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Buying a Laptop? Here's What You Need to Know

With prices ranging from $300 to $3,000 and up, even setting a budget for a new laptop can be a daunting experience. Then you've got to figure out which brand and model to buy in a market stuffed with thousands of options. Here's how to think about ...

From CHRISTOPHER NULL, Wired,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Intel

Nokia Makes Dumb Move With Its 'Smartbook'

Try as we might, we just can't see the point of this so-called smartbook. Sure, Nokia's Booklet 3G is cute and quaint. It's got Mac-like svelteness and would look equally at home on the desk of a CEO or graphic designer. But why would either of them ...

From CHRISTOPHER NULL, Wired,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  WIRED Magazine

Internet 'Emmys' -- and real dogs

PC World - Ever since Fritz Lang unveiled the robot Maria in his 1927 silent-screen sci-fi classic Metropolis, computers have been part of the fabric of the movies. The Internet, however, is a newer phenomenon, and filmmakers are still figuring out how ...

From CHRISTOPHER NULL, ComputerWorld,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: PC World,  Fritz Lang

Print, Scan, Fax, Copy — Is There Anything This Epson Won't Do?

Don't let the blue-light special $200 price tag fool you — the Workforce 610 is a shockingly capable printer. It doesn't use any sort of lasers, but who would have guessed that? Black-and-white prints come out fast (about 12 pages per minute in our ...

From CHRISTOPHER NULL, Wired,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: WIRED Magazine

Got a MacBook Pro? Have We Got a Monitor for You!

Apple's new LED Cinema Display is designed specifically — nay, exclusively — with MacBook Pro owners in mind, giving them a simple way to dramatically increase their screen real estate with an extra 24 inches of incredibly gorgeous video. This 1,920 x 1 ...

From CHRISTOPHER NULL, Wired,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: WIRED Magazine

Apple's 13-Inch Pro Now Every Bit as Impressive as Its Big Bros

The littlest MacBook Pro finally gets all the features of its larger brethren, making it pound for pound one of the most impressive laptops on the market today. For starters, the aluminum unibody construction is solid to an extreme: There's no wiggle ...

From CHRISTOPHER NULL, Wired,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: WIRED Magazine

Logitech's Mouse Will Track Just About Anything, Anywhere

Getting a mouse to track on a glass surface is the computer peripheral equivalent of cold fusion. By that measure, Logitech has accomplished the equivalent of Nobel Prize-worthy work, unleashing a mouse that can track just about anything (including ...

From CHRISTOPHER NULL, Wired,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Logitech,  WIRED Magazine

Seagate's BlackArmor Comes Preconfigured and Ready to Serve You

Keeping files on a half dozen different computers scattered around the house doesn't make a lot of sense. For many homes (and small offices), it's a better idea to centralize things on a network-attached storage device, or NAS. NAS devices aren't known ...

From CHRISTOPHER NULL, Wired,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Seagate Technology,  WIRED Magazine

Das Updates a Classic for Old-School, Feel-Good Typing

People have practically written poetry and love songs to the prince of keyboards, the IBM Model M. Its mechanical, spring-loaded switches gave it legendary durability and a distinct clacking sound that dominated computer labs in the 1980s and early 1990 ...

From CHRISTOPHER NULL, Wired,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: IBM,  WIRED Magazine

Lenovo Thwarts Thieves With Built-In Encryption

You can never have too much storage capacity. For years, external USB hard drives have been the cheap, portable, and convenient answer for people looking to goose their gigabytes without cracking open their computers. But while external USB drives are ...

From CHRISTOPHER NULL, Wired,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: WIRED Magazine,  National Security Agency

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