Category: Laptops / Notebooks
Sony gives three products a pink spray-job for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
You may be thinking this is better suited to our pink-clad sister blog, Shiny Shiny, but considering it’s for a good cause (and I’m sure there’s a few readers on Tech Digest wanting to spend the pink pound), I’m going to mention it anyway.
It’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Sony has done the noble thing and jumped on the ‘oooh, let’s give all our gadgets a pink makeover to support the cause’ bandwagon. Three of their products have been given a pink sprayjob, firstly the VGN-CR290EAP laptop for $1,369.99…
Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1400 – TV tuner through your ExpressCard slot
Hauppauge has introduced the WinTV HVR-1400, an ExpressCard TV tuner that offers both analogue and digital (Freeview) TV reception via the new 54mm ExpressCard slot. It supports laptops running Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center Edition and Windows Vista and…
One Laptop Per Child kicks off November 12th, two XO laptops for $399
We haven’t heard much from the One Laptop Per Child program recently, so I was fairly shocked to discover on my internet trawls that the program will kick off officially on November 12th.
The previously quoted cost per laptop of $100 has obviously been thrown out the window, with a more realistic price-tag of $399 being attached to each pair of Linux-based laptop. The idea is that customers purchase two laptops for $399, and one will be given to a child in a developing country. The XO laptops,…
The Ruffneck Zone 1 explosion proof computer is 'the bomb'
Computer Dynamics has revealed this odd-looking portable computer – odd-looking thanks to being bomb proof.
It’s operated by touchscreen, so there’s no need to worry about also carrying a USB mouse into a dangerzone and…
Be-ez adds new colours to LArobe collection of MacBook soft cases
Be-ez has added nine new colours to its range of LArobe Macbook soft cases, divided into three "addict" groups. These are: * Black Addict range – Light Pink, Pumpkin and Wasabi * Colour Addict range – Orchidee, Red Kiss…
Shiny Video Review: Sony Vaio TZ21
The obvious trend for laptops is slimming them down to size-zero models, and considering it’s London Fashion Week here this week, it makes sense to show you Sony’s latest Vaio, the TZ21. It’s got in-built HSDPA connectivity, and is ultra-portable at just 1.24kg. Prices start at around £1,799, and if you pre-order one now, you’re likely to get it in early October.
Sony TZ Series…
The $100 laptop now costs… $188?
Cheap laptops for the developing world aren’t what they were. Take the One Laptop Per Child project, which came out of MIT in the US with the noble aim of mass-producing a laptop that’d cost $100, to ensure schoolchildren around the world could watch The Salmon Dance on YouTube too.
However, when the laptop begins production later this year, it’ll actually cost $188, due to rising component costs and currency fluctuations. Although it’s still exceptionally cheap given the laptop’s wireless capabilities, experts say the price hike could put governments in the developing world off ordering the laptop.
Be-ez announces new LEvertigo notebook bag for MacBook Pro
Be.ez has today announced its new 17-inch custom fit LEVertigo over-the-shoulder notebook bag for the MacBook Pro. The bag has plenty of room for the safe and snug transportation of the laptop, plus documents and accessories. The vertical design keeps…
Lenovo Thinkpad Reserve: the luxury laptop for flange-loving lounge lizards
Lenovo has unveiled its Thinkpad Reserve Edition laptop, which is due to go on sale in a limited edition of 5,000 individually-numbered units, and cost $5,000 (around £2,461).
It comes with a hand-stitched leather case, complete with tapering “flanges” to keep spilled liquids away from the laptop’s innards. It also blocks Wi-Fi, so the laptop comes with an external antenna (this is a “feature” apparently, not an “annoyance”).
Dell launches its most powerful professional mobile workstation: Precision M6300
Dell is challenging the perception that a notebook PC doesn't perform as well as a desktop PC, particularly on processor intensive tasks, with the launch of its Precision M6300 mobile workstation. Aimed at engineers, artists, developers, and other professionals who…
