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Guide to Polishing Your Scratched Glossy Notebook

By Kevin O'Brien | 8/14/2008

If you purchased a notebook in the past couple of years, chances are pretty good that you were stuck with a glossy plastic finish whether you liked it or not. These notebooks look great when new, but they get full of fingerprints or worse, scratches. Just the act of sliding the notebook into a backpack can scratch some of these delicate surfaces, and from then on they look horrible. All hope is not lost though, as you can lessen or completely remove the scratches with a bit of elbow grease and some plastic polish. This guide covers all the basics and hopefully shows you how to get your notebook looking great again.

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Buffalo LinkStation Mini Review

By SarahM | 7/9/2008

The Buffalo LinkStation Mini is a compact and convenient network storage solution for anyone who needs an independent storage drive that can be shared by multiple computers. This little file sharing solution supports SMB, FTP, and HTTPS access: allowing friends, family, and coworkers to access the same files even if they work on different computers. Is the LinkStation Mini as good as it sounds?

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Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition Review

By Jerry Jackson | 6/27/2008

Few external hard drives have been more popular over the years than the Western Digital "My Book" series. The attractive casing, solid build quality, good performance, and tons of storage space continue to make these USB hard drives a common site on desks across the globe. The all new Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition offers more than just huge storage capacities. The Mirror Edition gives you the security of RAID 1 or the massive storage of RAID 0 with just a click of your mouse. Keep reading and you may discover your next "must have" computer accessory.

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Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition Review

By Jerry Jackson | 6/27/2008

Few external hard drives have been more popular over the years than the Western Digital "My Book" series. The attractive casing, solid build quality, good performance, and tons of storage space continue to make these USB hard drives a common site on desks across the globe. The all new Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition offers more than just huge storage capacities. The Mirror Edition gives you the security of RAID 1 or the massive storage of RAID 0 with just a click of your mouse. Keep reading and you may discover your next "must have" computer accessory.

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Notebook Summer Travel Guide

By Kevin O'Brien | 6/18/2008

Summer vacation season is already starting for most of us, and for notebook users taking to the road, we have made a little list of suggested items to throw in your bag. Everything listed can easily fit inside a standard backpack with plenty of room to spare. If you pack correctly you could even fit a few days worth of clothes inside too! Most of these items fall directly into the notebook-related category, but some are just common sense to always have with you.

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Asus Eee PC 901 12GB First Look

By Kevin O'Brien | 6/7/2008

While at Computex 2008, staff writer Kevin O'Brien managed to spend a little time with the new Asus Eee PC 901. Packed with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, Windows XP, and 12GB of flash-based storage, can the Eee PC 901 take the top spot in the mini-notebook market? Read on to find out.

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Alienware Deluxe Backpack Review

By Kevin O'Brien | 5/22/2008

The Alienware Deluxe Backpack is designed for notebook gamers who need to haul around everything (including the kitchen sink) when they travel. This bag is targeted directly at the demanding gamer, and has some pretty obvious features that you just don't find in standard backpacks. This bag is also one of the largest notebook bags we have had in for review, and we are sure you will enjoy what we manage to haul around on a daily basis inside this bag.

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Slappa Velocity SPYDER PRO Backpack Review

By Kevin O'Brien | 5/18/2008

The Velocity SPYDER Pro backpack from Slappa is a fairly odd looking, with a rubberized outer shell, and a spider-web design on the front pocket. Like the wide range of other Slappa products, this bag is designed to hold up well against the elements, and keep your notebook safe, even if the conditions are far from perfect. Read on to see if this backpack holds up well under out testing.

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