The latest laptop news from around the web for July 6th:
- Ben Heck’s Latest Xbox 360 Laptop [Mods] (Gizmodo) – Ben Heckendorn—true geek god amongst men—is back with revision 5 of his portable Xbox 360 console. Though he’s gutted the same Gateway 1775W laptop with 17-inch (1280 by 720) display,…
- DIY: Laptop lowdown: 25 things you need to know to buy the perfect notebook (cnet.com.au) - In the market for a new notebook? Check out our list of 25 things you need to consider before you hit the shops.
- Lenovo takes risk in keyboard design (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) – Lenovo put nearly a year of research into design changes that debuted on an updated ThinkPad laptop – the extra-large “Delete” and “Escape” keys. Photo caption: Lenovo carefully adjusted the “Delete” and “Escape” keys on its Thinkpad T400S laptop. Photo by Associated Press
- Apple MacBook Air: Cooler graphics (CNET) – Is there a downside to squeezing a real graphics processor into in a 3-pound, ultra-thin laptop?
- Cat’s urine on laptop may have sparked house fire Down Under – Newstrack India – Melbourne, July 6 (ANI): Australian investigators are probing into the possibility whether a cat could have sparked a fire that has nearly destroyed a house in Gold Coast by urinating on a laptop. Police said that two teenage boys were in their home …
- Dell Vostro 1220 laptop – Australian PC World – For roughly double the price of a 10in netbook you can get yourself a slightly bigger (12.1in) laptop that runs faster, is much easier to use and has very good battery life. That laptop is the Dell Vostro 1220. It’s an affordable ultraportable …
- Genius Traveler 915BT Laser review – PC Advisor – For laptop travellers and business users, Genius offers the Traveler 915BT Laser, a compact multi-purpose mouse with a wirefree connection. Its wirelessly connection to your PC is via Bluetooth, so no extra dongles or adaptors are required for most …
- Samsung Ion Netbook 510 more Details emerge (I4U) – Last week NVIDIA revealed that Samsung is launching a Samsung Ion based netbook. All NVIDIA will offer is a confirmation that the netbook is coming and will be running the NVIDIA Ion platform cramming a 9400M GPU into the netbook chassis. Digitimes r…
- Should you have your netbook sleep, hibernate or turn off? (The Palm Beach Post) – Question: I just purchased a netbook, and I am confused as to whether I should have it go into sleep or hibernate when I close the lid or should I just turn it off?
- Samsung planning 11.6-inch Ion-based netbook (Digi Times) – Samsung Electronic plans to launch an Nvidia Ion platform-based netbook with Intel Atom N-series CPU and 11.6-inch display later in July, according to industry sources.
- Should We Be Excited About the Archos9 Windows 7 Tablet Netbook? [Tablets] (Gizmodo) - We already knew pretty much everything about the Archos9 tablet netbook running Windows 7, but with nobody sure what kind of touchscreen the thing uses, we’re left to wonder if we’d want anything to…
- Bristol’s ViewSurfer TVs let you use XP from 10 feet away (Engadget) – Face it, we’re not normal. Most consumers don’t want to convert their home PCs into media centers. That doesn’t stop them from wanting a single device serving as both their TV and PC, however. That’s where the 22- and 32-inch Bristol ViewSurfer PC/TVs carve out their niche. Each set features a FreeView tuner and an integrated, netbook-like, Atom-based Windows XP computer with 160GB of storage, …
- Acer Aspire One AOA110-1995 Netbook – PC World – Empower yourself with the incredibly light yet remarkably productive Acer Aspire One AOA110-1995 ? the thin & light netbook that weighs only 2.2 pounds. Great for getting things done – whether checking email, managing online accounts or chatting with …
