. Best Buy's kicked off its Blue Label Laptops program to offer premium consumer notebooks in-store and online. To qualify for the Blue Label Laptops program, models must be thin and light, be optimized for long battery life and have a 13.3-inch to 14.1-inch display. The first two Blue Label Laptops are the Toshiba Satellite E105 and the HP dv3510nr. 
HP's introduced two new special edition series that feature new imprint designs. The dv4 Special edition and dv5 Special edition notebooks look great and if worth a look if you want something beyond basic black. 
I just received an email from a confused notebook shopper and Notebooks.com reader. He's in the market for a sub-$800 mainstream notebook and wrote:
"I was on Dell.com and noticed the Dell Inspiron 15 (1525). When I click on it I don't see that computer, I get taken to a Dell Inspiron 1525 page. Is there a new model and is the Inspiron 15 any better than the Inspiron 1525?"
HP's introduced the Pavilion dv3500t, the company's first 13.3-inch notebook. HP was nice enough to give me an early preview of the dv3500t about a month ago and I liked what I saw. The Pavilion dv3500t is very similar to its bigger brothers, the dv4 and dv5, but it has a couple of features that I really like. 
Sony's offering James Bond fans a chance to win a million dollars with it's Mission for a Million promotion, running up to next month's release of Quantum of Solace. To earn entries to the contest, you just have to answer James Bond and gadget trivia questions. 
Dell announced that the Dell Latitude E6400 is now available with an optional electronic privacy filter. The optional software creates a pattern to reduce the side viewing angles, making it more difficult for those around the user to read the notebook's display.
According to Dell, the software filter has a miinimal impact on display brightness and can be activated with a single touch key combination.
The solution is a $139 option on the Latitude E6400, which is a little expensive for my taste, but cheap to those that have super-secret data that needs to be kept from prying eyes. 
HP introduced the Mini-note 2133 a few months ago, but has yet to introduce a consumer friendly netbook. James from jkOnTheRun spotted what may be HP's answer to the Dell Inspiron N, Lenovo S10 and the smattering of other netbooks that seem to be hitting the market on a daily basis. 
MacMall is having a closeout on MacBook Pros, with prices as low as $1,399. You won't get the latest version of the MacBook Pro at that price, but it's a viable option if you're on a budget. 
Dell's released the M109S Projector (m109s), a pocket projector that weighs just over three-quarters of a pound. This M109S projector is built for road warriors, but I think this could make a cool accessory for anyone that wants to occasionally share their notebook screen with a small crowd. 
Sony announced the VAIO TT, which is the lightest notebook to include a Blu-ray Disc drive. The VAIO TT features a carbon-fiber chassis, weighing in at 2.87 pounds and measuring less than an inch thick. 
Adobe's set to roll out Photoshop CS4, an upgrade to the industry-standard image editing suite. Professionals and serious amateur photographers will appreciate many of the new features in CS3, customizable tool panes and a more robust editing in Camera RAW. 
T-Mobile's the first to introduce a phone powered by Google's open-source Android operating system. The T-Mobile G1, which has a touchscreen display and a full QWERTY keyboard, features several Google applications included Google Maps with Street View and YouTube. 
SanDisk is teaming up with major recording labels and retailers to sell music on MicroSD cards. The "slotMusic" MicroSD cards will come pre-loaded with DRM-free albums in MP3 format, album art, liner notes and videos on select albums. 
The age of free notebooks is upon us as Vodafone's announced it will offer a complimentary Dell Inspiron Mini 9 to anyone willing to pay £25 ($45) per month for 1GB data transfer via the wireless carrier's 3G network. 
Lenovo's introduced the ThinkPad X200s, a lightweight business notebook for business travelers and the X200t,the first widescreen ThinkPad tablet. Tom Ribble, the director of worldwide ThinkPad marketing, called me this morning to talk about the latest additions to the ThinkPad family. 
HP's announced that its EliteBook 6930p business notebook will have up to a 24-hour runtime thanks to energy saving components and a 12-cell ultracapacity battery. I spoke with Jeremy Brody from HP, who filled me in on exactly how this is accomplished.