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Sony Recalls Over 500,000 Overheating Vaio Laptops

It’s a rough day to be a major laptop manufacturer. First comes news that Dell knowingly sold busted products, and now Sony is recalling 535,000 Vaio laptops that could get hot enough to burn your skin. UPDATED: https://gizmodo.com/dell-knowingly-sold-11-8-million-computers-with-a-97-f-5576237 At issue with the Vaios in question is a temperature-control defect that could distort the laptop’s shape…

Tech News Brian Barrett

HP Mini 100e Netbook: A Student Model For Model Students

Putting computers in classrooms is a noble cause, and one that’s so far been dominated by Intel’s Convertible Classmate PC design. Today, though, HP’s joining the fray with a tot-focused tote-able netbook of their own. The Mini 100e doesn’t have some of the Classmate’s money features—the swiveling webcam, the HDD shock protection—but it does offer…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Acer Aspire TimelineX Series Brings (Mostly) Full Duty Core i5 Processors For Under $1000

Acer’s Timeline series has low-voltage processors in the past, but three of the four new TimelineX models they’re introducing are full Core i3/i5. And while the nearly netbook-sized 1830T houses ULV Core i3/i5, it’s still a relative bargain. That 11.6-inch 1830T weighs just three pounds and features up to a ULV Core i5 CPU, 4GB…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Best Gadgets

“What gadget should I get?” is a timeless question. To answer it, here’s our current leaderboard of favorite gadgets, including smartphones, laptops and cameras—updated with the latest and greatest. We know you don’t want to blow that paycheck on merely the shiniest, or the the simply newest. So we’ve considered a balance of price, features,…

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Toshiba Libretto W100 Is a Full Windows 7 Dual-Screen Curiosity

In addition to the zippy Portégé, Toshiba’s also today announcing the Libretto W100. It’s a full Windows dual-screen “ultra-mobile PC” that’s not quite a tablet and not quite a netbook. In short: it’s one curious little gadget. The Libretto has the specs of a halfway decent ultraportable: a 1.2 GHz Pentium U5400 processor, 2GB DDR3…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Toshiba Portégé R700 Laptop: Light As a Feather, Strong Like Bull

All those ultraportables using Intel’s ULV Core processors just got taken to school: Toshiba’s Portégé R700 is as light as a MacBook Air, nearly as powerful as a MacBook Pro, and measures an inch thick with a DVD drive. Standard. Putting a full voltage processor in such a thin and light frame really is a…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Inspiron R Series: Dell’s Razzle Dazzle Everyday Laptops

Dell’s Inspiron line has never been stodgy, exactly. They’re steady, workaday notebooks that you’d take to college or have kicking around the living room. And that’s been just fine! The R series, though, adds a bit more flair. The new Inspirons that Dell’s announcing today don’t represent much of a spec upgrade—the line’s been packing…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Toshiba A665 Laptop Plays 3D Blu-ray and Games

In a lot of ways, a 3D laptop makes at least as much sense as a 3DTV, especially when that laptop is the first to play 3D Blu-ray discs in the US. That’s Toshiba’s A665. It’s kind of beastly. We’d already gotten a glimpse of the A665—called Dynabook in the UK—but the we finally know…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Apple’s Unibody Mac Mini

There were rumors of a refresh and today Apple delivered more than we were expecting: The mini gets a new unibody aluminum casing, plus HDMI port and SD card slot, and the price starts at $699. There are two options available, with the main differences being the Snow Leopard Server, a bumped-up processor and RAM,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How To Hack a Computer: Action Movie Edition

Ever notice how hacking computers in action movies always feels just a little too easy? I’ll have you know it’s more involved than you’d think. Good thing College Humor threw together this handy movie hacking flowchart! It’s possible—just possible—that making fun of Swordfish will outlast all memory of the movie itself. Just saying. [College Humor]

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Sony Vaio J All-In-One PC Gets a Touchscreen and a Touch Cheaper

Sony’s joined the all-in-one touchscreen party, with a shiny Vaio J entrant that you can trick out pretty impressively: 21.5-inch 1920×1080 display, up to a Core i7 CPU and 8GB of RAM. But is it as affordable as they say? Well, compared to the $1,300 L Series AIO, sure! But the Vaio J’s starting price…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Alienware M11x Adds Core i7 Power

Dell’s Alienware M11x already offered up some potent graphics, especially for a laptop of its size. Now—just a few months after release—the M11x is getting a Core i7 CPU upgrade that makes it a powerhouse in every sense. While we’d heard before about the Core-i bump, the M11x will also get Nvidia Optimus, a system…

Tech News Brian Barrett

November Delay Could Doom Notion Ink Adam Tablet

As the tablet market gets even more crowded and competitive (read: Did you see Computex this year?), any delay could effectively end a company’s chance at making that all-important first impression. Notion Ink Adam was just delayed until November. Updated. It’s really too bad. The Notion Ink Adam looked impressive in demos and hands-on experiences,…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Mac Mini Refresh Rumors Heat Up Again

A HDMI port has been rumored to be replacing the DVI port on the Mac Mini for some time now, but AppleInsider is reporting they’ve heard from four different sources claiming recent shortages are getting closer to a release date. It figures that Apple will replace the DVI port for HDMI, with a new NVIDIA…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Commodore Invictus Keyboard-Computer Specs Bests the Asus Eee Keyboard

The Commodore Invictus is picking a fight with the Asus Eee Keyboard for supremacy in the PC-in-a-keyboard with a touchscreen-on-the-side category, and with the specs Commodore is listing, it may just win. Well, if it ever releases. Compare the Commodus Invictus’ 1.6Ghz Intel Atom 330 processor, up to 4GB RAM, 250GB HDD, nVIDIA GeoForce 9400,…

Tech News Casey Chan

Commodore Tries Its Hand At An Eee Keyboard-Like Device

It took ASUS over a year to get the Eee Keyboard to the point where it was ready to go on sale, so don’t go pinning your hopes on Commodore’s Invictus keyboard (which thieves most of ASUS’ ideas anyway). https://gizmodo.com/asus-eeekeyboard-finally-available-for-pre-order-at-5-5520983 If the above picture looks familiar, it’s because it’s a more plasticky version of the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

IBM to patent traffic light that can remotely control your car engine

IBM’s wants to patent a geegaw called the “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE ENGINE RUNNING STATE AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS FOR INCREASED FUEL CONSUMPTION EFFICIENCY.” In other words, the traffic light is in charge of when you stop and go. In the mellifluous language of the patent application: The present disclosure is directed to a…

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Intel Shrinks Core i7 CPUs For Ultrathin Laptops

Intel expanded its processor family today with six new chips, each designed to make ultraportable notebooks thinner, lighter, and with 32% better performance. We’re talking laptops less than an inch thick with ULV Core i7 inside. We’re talking MacBook Air. The MacBook Air’s been long overdue for a refresh, especially after its regular-sized cousins so…

Tech News Brian Barrett

HP Envy 15 Shipping With Serious Display and Webcam Issues

The HP forums are up in arms—and rightly so—over the popular Envy 15, with some buyers receiving models with screens that randomly go blank and/or webcams that only show full color under fluorescent light. Anecdotally, it seems that HP’s been responsive so far, offering the choice of a full refund or repair. But as one…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Largest 3D Monitor From ASUS Measures In At 27-Inches

ASUS’ PG276 has the glory of being the largest 3D monitor so far to have been announced—measuring 27-inches, it’s also joined by a 23-inch version, the VG236H. Both require NVIDIA’s active glasses, due to the 3D being stereoscopic. Both have 2ms response time, and double-speed 120Hz refresh rate. Meanwhile, ASUS also announced the ML Series…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sony Recalls Over 500,000 Overheating Vaio Laptops

HP Mini 100e Netbook: A Student Model For Model Students

Acer Aspire TimelineX Series Brings (Mostly) Full Duty Core i5 Processors For Under $1000

The Best Gadgets

Toshiba Libretto W100 Is a Full Windows 7 Dual-Screen Curiosity

Toshiba Portégé R700 Laptop: Light As a Feather, Strong Like Bull

Inspiron R Series: Dell’s Razzle Dazzle Everyday Laptops

Toshiba A665 Laptop Plays 3D Blu-ray and Games

Apple’s Unibody Mac Mini

How To Hack a Computer: Action Movie Edition

Sony Vaio J All-In-One PC Gets a Touchscreen and a Touch Cheaper

Alienware M11x Adds Core i7 Power

November Delay Could Doom Notion Ink Adam Tablet

Mac Mini Refresh Rumors Heat Up Again

Commodore Invictus Keyboard-Computer Specs Bests the Asus Eee Keyboard

Commodore Tries Its Hand At An Eee Keyboard-Like Device

IBM to patent traffic light that can remotely control your car engine

Intel Shrinks Core i7 CPUs For Ultrathin Laptops

HP Envy 15 Shipping With Serious Display and Webcam Issues

Largest 3D Monitor From ASUS Measures In At 27-Inches

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