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TSA Agent Steal $200k+ of Mobile Tech Gear…Yet Another Reason it Sucks to Fly

I’m sure most TSA agents dutifully go about their jobs, but it’s guys like the TSA agent who stole more than $200,000 of mobile tech gear and sold it on eBay that make flying more and more miserable.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 20, 2008  | 

Panasonic Announces Smaller Fuel Cell for Notebooks

Panasonic showed off the world’s smallest notebook fuel cell and another fuel cell that can recharge mobile phones. Panasonic hopes to bring notebook fuel cells to market by 2012.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 20, 2008  | 

Gateway MC Series Entertainment Notebooks Introduced

Gateway’s released the MC-Series, a new line of entertainment notebooks that feature a frameless 16-inch (16:9 1366×768) aspect ratio display.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 20, 2008  | 

Let Me Introduce Myself

Hello Notebooks.com readers. My name is Adam and I will be popping in from time to time to share my thoughts and contribute product reviews. Before jumping in I felt it was only right to give you a little background on who I am and what you might expect me to cover over the upcoming months.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 17, 2008  | 

iTunes Offers Up HD ABC, CBS, FOX & NBC TV Shows

Apple announced that you can now buy high definition primetime shows form the four major TV networks for $2.99 per episode. The high definition shows can be viewed on your notebook or Apple TV. A standard definition version is included in the purchase price so you can watch them on your iPod or iPhone.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 17, 2008  | 

Blu-ray Burner for MacBooks

The MacBooks and MacBook Pros announced earlier this week lack a Blu-ray option, a glaring omission for HD content creators. Steve Jobs called adding Blu-ray a “bag of hurt,” but thankfully Amex Digital’s figured out how to produce an external Blu-ray disc burner that can be used with MacBooks and MacBook Pros and will cost only $289.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 17, 2008  | 

New MacBook Pro Disscection

The guys from iFixIt tore apart a new MacBook Pro to explore and see what it’ll be like to repair them. The MacBook Pro is meticulously disassembled in a 33-step guide.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 16, 2008  | 

Review: iHome iHM77 “Capsule Speakers”

The tiny iHome iHM77 Capsule portable speakers blew away my expectations the minute I plugged them in to my iPhone. The speakers can fit in your pocket, but are louder than any internal notebook speaker I’ve heard and deliver more sound per ounce than any portable speaker I know of.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 16, 2008  | 

MacBook Pros: Are they Really ‘Pro’ Notebooks?

In the Apple notebook keynote Address, Steve Jobs and company talked a lot about progress in the educational retail markets, but they didn’t talk at all about the needs of professional users. The MacBook Pro is a very impressive notebook in many regards, but it lacks many ‘pro’fessional-grade features that are taken for granted on many PC notebooks.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 14, 2008  | 

MacBook Air Gets Faster Graphics, Bigger Drives

Apple’s updated the MacBook Air with bigger drives and improved graphics. The MacBook Air now comes standard with a 120GB hard drive, rather than the 80GB drive found in previous models. A 128GB sollid state drive is now available on the $2,499 version of the MacBook Air.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 14, 2008  | 


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