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HP HDX Dragon Giveaway Update- 24 left to win!

There’s still plenty of time to win an HP HDX Dragon. Notebooks.com and 23 other sites’ contests are either still open or haven’t even kicked off yet.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 15, 2008  | 

ASUS Eee PC 900 Available from $549

ASUS Eee PC 900 20G - 8.9 screen w / Built-in Camera - Pearl White -Linux Software PreloadedThe 8.9-inch ASUS Eee PC 900 is now available via online retailers for as low as $549. The ASUS Eee PC 900 comes with either a 1.7GHz Intel Celeron processor, 1GB of RAM and a choice of Windows XP or Linux.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 12, 2008  | 

31 Days of the Dragon Contest Update

Julie over at thegadgeteer.com is giving away an HP HDX Dragon in a photo contest. Bostonpocketpc.com contest for the HP HDX Dragon is also open. There’s still plenty of chances to win an HP HDX of your own in the 31 Days of the Dragon contests.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 9, 2008  | 

Lenovo U110: First Impressions Review


Lenovo sent over an IdeaPad U110 for me to play with for the next few months. The IdeaPad U110 is Lenovo’s first 11-inch consumer notebook and it’s simply gorgeous. Everyone I’ve shown it to so far wants to steal it from me. The IdeaPad U110 is available now for $1,899 and as far as I can tell so far is worth every penny.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 8, 2008  | 

HP HDX for the Contest is Here!

FedEx delivered the HP HDX we’re giving away this month and we’re getting ready to kick off our contest on May 18th. Rules and entry information are coming shortly, but you don’t have to wait till then to win an HP HDX.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 5, 2008  | 

Silicon Valley Fight Club for Geeks

Some tech guys get sick of punching away at a keyboards for their entire careers and get the urge to beat something else. Check out this video of Silicon Valley’s very own fight club- where IT managers, software engineers and even marketing geeks beat the crap out of each other with chairs, plungers and Martha Stewart magazines…

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 1, 2008  | 

X300 vs. MacBook Air (video)

The MacBook Air designers had to sacrifice a lot of ports and an optical drive so Apple could claim the title of ‘world’s thinnest notebook.’ Lenovo pokes some fun at the MacBook Air in this video and shows that an X300, the thinnest ThinkPad, can fit inside a manila envelope too.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 30, 2008  | 

XPS M1530 and M1330 Now in Pink

Dell’s XPS M1530 and M1330 notebooks are now available in Pink. XPS notebooks are sold in black in the base configuration, with the pink option offered as a $25 upgrade.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 30, 2008  | 

Toshiba Notebooks Get Face Recognition

Toshiba just sent me an email pointing out that its latest Satellite notebooks feature Face Recognition. This means users can automatically login just by sitting in front of their notebooks.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 29, 2008  | 

IdeaPad U110 Now Available (video)

Lenovo’s IdeaPad U110 is finally available on Lenovo’s Web site and via retailers. The u110 is a very stylish 11.1-inch notebook, and the first compact notebook Lenovo’s marketing to consumers.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 29, 2008  |