We thought all the Penryn updates had been completed by now, but now we have news that Dell has released a new laptop with a Penryn chip. Only a day after the news that there would be Pentyn processors in the Precision M2300 and M4300. As of now, you can purchase the machines with a 2.5GHz T9300 or 2.6GHz T9500, both of which include 6MB of L2 cache.

Via Dell

iriver showed off some great new gadgets at CES, but our favorite was the E100. It’s looks and great specs, make it a choice player for those looking for a solid MP3 player and it’s hitting the market well before most of those fancier players. The iriver E100 features a 2.4-inch QVGA display, built-in stereo speakers and a microSD slot for aditional memory. There’s also a mic, FM radio and line-in for acquiring audio. The E100 is available now, with prices starting at €79.00 ($119 US) for a 2GB player, and €129.00 ($194 US) for the 8GB.

Via Generation MP3

The Japanese like to have their bathrooms spotless, so it is no surprise to find out they use a Lady Bird autonomous robot to clean highway rest stops. It also supposedly engages in a little human-robot interaction.

In addition to cleaning, Lady Bird can engage in simple conversation with restroom users, thanks to microphones in its “antennae,” speech recognition capabilities and a voice synthesizer. The robot has access to the latest information about traffic conditions on nearby roads, which it can relay to anyone comfortable enough to ask.

Via Makezine

Drink to this news: the 2GB iPod shuffle is shipping starting today. The price is set at a sweet $69, go get it!

When we first saw the price we were blow away that a company would create a Blu-ray player with a $16,900 sticker. Then we saw it was produced by Goldmund. Continuing their reign of offering consumers insanely overpriced products for those with more money than they know what to do with, the company has just released a Blu-ray player more expensive than most compact automobiles. The Eidos 20 BD Blu-ray player includes an AC-Curator power supply circuit, a Magnetic Damper for lowering read errors and an ugly chassis.

Via CNET

We first saw the XPS 630 at CES and now it is official. As expected, the desktop is ATI CrossFire and NVIDIA SLI-ready and will support Intel’s Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Extreme processors on a nForce 650i SLI chipset. Dell give you the option to add up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, 1TB of HDD space or an Blu-ray drive and AGEIA PhysX accelerator, and you’ll have plenty of space for your iPod with six total USB 2.0 ports, an optional 19-in-1 media card reader, gigabit Ethernet, audio in / out, FireWire and even PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors. FYI, it’s the first pre-fab PC to support the Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA), and you can buy one for as little as $1,249 right now.

In the big box:

NVIDIA nForce650 SLI Chipset
NVIDIA SLI Single/Dual Graphic options
ATI Crossfire Single/Dual Graphic options
Overclockable Intel Processors
OverclockableCorsair® DOMINATOR® Memory
750-watt Power Supply
4 Internal HDD bays (Up to 3 Factory-Installed)
4 DIMM slots
Two PCIe™ X16 Graphic slots
Light FX 2.0 (4 lighting zones)
AGEIA PhysX™ Accelerator option
Blu-ray Disc™ Drive option
Red and Black Bezel Color Choice

Acer has released many laptops in the past year, but that doesn’t stop them from expanding their selection even further, with the company now reportedly planning on releasing a pair of new notebooks sporting Blu-ray drives and high res screens. It is not entirely offical at this time, but DigiTimes reports that the laptops will consist of a 16-inch and an 18.4-inch model, both of which will feature a “Full HD panel”. Unfortunately at this time, we have no other details on the laptops, but they will be priced between $1,900 and $2,240 when they released in the second quarter of this year.

Via Electronista

Designer Alexei Mikhailov found himself inspired by the iPhone’s design, making him create a smaller version of the iPhone. Meet the iStick concept, he says it is the perfect mobile convergence device. Alexei Mikhailov came out and told us the iStick isn’t for viewing movies and the screen is too small for effective photo viewing, but we love the concept because it visually replicates the iPhone/Touch within a device the size of a lipstick tube.

Amazingly, all four sides are touch screen sensitive, so it will take some time to find ways to make all of the sides useful. Features include built-in WiFi for easy iTunes download sessions. We want one!

Via Yanko Design

Today, LG’s 13.3-inch P300 was released in Europe. Leaving Americans sad that they have been left out. The stylish LED-backlit 13.3-inch laptop features a Intel T8300 processor, 3GB of DDR2 RAM, an NVIDIA graphics set, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth, a 1.3-megapixel camera, dual-layer DVD writer and two USB 2.0 ports. Price is set at €1,599 ($2,350). All you Europeans don’t rub it in too much.

Via LG

There have been many reviews of Lenovo’s slim new X300, but if you still are not sure if you want to buy it check out some benchmarks and video courtesy of NoteBook review. Lenovo’s X300 did not surprise us much, the X300 trailed both the Macbook Air and Sony Vaio TZ in processor tests, but won for overall system performance. The video (after the jump) shows off the X300 from every angle and compares it to the Thinkpad T61 and X61.
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