks, but it will be some time before they are a reasonably priced option in main stream notebooks. If you’re itching for some SSD action in check out this alternative.
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Transcend Announces 16GB ExpressCard SSD

Transcend announced a series of Solid State Drives (SSD) for ExpressCard/34 slots. With capacities up to 16GB, the ExpressCard SSDs are compatible with Microsoft Vista’s ReadyBoost technology, which speeds up notebooks by caching data on flash drives.
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Intel Announces Centrino Pro for Business Notebooks

Intel announced a new brand of mobile processor technology for business notebooks. Intel Centrino Pro will extend the features designed for desktop business PCs called Intel vPro processor technology into its forthcoming high-performance notebook offering.
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Abusive Notebook User

Moron Sometimes the customer is wrong, really wrong. Some idiot can’t figure out how to turn off his mommy’s notebook and takes his aggressions out on a VERY patient Dell rep.