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Hello Mister Walrus: Yay, another way for people to get mowed down by traffic because they aren't paying attention while walking! But seriously, I was in NYC and this guy... more »
Kaiser-Machead: I can't help but think that I've seen this before... more »
DustyButt™: I know I've seen this somewhere before... #connectadesk more »
Xagest: Omg, I thought you were talking about a blender with a man in it. #connectadesk more »
Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Serious Bag is not amused... #haglfslaptopdrybags more »
The Lab: I've owned a Haglofs backpack for 15 years and it is still going strong. Amazing quality and design. #haglfslaptopdrybags more »
cgarduc: Can you post were to get them here in the US? #haglfslaptopdrybags more »
Noobs-R-Us: I've been using Haglofs for over 16 years after seeing it in Stockholm. It was first available only in Sweden. They make some of the best outdoor gea... more »
uu_ugene: I've been wanting something like this ever since catfish gumbo exploded in my messenger bag. #haglfslaptopdrybags more »
thatsmrpotatohead2U: Oh my Giddy Aunt. What is it about the nautical that gets us gadget lovers going so? I guess it's the combination of style and practicality (that may ... more »

#thiscyborglife

Connect-a-Desk Seamlessly Blends Man With Machine
It might be quite a while before science and medicine are able to make you better, stronger and faster with bionics, but there is an easy and inexpensive way to blend man and machine that's available today—Connect-a-Desk. More »
#laptops

Haglöfs Laptop Drybags Have a Design Almost as Awesome as Their Name
Maybe I'm just a sucker for umlauts and radioactive thresholds of orange, but these 15 and 17-inch Haglöfs Laptop Drybags have me sold on both their padding and Ziplock-style watertight compartment. They run about $30. [Haglöfs via Stilsucht via OhGizmo!]
#motorcycles

Mavizen's 130 mph Electric Motorcycle Has Built-In Web Server, WiFi and Linux
Mavizen's TTX02 electric motorcycle is being dubbed as "a laptop on wheels". A really, really fast laptop on wheels. More »
#dell

Dell Adamo XPS Hands On: Insanely Thin (and Just Insane)
The Adamo XPS is a daring slice of design and engineering. Quite frankly, it's batshit insane. More »
#laptops

Monster Monster Laptop Stand Will &#*@ing Chomp Your Face (Or Just Sit There)
Who would have thought that six acrylic limbs could transform a MacBook into something so evil...so powerful? Luckily the designer hasn't designed the legs as articulating and retractable, or we'd really be screwed. $40. [MonsterMonster via Unplggd via Core77]
#usb

Nvidia Confirms Intel's Senseless USB 3.0 Delay Until 2011
Bad news: Nvidia has confirmed Intel's stance on USB 3.0—no Intel chipsets will support the new standard until 2011. Short of Intel stating something different, USB 3.0 probably won't hit mass consumption until then. Is there any hope? More »
#netbooks

Litl Webbook Banks On Cute, Overlooks Practical
How did Asus, Acer and all the other netbook manufacturers miss such an obvious ploy? The word "Litl Webbook" must be the most cutely named gadget since the "Chumby." And it's also an interesting product in its own right. More »
#concepts

Disposable Laptop Works Better as a Metaphor Than as an Actual Product
There's no doubt about it: Today, the concept of a disposable laptop is totally ridiculous. But you know what else was ridiculous? Disposable cameras, 60 years ago. And this thing just looks fantastic, so I'll let it slide. Also: symbolism! More »
#obits

Rest In Peace, Ridiculous Dual-Screen OLPC XO-2
It has always been an unspoken fear—or assumption, even—that the dual-touchscreen followup to the original OLPC, the XO-2, would never come to pass. But we let the dream live! Until today: the XO-2 is officially scrapped. More »
#laptops

Acer's Big Ass Aspire 8940: 18.4-inch Screen, Core i7 Processor
With an oversized LED-backlit 18.4-inch display, Core i7 720QM processor, and Windows 7, the Aspire 8940 is set to face off with HP's Pavilion dv8 and Toshiba's Qosmio X500 in the uber desktop replacement stakes. And it'll probably cost less. More »
#pcs

Please, Don't Make a Whiskey PC with a Good Whiskey Bottle
Yesterday I spent the evening at Tuthilltown Spirits, New York's first distillery after the Prohibition, and makers of some of the most delicious whiskey I've ever had. I would never use their bottles to make a PC. It'd be sacrilege. More »
#dell

Dell Doesn't Understand That a "Hard Drive For Laptops" Program Doesn't Fly With Support Customers
So, this guy sends his laptop to Dell for repair and Dell sends him back a hard drive...just a hard drive in a box. So what's the problem here? More »
#bloatware

Acer's Bloatware Adds 2+ Minutes to Boot Time, HP, Dell and Sony Not Much Better
PC Pro looked into the bloatware included on new laptops by major manufacturers, measuring how memory, HDD space and boot times are negatively effected. And good lord, it's worse than you thought. More »
#tablets

Dell Latitude XT2 XFR Is the Mil Spec Multitouch Tablet for Judge Dredd Wannabes
The Latitude XT2 XFR is a ruggedized version of Dell's XT2 tablet built to MIL-810G standards for taking an ass-beating: It's got an impact resistant, sunlight-viewable 12-inch multitouch LED-backlit display, compression sealed orifices, and works in temperatures from 10-140 degrees. More »
#airplanes

Lost Northwest 188 Pilots Were Probably Dicking Around on Their Laptops
Last week, Northwest Flight 188 blew past its destination by over 100 miles and didn't respond to air traffic control for 75 minutes, prompting panic. Most guessed the pilots fell asleep. Now, it appears they were messing around on laptops. More »
#lenovo

Lenovo All-in-One IdeaCentre B500's Got Cyborg Chic
Lenovo introduced a few new computers today, most interesting among them (visually, at least) being the B500 all-in-one with a crazy angular design. But they've also got their first Core i7 notebook and a pretty nice-looking ultraportable. More »
#laptops

Y550 Laptop Lenovo's First With a Core i7 Inside
The Y550P, a 15-inch laptop, is Lenovo's first portable to offer a Core i7 option. More »
#remainders

Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
Apple Unleashes Billboard So Large It's Actually Illegal...Win 7 Touchscreen Commits Seppuku on Live Japanese TV...Wal-Mart Gets a Gear Installer Squad of Its Own...RIM Kills Our Dreams, Says No To Smartwatch... More »
#dealzmodo

Dell Selling Core i7 Laptop for $101,353
It's either a glitch or a preventative measure, but Dell is listing an otherwise straight-up Studio 16 for $101,353 because of the succulent Core i7 processor stuck inside. Update: Fun's over More »
#adamo

Specs Leak For Dell's Super Skinny Adamo XPS
More information has trickled out about the Dell's Adamo XPS, the notebook with an eating disorder which we showed you video of yesterday. More »
#apple

Apple iMac Review: 27 Inches and Less Chin
In the 10+ years since the iMac was born as Apple's simple computer, it's become visibly less of a computer and more of a display. And what a screen this new iMac has. More »
#exclusive

Video: Dell Adamo XPS Can Only Be Opened By Rubbing It
The Dell Adamo XPS isn't only ridiculously thin, but it opens like no laptop ever seen before. Its propped up keyboard can only be opened by sliding a finger on the lid's heat sensing strip. See it to believe it... More »
#review

Unibody Apple MacBook Review
It was inevitable that Apple would take their unibody manufacturing prowess from their MacBook Pros and focus it on the MacBook line. We just never expected the new MacBook to be as enticing as the 13-inch Pro. More »
#review

Acer Aspire AS5738DG Review: 3D On the Small Screen
Acer, I see right through you; you meant this $800 3D PC for the college stoner. More »
#sony

Sony VAIO X Reviewed: Hot to Touch, But the Battery Life Is Muy Bueno
The crazy-light Sony VAIO X got the review treatment over at Laptop Mag. They found that thinness comes at a cost, and their test results reveal Sony wasn't kidding with those battery life claims. More »
#questionoftheday

Would You Use The Multitouch Magic Mouse With a Multitouch Trackpad Laptop?
It seems redundant: the new multitouch Magic Mouse with a multitouch laptop—but some people might prefer it. Would you prefer a regular mouse? How about no mouse at all? More »
#apple

Apple Tax Repealed? Comparisons Suggest It's So
Our friends at Laptop compiled a chart comparing the new $999 white unibody MacBook to similarly weighted 13" laptops from Dell, Acer and Samsung within $100. There are tradeoffs, but at least at this price level, Apple fights on even ground, and makes up for lacks (no SD slot, smaller HDD, less RAM) with perks (LED backlighting, multitouch trackpad) and a much longer stated battery life. Feel free to scream it out below, or check Laptop for the full chart and spec rundown. [Laptop]
#apple

Apple iMac Hands On
The new iMac, built with the unibody technique, comes in two sizes, with 21.5- and 27-inch screens. It's got the same edge-to-edge glass of the MacBook Pro and will have Core 2 Duo and new Core i5/i7 quad-core options. UPDATED More »
#apple

New Unibody LED MacBook Hands On
At the center of today's minor product explosion, Apple's refreshed $1000 White MacBook is the only right-fielder: It's got a rubberized bottom, multitouch trackpad, LED backlighting, the MacBook Pro's non-replaceable battery, and healthy spec bumps. UPDATED More »
#laptops

Acer AS1410 Notebook Is Netbook-Sized and Netbook-Priced
Acer's new AS1410 notebook, a 11.6-incher, may look like a netbook and start at $400, but it's definitely a step up: It's got a multitouch trackpad, Celeron proc, Windows 7 and HDMI-out, plus a full-sized keyboard. More »
#humor

You Definitely Don't Want to Tell Airport Security About the Volatility of Laptop Batteries
Seriously, the TSA doesn't take kindly to logic and reasoning. [XKCD via The Daily What]
#adamo

Dell's $2000 Adamo XPS Opens with a Little Heat or Your Finger
Even though the disgustingly thin Dell Adamo XPS arrives soon for a newly-announced $2000 price, but we're still just learning about some of the features and specifics. One of the latest is purely cosmetic, but it sounds pretty hot: More »
#lenovo

A Trebuchet Launches Lenovo Laptops with Leverage
Some stress tests fall way outside the realm of predictable scenarios, and those are our favorites. At Gadgetoff 2009, Lenovo let some guys launch two ThinkPads from a trebuchet, just because. They get destroyed, but fare better than expected. More »
#gaming

Logitech G110 Gaming Keyboard Has More Purple Lights Than a Discoteque
Logitech's more basic counterpart to the ridiculous G19 gaming keyboard, the G110 is screenless, playing up custom lighting with "red, blue, or pretty much any shade of purple you can imagine." Mostly, I'm glad they finally integrated some headset jacks. More »
#android

Acer Aspire One AOD250 Boots Android And Win XP, Holds Us Over Until Chrome OS Arrives
The long talked about dual boot Android, Windows XP Acer netbook is ready to come out of hiding and you can snatch one up now (with a six-cell battery) for $350. But will you ever use the Android? More »
#laptops

Toshiba U505 and M505 Touchscreened in Time For Win 7
Toshiba's upgraded their U505 and M505 notebooks with touchscreens in time for Windows 7. They'll go for about $1000, to start with. The rest of their "new laptops" seem old. More »
#laptops

Massive Core i7 HP Pavilion dv8 Ready To Take Up Tons of Retail Shelf Space
It wasn't a surprise exactly, but HP has officially unveiled the 18.4-inch, Core i7-powered Pavilion dv8 with full 1080p resolution, 4GB-8GB of RAM, dual 320GB HDDs, NVIDIA GeForce GT230 graphics, a TV tuner, Blu-ray and a Long Life battery. More »
#acer

Acer Slaps a Multitouch Screen On Its $800 Aspire 5738PG
You wouldn't know it by looking at it, but that is Acer's new multitouch laptop. Sort of like Lenovo has done with the T400s, Acer has put a multitouch screen on an existing clamshell notebook. More »
#bestbuy

Whoa, Best Buy Sells 30 Percent of the Computers in the US
At a Nokia event announcing the surprisingly decent pricing for the Booklet 3G, Best Buy's CMO said that Best Buy currently sells "30 percent of the computers in the US." More »
#nokia

Nokia's Very Nice (Net) Booklet 3G Is $299 Plus Your Soul on AT&T
Surprise, Nokia's Booklet 3G—a very nice netbook—is just gonna be $299 on Oct. 22, way below previous estimates of like a bajillion dollars. Granted, you're signing your soul over to AT&T for $60/month to get it that cheaply. More »

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