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Skooba Checkthrough Backpack and Roller Review
PUBLISHED: Friday, November 06, 2009
The latest trend in travel bags is the new checkpoint-friendly category. These bags let frequent travelers keep their notebooks inside their cases when going through airport checkpoints, saving time and reducing the chance of damaging your computer. Skooba has recently introduced two new checkpoint-friendly bags which we will take a look at in this review today.

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Intel Working on SSD Firmware Bugs
PUBLISHED: 11/6/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Many users of Intel's new 34nm SSDs reported the latest now-pulled firmware update was bricking drives under WIndows 7 64-bit.
FULL STORY (449 Reads) | DISCUSSION (2 Replies)

Gigabyte Notebook Features External Graphics
PUBLISHED: 11/6/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Gigabyte has introduced its M1305 notebook which features external graphics via a docking station.
FULL STORY (658 Reads) | DISCUSSION (16 Replies)

Sony VAIO P Gets 2GHz Atom, Windows 7
PUBLISHED: 11/5/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Sony has updated its 8-inch ultraportable VAIO P with a faster 2.0GHz Intel Atom processor and Windows 7.
FULL STORY (1,391 Reads) | DISCUSSION (16 Replies)

Toshiba Intros 1.8" 320GB Hard Drive
PUBLISHED: 11/5/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Toshiba has introduced a new family of 1.8-inch hard drives with capacities ranging up to 320GB.
FULL STORY (437 Reads) | DISCUSSION (5 Replies)

ASUS Intros two 3D Notebooks
PUBLISHED: 11/5/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
ASUS today introduced two notebooks with 3D displays, the G51J3D and the G72GX.
FULL STORY (661 Reads) | DISCUSSION (3 Replies)

Dell Wants You To Fall In Love With The Adamo XPS
PUBLISHED: 11/5/2009  BY: Jerry Jackson
Dell created a great deal of buzz in the spring of 2009 with the introduction of the Adamo brand and what was at the time Dell's thinnest laptop PC. Today, after months of leaked images, Dell introduced the all new Adamo XPS notebook. This thin-and-light notebook PC is as thin as four-tenths of an inch, yet offers extreme durability, cutting edge technology, and a completely new design for laptops.
FULL STORY (7,489 Reads) | DISCUSSION (47 Replies)

AVG 9.0 Anti-Virus Free Review
PUBLISHED: 11/5/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
AVG 9.0 promises protection and performance improvements as well as a better user experience over the previous version. Does it work as advertised? See how it fared in our testing.
FULL STORY (5,424 Reads) | DISCUSSION (12 Replies)

Verizon to Offer Sony VAIO P?
PUBLISHED: 11/4/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Verizon's website has leaked that the company may be offering the Sony VAIO P notebook/netbook for $299.99 with a service plan.
FULL STORY (570 Reads) | DISCUSSION (0 Replies)

Toshiba Launches New Business Class Notebooks
PUBLISHED: 11/4/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Toshiba today announced new additions to its Satellite Pro and Portg business notebook lineups.
FULL STORY (908 Reads) | DISCUSSION (10 Replies)

Review Update: Dell Inspiron 11z
PUBLISHED: 11/4/2009  BY: Jerry Jackson
After our less-than-enthusiastic review of the Dell Inspiron 11z, we decided to take a second look at this budget-priced ultraportable notebook. The "new" Inspiron 11z promises to kick things into high gear thanks to a new low-voltage dual-core processor, Windows 7 and an extended life battery. Should this updated ultraportable be on your holiday wish list? Keep reading to find out.
FULL STORY (6,366 Reads) | DISCUSSION (19 Replies)

HP Envy 14 Coming Soon?
PUBLISHED: 11/4/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Our forum members have discovered a support page on HP's website showing that an Envy 14 may be on the way.
FULL STORY (4,828 Reads) | DISCUSSION (20 Replies)

VIA Intros Nano 3000 Processors
PUBLISHED: 11/3/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
VIA introduced its new Nano 3000 series processors today for thin-and-light notebooks and all-in-one desktops.
FULL STORY (778 Reads) | DISCUSSION (10 Replies)