DIY Laptop Tray Keeps Your Computer Cool, Legs Burn-Free

Many of us prop laptops on blankets or pillows to avoid the heat, but these inevitably obstruct air circulation and cause overheating. This DIY stand made from a bistro tray and a bit of wood helps keep your computer—and legs—cool. More »

ASUS' Skinny UM30 Laptop Look Familiar, With That Aluminium Body and Black Bezel?

A record for ASUS' laptop range, the UM30 measures just 19.6mm thick, and while there's nothing particularly special inside, we do happen to think it looks rather smart. You know, for an ASUS. More »

AT&T Lets You Pay-As-You-Go For Notebook DataConnect Coverage

Instead of signing up for a monthly plan on a notebook data card, AT&T now lets you pay for chunks of data beforehand. Unfortunately, it's really expensive. More »

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 »

30 Rock's Emphatically Branded Windows Computer Is Confusing

On this week's 30 Rock, we found out Jack's (or Jack's designer's) choice of computer, and it's a weird one: It's a prop model of a forcefully-branded Windows computer, yet 30 Rock has historically been in love with Apple products. More »

Dealzmodo: HP Desktop, Monitor, Laptop, Netbook and Router, all for $1200 (!)

Those looking for new Windows 7 hardware might want to head to Best Buy tomorrow—according to our source, they're set to debut an HP package with a desktop, monitor, laptop, netbook, and router, ridiculously priced at $1200. More »

Acer's Aspire 5738PG 3D Laptop To Launch October 22, Come With Tacky Glasses

The Aspire 5738PG uses combination of software, hardware, coated glass, and ugly polarized glasses to give you awesome 3D games, porn that pops right out, and a rather sharp display. And while there's no party, it's launching alongside Windows 7. More »

HP ProBook 5310m Crams Big Boy Processor in Netbook Body

Look familiar? The HP ProBook looks like their really nice Mini 5101 netbook, but it's actually packing a full-blown Core 2 Duo, which HP says makes it the "world's thinnest full performance notebook." More »

Nokia ARM-Based Smartbook To Follow Booklet 3G?

It was only on Monday that Nokia confirmed its first laptop, but now DigiTimes suggests the Fins may use either Compal or Foxconn to build an ARM-based smartbook for 2010. If true, my guess is it'll run Maemo 5. More »

Make Your Own Laptop Sleeve Out of Any Fabric

Ars Technica posted a guide showing how to make a laptop sleeve out of any fabric you happen to have lying around. It probably won't protect your laptop from falls, but it'll provide some style and probably reduce scratches. More »

Dell 14z Laptop Reviewed: Pretty Slim, Pretty Light, Pretty Cheap

Laptop Mag took a look at Dell's new optical drive-less, 14-inch thin-and-light 14z laptop and, for the most part, liked what they saw. It's a very solid performer for its class, the price is right and it's nice and slim. More »

10 Ways to Make Your Keyboard Slightly Less Disgusting

Your keyboard is probably a SuperFund site waiting to happen—luckily there's more than one way to skin a biohazard. Inc.com has 10 ways to clean your keyboard, blow dryer being their wiliest, if lightweight, method. [Inc.com via Lifehacker]

This Is the Best Laptop in the World (Or At Least the Softest)

MacBooks, netbooks, schmbooks. Nothing can beat a laptop that lets you nap on top of it without getting keyboard marks on your face—like the ones I get with my current one. [Likecool]

A Tour of MSI's Thin and Light X340 Laptop

Every major netbook manufacturer has their own budget MacBook Air-like system coming to the market soon. Here's the first look at something slightly more spacious, MSI's X340, a full-sized 13.4-inch laptop in a petite frame. More »

Fugly Sweaters for Your Laptop

One size fits all and just $20 each. I confess, I'm tempted. I just can't decide which sweater to get for my laptop. Pepto-Bismol pink and cigarette ash snowflakes or the classic diarrhea brown? More »

Asus Fold/Unfold Concept Will See Commercial Release

Asus's interesting Fold/Unfold concept we saw at CES is actually going to be commercially released, according to Asus CEO Jerry Shen. The notebook (not netbook) will cost somewhere between $1,000 and $1,500. More »

Dell Adamo Found at SXSW, Priced at $1999

Now we've got confirmation that the Dell Adamo is actually launching later today and will be priced at $1999. PR person Brian Solis took pictures of the Air-contender at SXSW. [Engadget]

Would You Buy Steve Wozniak's PowerBook on eBay?

Looks like Apple Employee #1's old 17", maxed-out PowerBook is for sale on eBay, remarkably devoid of Cheetos fingerprints. But who acquired it from Woz to begin with? The answer might surprise you. More »

Laptop Distracts Truck Driver, Truck Driver Kills Family of Six

As much as we love using technology everywhere, this sad story of a truck driver killing a family of six reminds us to never use laptops when driving. More »

Samsung Lapfit External Display for Laptops for People With OCD

Samsung thinks that you may be annoyed when you connect your laptop to an external display. Their reasoning: The external display is not at the same angle and height of the laptop's screen.

More Dell Latitude XT2 Specs Leak: Release Date This Wednesday?

We didn't know much about Dell's XT2 convertible tablet before, but now what appears to be a full specs sheet has leaked, including a possible release date this Wednesday, February 11th.

Asus's Dual-Screen, Dual Computing Laptop Goes Into Production Later This Year

This modified M50 dual-computing laptop (there's two computers in there sharing a battery) has two displays, one of which is 4.3-inches, and is actually a prototype that will be manufactured later this year. More »

Caption Contest: Recession Laptop

"All set. Now, only 23 more payments and this beauty will be all mine." [Midget Quest — Thanks B.B.]

Apple Patents For Liquid-Cooled Portables Surface

While us normal folk were gorging on turkey and fixings, the tireless US Patent Office was busy filing an interesting Apple patent detailing a mobile liquid cooling system—something that looks like it could be used in a future portable device.

Laptop Cooler Features Slot-Loading Hard Drive Dock

One look at this conglomeration and you pretty much know it's from Brando. Their latest clunky tech masterpiece is officially named a USB Notebook Cooling Pad + 3-Port Hub + 2.5" HDD.

Dell Mini 9 Netbook Gets 32GB Solid State Drive Option For a Measly $100

Dell's Mini 9 may be going for a pretty good price already (and an irritating disk error) but check out this deal sweetener: Dell's added a 32GB SSD option for just $100. The base model with that larger solid state drive is thus $449—and to me, that's pretty bonkers good value. [Dell via Engadget via Geekygadgets]

MacBook and MacBook Pro Take a Performance Dive While On AC Power Alone

Laptop batteries aren't the exactly the tortoises of the gadget world: they start out strong, then get weaker and weaker until eventually you can't even make it through an episode of 30 Rock on a full charge. So some users have taken up the practice of popping out their batteries while on AC power to try to eke out a few more months of juice. But the guys over at Gearlog tested performance on their new MacBook Pro with and without the battery, and here's the lesson: leave that battery in the computer where it belongs. More »

Panasonic's Toughbook H1: Ultimate Doctors and Nurses Gizmo

We mentioned it before, and were initially upset it wasn't a revised Speak&Spell...but now Panasonic's H1 Toughbook for clinical use is out, and its specs list is impressive. It's water-, dust- and drop-proof from 3-feet, has a smooth-surface and with sealed buttons for hygiene, and is fanless. It's got a six-hour battery life, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, an in-built RFID reader, 2-megapixel camera with auto-focus and dual LED lighting, barcode reader, smart-card and fingerprint readers and optional GPS. Specifically it's designed to manage patient notes and collect information to simplify and speed up hospital procedures. But with that amazing array of functions, I'd kinda like it as my main laptop. [Medgadget]

Asus Gets Customer Locked Up For 10 Months Over Defective Hardware

The Beijing Times is reporting on a shocking court case involving Asus and a young female customer named Huang Jing. It all started back in 2006 when Huang bought a V6800V model ASUS laptop from a Beijing retailer and quickly discovered it to be defective. She sent the computer back to Asus several times for repairs, but the problems persisted. Upon further examination, one of the replacement CPUs used to "fix" the computer was actually an Intel "engineering sample" and therefore unlawful to sell. Now here is where things get really crazy. More »

Axiotron Service Reincarnates Old Macbooks As Shiny New Modbook Tablets

If you're a tablet-lover like me, you've probably bemoaned the lack of Apple tablets at some point in time. Though Axiotron's Modbook looked pretty great, the nearly $2500 it costs put it way out of my price range. But the Gods of Technology must've heard my prayers, because Axiotron's now offering a sweet deal to convert one of your existing Macbooks into a tablet. Starting at $1300, the company will take most Core 2 Duos and work their magic, transforming your old lappie into one of the best tablets available today. Now all I need to do is convince someone to give me their last Macbook for free, and I'm set! More »

Inspiron Mini 12 Shows Up In Dell Support Pages, On Its Way Soon?

A 12-inch version of the Inspiron Mini, which sounds a lot like the still-not-available mystery product we saw at Tesco last month, has popped up on Dell's website, which could mean a very soon release date. The user manuals, troubleshooting documents and tech guides for the Inspiron Mini 12 were hidden in the company's product support pages. More »

Asus G71 Gaming Laptop Uses Quad-Core Chip

Asus has updated its G-series gaming laptop line with the G71, a notebook that sports Intel's new QX9300 quad-core processor. The computer comes with a 17-inch Crystal Shine display, an NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT GDDR3 512MB graphics card, and can be customized with up to 4GB of system memory and 1TB of hard disk space. Asus is also throwing in a 2mp integrated webcam and a Eee Stick—some casual gaming dongle that works a little like Sony's Eyetoy. Price and retail date are not yet available. [Akihabara News]