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Kensington Ci Lifestyle Keyboard and Mouse

Kensington Ci Lifestyle Keyboard and MouseKensington added six new peripherals to its "Control it" line of notebook accessories.The mice and desktop set are part of the company's new Ci Lifestyle Collection.
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Live at Apple WWDC, Steve Jobs Keynote

Apple WWDC We're live at WWDC in San Francisco's Moscone Center, where Steve Jobs is expected to announce a number of new products and initiatives. We're expecting some big news about Apple working closer with Google.
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Dell Notebooks Coming to Sam’s Club

Dell InspironAfter years and years of preaching a no-retail mantra, Dell's partnered with Wal-Mart-the world's biggest retailer. In the coming days, more than 580 Sam's Club locations will start carrying an AMD-powered Dell E1501 notebook for $899.
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ThinkPads Sit Courtside at NBA Finals

X60 Stats NBAAs the Cavaliers and Spurs tip off in the NBA Championships, the last thing on most people’s minds are computers. But behind the scenes, the NBA uses a slew of technology to provide fans and media with accurate real-time statistics and ensure fairness.
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Intel Core 2 Extreme Notebook Processors Coming Soon

Intel Core 2 Duo ExtremeIntel will start selling a mobile version of the Core 2 Extreme processor for high-end gaming notebooks sometime during the third quarter of this year. Intel's Sean Maloney announced the new chip at Computex in Taipei.
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WD Passport Drives Bumped to 250GB

Western Digital Pocket DriveWestern Digital announced a 250GB capacity Passport portable drive today. The USB-powered pocket drive is significantly larger than WD's previous offerings. The new WD Passsport 250GB weighs less than four ounces and is powered by USB.
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Panasonic Toughbook 52 Announced

ToghBook 52Panasonic annunced the Toughbook 52, its latest semi-rugged desktop replacement notebook, based on Intels's new Santa Rosa chipset.The Toughbook 52 comes equipped with additional security features, a new carrying handle and optional embedded wireless broadband.
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Toshiba Portege R500 Notebook to Feature 64GB SSD

Toshbia Portege R500Toshiba announced the new Portege R500 business notebook will have an optional 64GB solid state drive. Configured with the SSD and no optical drive, the Portege R500 weighs only 1.72 pounds, making it the lightest 12.1-inch widescreen notebook available.
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Toshiba Launches Tecra M8 Notebook

Toshiba Tecra M8Toshiba’s announced the Tecra M8, the company's first 13.3-inch notebook. The compact widescreen display offers 30% more viewing area than 12.1-inch normal aspect notebooks, while maintaining a compact form factor. The first configuration of the Tecra M8 will be the M8-S8011.
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MacBook Pro Updated with LED Display

MacBook ProApple updated its MacBook Pro line of notebooks today with a LED-backlit display for the 15-inch version and a hi-res 1920x1200 option for the 17-inch model. The new MacBook Pros are now available with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, NVIDIA GeForce 8600m GT graphics card.
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Dell XPS m1330 Ultraportable

Dell_XPS m1330Dell's designs are definitely getting more daring, though some of the details on the new Dell XPS m1330 are eerily similar to Sony's. The XPS m1330 features a 13.3-inch LED display (optional), Core 2 Duo processor and a choice between a 32GB SSD or 250 GB hard drive.
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Fujitsu Lifebook T4220 Tablet Now Available

Fujitsu T4220Fujitsu's upgraded is Lifebook tablets with Intel's Santa Rosa mobile platform. A touch over four pounds, the Fujitsu T4220 tablet's exterior looks identical to previous models, but boasts many upgrades. The T4220 packs the latest Core 2 Duo processors, 802.11n wireless and up to 120GB of storage.
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Video: Apple iPhone Coming April 29th

Apple iPhoneThe most hyped mobile phone in history is will start selling in just a few short weeks. Apple started running a series of commercials last night that show off several features and its intuitive interface. Whether or not the iPhone will become as popular as the iPod is still questionable, but one things for sure: iPhones will be nearly impossible to score when they first launch.
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Gold SanDisk CF and SDHC Cards

Gold SanDisk CardSanDisk is running a promo in Hong Kong that will turn some lucky winners' CF and SDHC cards into gold. Mobile tech shoppers who buy either SanDisk's Extreme IV 8GB CompactFlass or UltraII 4GB SDHC cards will have the chance to win a gold version of their memory card purchase.
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Bill Gates Demos Microsoft’s Surface Computer

The Surface Table ComputerMicrosoft's Bill Gates is pitching table-top computer system dubbed 'The Surface' for between $5,000 and $10,000. The Surface is touch-sensitive and interacts with mobile phones, digital cameras an other objects that are placed on it. Gates thinks the technology could go mainstream in the near future.
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PQI Announces 256GB Solid State Drive

PQI Solid State Drive 256GBPQI announced a 256GB SATA solid state drive (SSD) for notebooks, which will probably cost more than most notebooks when it starts shipping. The new drive has 60MB per second transfers.