Wouldn't it be great to carry a 13" notebook and have a 26" desktop when you get down to work (or play)? Prime, a concept computer by Kyle Cherry, could deliver that in a pleasing notebook package.  While still just a concept, the Prime manages to do this through a clever arrangement of sliding panels. ... [More]

 If the 2010 CES is any indication, 2010 is going to be the year that the tablet computer breaks out of its niche and becomes a mainstream alternative for a computing choice. While there were a lot of interesting designs present, one of the more interesting was the Lenovo Ideapad U1 Hybrid. ... [More]

 You may be familiar with the Archos name, but you may not be aware that they are branching out into the tablet computer area. At CES 2010 they were showing off the Archos 9 PCTablet. The 9 inch unit sports a touch sensitive 1024 x 600 display running Windows 7 Starter Edition, and it is powered by a 1. ... [More]

Microsoft Surface is nice,  no doubt about it.   It flows with the slightest touch, and is a hint of technology to come in computer interfaces.  Windows 7 is incorporating some of these features, but the real trick is to match up the hardware with the software to have a complete system. ... [More]

As a service to the Lenovo S10 owners in the crowd, we present the S10 cooking guide.  Please note that individual cooking times will vary. The S10 (and other laptops) run hot, no other way to describe it.  The measured temperatures for the S10 keyboad and pad area run between 38 and 42°C (100. ... [More]

The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is officially available today, or at least the $399 Windows XP version is.  The newest netbook class machine sports an Intel Atom Diamondville processor, 1024 x 600 LED backlit screen, SSD, and a three hour battery life.  The $349 Ubuntu flavor, along with the other colors, will not be available for a few weeks. ... [More]

IF you were the manufacturer of laptops, and you wanted to distinguish yourself from the crowd, how would you go about that?  We could probably list a lot of features to cram into a machine, but it might take a while before anyone came up with, "A Fresh Scent". ... [More]

The X27 mini-PC from Shuttle is scheduled to hit the market next month, so modders and users should be happy.  The PC is set to sell for $187, making it friendly for a lot of unique applications.  via  

The Olympics saw the release of the Lenovo IdeaPad U8, and the little machine has our interest.  The Asia-only MID sports an impressive range of features, including: Silverthron-class Atom processor 4.8 inch touchscreen 350 grams measures ... [More]

HP's new business lineup of computers includes a ruggedized Elitebook 2730p tablet computer.  And by ruggedized we mean that it meets the MIL-STD 801F spec for dust, altitude, and high temperature specs (and since it is claiming the spec we assume it meets them for vibration and fall as well, but we could not find that verified). ... [More]