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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 blown 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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). [...]

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 [...]