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Tremendous growth in the sub-notebook, thin-and-light mobile PC category has brought 1.8-inch HDDs to the forefront of small form factor computing. Toshiba, which is a leading manufacturer of storage solutions has announced its new high-capacity series of SATA 1.8-inch HDDs. The new 5,400 RPM HDDs come in single-platter 80GB1 and dual-platter 160GB models, delivering market-leading capacity, high-performance and durability in compact packages for spaceefficient mobile PC systems.

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Toshiba launches the 160GB 1.8-inch HDD model

While face detection has become a common feature in modern digital cameras, Sony took one step ahead and developed the first camera with smile detection, the DSC -T300, and proudly announced it today. The main attraction of this camera is certainly Sony’s new smile detection technology. So how does this new feature work?

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Sony DSC-T300: First Camera with Smile Detection

IBM ThinkPad R40 — Fixing the black-out LCD Screen stores.ebay.com.sg vincentyeo88.blogspot.com Opening up my IBM thinkpad R40 computer to fix the dislodged piece of L-shape metallic clip that has caused the LCD display screen to black-out. After fixing that clip in place, the screen lights up alright

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IBM ThinkPad R40 — Fixing the black-out LCD Screen

(which are officially review PCs) to a bunch of bloggers this year. Brandon LeBlanc got one, Scott Beale got one, Mauricio Freitas got one, Mitch Denny got one, Zen.Heavengames got one, Barb Bowman got a

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By: Microsoft sending free computers to bloggers? « Electronic WordPress

D80 Blog Army Update Nikon’s giving D80’s to bloggers. Kinda like Microsofts’s free Ferrari laptop with Vista, but a bit more transparent

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By: Will Sullivan’s Journerdism » Page-view juicing is evil; Chicago citizen journalism market contines to get crowded; The Google phone; Free Nikon…

Lenovo has unveiled the new ThinkPad T61p 15.4-inch widescreen mobile workstation laptop, the PC maker’s “highest performing notebook”. “The ThinkPad T61p raises the bar on performance with Lenovo’s Ultra Connect II wireless design helping improve WWAN and WLAN 802.11n performance, new NVIDIA Quadro FX 57OM graphics certified to the open GL graphics GPU standard, Intel Centrino Pro mobile technology and long battery life with more control via Battery Stretch.

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Lenovo ThinkPad T61p Mobile Workstation Released

Fujitsu has launched LifeBook A3130 15.4-inch desktop replacement laptop PC, based on AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology. Along with dual core Turion TL-60 processor at 2GHz and the integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 graphics, Fujitsu LifeBook A3130 features 2GB of DDR2 system memory, expandable up to 4GB, and a 120GB SATA hard drive with 5400rpm rotational speed. The notebook’s 15.4″ widescreen display has 1200-by-800 pixel screen resolution, 450-nits brightness, 600:1 contrast ratio, as well as 120 degrees horizontal and 90 vertical viewing angles

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Fujitsu LifeBook A3130 Desktop Replacement Laptop Launched

Gateway today announced the 15.4-inch Gateway M-Series and 14.1-inch Gateway T-Series multimedia notebook PCs, both featuring Intel Centrino Mobile Technology with Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the new industrial design with Crimson Red, Pacific Blue or Slate Grey colors. “Several standard and optional features available on notebooks purchased through Gateway’s direct channel build on the notebooks’ vast capabilities, such as 1080p-capable display, an integrated fingerprint reader and a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) for digital video and audio out,” the PC maker’s press release says.

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Gateway Announced M, T Series Multimedia Notebooks

Microsoft will release the Beta 1 version of the Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista operating system next week, while the final version will be delivered most likely in November 2007, according to Mary Jo Foley’s Blog. “Microsoft is expected to emphasize that SP1 is more about fixes than new features. Most of the elements of SP1 are expected to enhance or supplment features that are already part of Vista”, Mary Jo Foley’s sources said

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Beta Version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Coming Next Week

Have you ever been in a state of dilemma regarding the decision-factors pertaining to the selection of the right mobile PC device. Be it a laptop, a notebook PC or a tablet; there are hundreds of factors to be taken into consideration while planning to buy a laptop or its counter-parts. The first and foremost question to ask yourself is “Why not a Desktop?”

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Choosing the right mobile PC (Abridged Version)

O2 released its first 3.5G Pocket PC in HK on the last day of February. The new Xda Atom Life basically looks pretty much the same as its predecessor, the Xda Atom: a black body with simple and clean outline, a 2.4-inch QVGA display, a media player navigation panel along with the basic Pocket PC buttons, and a pair of shortcut bottons on the lower right side of the phone’s body. In addition, it has a 0.3-megapixel supplementary camera for video conferencing purpose.

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O2 Xda Atom Life, A HSDPA Pocket PC [4]

Jabra recently introduced a new Bluetooth 2.0 headset, the Jabra BT8010, which comes with pretty much everything you would want for a Bluetooth headset. The BT8010 features supports for A2DP and AVRCP , the new Jog Wheel rotating control, and a supplementary earphone which allows you to enjoy dual channel stereo sound while listening to music on your mobile device.

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Jabra BT8010 Stereo Bluetooth Headset [7]

Sony Ericsson today announced two new Cyber-shot phones, the K810 and the K550. The K810 basically share the same features as the K800, it comes with a 3.2-megapixel camera with auto focus, Cyber-shot Xenon flash with red eye reduction, 17mm thin 2.0” QVGA 262k TFT display, M2 slot with 128MB M2 in-box, 64MB user free memory, and other similar functions.

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Sony Ericsson Announced Two New Cyber-shot Phones [4]

Vista Shines as Tablet Platform Nice quotes: “The handwriting recognition is greatly improved, and pen flicks, which allow users to navigate the notebook using a flick of the pen, is an addition Tablet PC users are bound to use extensively.” “Handwriting recognition was faster and more accurate than it was pre-Vista, and the device’s full-featured TIP (Tablet Input Panel) made input easy.” – Ken Dacey, Tablet PC Test Lead

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eWEEK says "Vista Shines as a Tablet Platform"

Just when we thought the DELL XPS M1710 is gonna top the most powerful notebook computer for this year, PC MicroWorks released the a duo core SLI capable notebook computer – the Vega . It seems that the best things come in pair for the Vega, it is powered by AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core processor, jaw dropping dual 512MB nVidia Geforce Go 7950GTX or dual 512MB nVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M SLI GPUs, and dual 160 GB SATA hard drives (it also offers options for up to 600GB Perpendicular at 4200RPM)

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Vega – Dual Core SLI Capable Notebook [8]

I’ve been developing the outline of a Trainer’s Training Course that combines Fluency with IT (using Lawrence Snyder ’s 2nd Edition , and the BeneFIT site at UWash) with constructivist approaches to Educational Technology (using Grabe & Grabe, I only have the 2nd Edition, a 4th Edition is out), both adapted to the local situation in Cebu. Actually, it will only cover half of Snyder’s book on FIT, up to spreadsheets and security. I am dividing it into four modules, I’ll post details later when they are more stable

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Teacher Fluency with IT for ACTIVE Learning

THIS JUST IN!!! LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6 — This is Carla Christoff, your Mango Tango laptop bag style consultant reporting live from the floor of the 2006 International Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, where I must regretfully inform you, my fellow laptop-lugging fashionistas, that it is a sad, sad day for women who want to carry laptop bags of style. Amidst the hundreds of thousands of gadget-worshiping gadflies and technology gurus that have gathered here in the city of excess to showcase their latest versions and greatest excursions (into cyberspace); nary has an innovation been made in the laptop bag sector.

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NEWS FLASH…..Mango Tango laptop bags with personality!