7 To Improve Notebook Battery Life

Anyone with a notebook knows that at the end of the day, battery life is still the key mobility factor when using a notebook on the road. Some users might turn to extended batteries, while others already have one and are looking to squeeze out handful of minutes before they run out of juice somewhere. An area that many notebook users overlook is the software that is running in the background on many notebooks that acts as a leech, sucking away...

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Microsoft Admits Surface Play Carries Risk

Shortly after clearing up rumours that the Surface tablet won’t, in fact, cost $1000, Microsoft has been hit with another serious challenge: an uncovered admission that in the company’s view the Surface tablet is ultimately a risky play. Buried in an annual report submitted to the SEC on Thursday, Microsoft candidly admits that the Surface tablet could chill relations with OEMs and weaken support for Windows within the PC industry. “Even...

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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E430

Design Click to EnlargeStylistically, the ThinkPad Edge E430 is a departure from the traditional ThinkPad design. Instead of a black textured plastic lid, our Edge E430 featured a black brushed aluminum cover. It's a nice change of pace, but unfortunately turns the laptop into a fingerprint magnet. If brushed aluminum isn't your thing, you can instead opt to get the E430 in soft-touch black or red. Lenovo decorated the E430's lid with a familiar polished silver Lenovo logo in the bottom right corner. Opposite that, you'll find the ThinkPad...

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Dell’s Development Computer

Dell has announced a fall release for Project Sputnik, a notebook targeted specifically at developers. This official developer laptop will be based on the Dell XPS 13 and include Ubuntu 10.04 LTS pre-loaded, which will help provide an ideal computing environment for developers. Project Sputnik is optimized to provide a complete client-to-cloud solution, using a full set of Linux hardware drivers as well as Cloud and Profile tools. Developers...

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The Razer Ouroboros gaming mouse

Mouse Razer has introduced a new gaming mouse that’s fully customisable and even physically transformable to adjust to any hand size or grip style. The Razer Ouroboros is somewhat reminiscent of the Mad Catz Cyborg RAT 9, featuring an adjustable palm rest capable of moving up to .9 inches (20 mm), two interchangeable side panels and an adjustable back tilt angle to ensure palm support. Unlike the RAT 9, however, the Ouroboros is designed to be ambidextrous and can operate wired or wirelessly, running up to 12 hours of continuous gaming...

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MSI G series gaming laptops upgraded with GeForce GTX 680M

Introduced only a few months ago, MSI has updated its GT60 and GT70 gaming notebooks to offer the fastest mobile graphics processor in Nvidia's arsenal. Priced at $1,900, the GT60 comes equipped with a 15.6-inch 1080p display, an Intel Core i7-3610QM, a GeForce GTX 680M with 4GB of GDDR5 memory, 12GB of DDR3 1600MHz RAM, a 750GB 7200RPM hard drive and a DVD drive. For $2,600, the GT70 pushes that to a 17.3-inch 1080p screen, dual 128GB SSDs...

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Hybrid Laptop+Tablet Windows 8 Computers Unveiled By Fujitsu

Microsoft has come up with a brand new operating system for Windows users with Windows 8. The new Windows 8 operating system features a whole host of improvements over the most recent versions of Windows, but the main new feature is the improved touch integration into the OS. Microsoft has brought the Metro UI design from their mobile phones to the desktop environment and from early reports they’ve fully improved the touch experience in Windows...

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first to offer Ultrabook laptop and 3G/4G hotspot bundle to consumers

Today Sprint became the first carrier to officially adopt Ultrabook class laptop computers to their product line. Sprint is offering consumers that require a wireless Internet connection beyond just Wi-Fi for their laptops the opportunity to purchase a 13.3-inch Lenovo IdeaPad U310 Ultrabook and get a 3G/4G mobile hotspot with free service for 3 months. With the mobile hotspots all you need is a Sprint 3G/4G signal to get access to the Internet...

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ZOTAC Unveils GeForce GT 630 and GT 640

ZOTAC International, a global innovator and channel manufacturer of graphics cards, mainboards and mini-PCs, today ushers in a new era of quiet computing with the ZOTAC GeForce GT 640 ZONE Edition and GeForce GT 630 ZONE Edition graphics cards. The ZOTAC GeForce GT 640 ZONE Edition redefines quiet computing with a new video processing engine and supercharged architecture to create the perfect card for home theater PC and everyday use while...

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