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New Eee Prices Rival Normal Laptops

With prices reaching up to $699 in the US, Asus' next-gen Eee models will lose their cheap appeal but gain plenty of features in the process.

Professional Gamers Frag for Dollars

The final episode of Players Only shows how talented gamers are now able to turn their hobbies into careers on pro gaming circuits.

Rio iBar First to Offer Microsoft Surface

The Vegas hotspot will be the first bar to wheel out Microsoft's Surface computers and let drinkers get geeky.

AMD Looks to Intel-owned Havok for Physics

In a bit of unlikely cooperation, AMD has partnered with a division of Intel to work on physics simulation in its processors and GPUs.

Corsair Shrinks Its Voyager Flash Drive

The Flash Voyager Mini may be dwarfed by golf tees, but it still resists all kinds of abuse and accidental damage.

Disabled Gamers Flock to Casual Games

A new survey shows that casual gaming provides a range of benefits besides entertainment for a burgeoning fanbase of disabled Americans.

McAfee Provides a Virtual Safe for Files

McAfee Anti-Theft creates encrypted "vaults" on a hard drive, giving users an extra layer of protection for their private documents.

CitySense Pegs Nightlife Hotspots with GPS

By plotting anonymous location data from all its users' mobile phones, CitySense produces a infrared-like map of San Francisco showing where the action is.

Caviar Black Drives Meld Size, Performance

Western Digital claims its latest line of hard drives, with capacities up to 1TB, are the fastest 7200RPM 3.5-inch models on the market.

DreamColor Monitor Pushes 1 Billion Colors

HP's push into the market for graphic artists has delivered a color-accurate LCD priced well below its competitors.

Voodoo Takes a Crack at Mac with Envy 133

HP's gaming arm has released its own take on the MacBook Air with the Envy 133 ultra-light notebook.

AU Optronics Unveils Record-Breaking LCDs

A notebook panel as thin as a nickel, another that cuts power by 60 percent, and a TV-sized panel that weighs almost a third less than competitors' were among AUO's offerings at Display Taiwan 2008.

HP BlackBird 002 Headed to Retail Stores

The finest HP's gaming division has to offer will soon drop its Web exclusivity and show up at retail stores for in-person manhandling.

T-Mobile Sues Starbucks over Free Wi-Fi

Although T-Mobile will soon bow out as Starbucks' Wi-Fi provider, it claims that in the meantime, the coffee house is giving away its service for free without compensation.

LA Sues Time Warner Over Flaky Service

Time Warner's exceptionally poor reputation in Los Angeles has led the city attorney to file suit against the company, claiming it violated a franchise agreement.

Sony Goes (Very) Mini with HT-IS100 System

Meant to be heard and not seen, the strawberry-sized speakers in the HT-IS100 can be discretely hidden virtually anywhere in a room.

Gmail Labs Offers Users Experimental Toys

Google's latest addition to Gmail will let users play with features that aren't quite ready for primetime - and decide what stays and what goes.

Indie Games Rock the Boat with Fresh Talent

Scott Steinberg explains why game studios don't need million dollar budgets, celebrity developers or even the latest and greatest graphics to shake up the industry.

Sanyo Xacti HD1010 Chases Faces in 1080i

The next generation of Sanyo's handheld HD cams boasts face chasing technology, plus ultra-fast capture up to 300fps.

AU Optronics Makes World’s First Convex LCD

Though the prototype is small, AU Optronics hopes the tech used in its curved displays will migrate over to consumer devices like watches and dashboards.

RadioShack Offers DTV Converter with Analog

It may sound like an oxymoron, but RadioShack's DTV converter box with analog pass through makes it possible to keep watching stations that will switch over late in the game, or never switch at all.

AMD’s Mobile Hopes Ride on Puma Platform

With new processors and graphics cards targeting mobile entertainment users, AMD will attempt to fight back against Intel's successful mobile Centrino platform.

McAfee Dubs .hk Most Dangerous Domain

A recent report shows that nearly one fifth of sites with the .hk extension pose a risk to surfers.

MSI Releases Specs, Prices for Wind ULPC

Those who want to ride the Wind won't have to wait much longer: it will appear stateside on June 16 complete with Atom processor, 10-inch screen and 80GB SATA drive.

Acer Aspire One to Sport Intel Atom, 3G Web

The much-rumored Acer Aspire one will make use of Intel's latest mobile processor, come with 3G capability in the future, and start at just $379.

SanDisk Brings out Low-Cost SSDs for ULPCs

The latest SSD drives out of SanDisk may not set any capacity records at just 4GB, 8GB and 16GB, but they're small, light and cheap enough for use in ultra-low-cost PCs.

Nvidia Tegra Chip to Power Next-Gen Mobiles

Nvidia's new Tegra line of all-in-one processors combine CPUs from ARM with GeForce GPUs to deliver better graphics in scaled-down mobile devices.

Minnesota Town Wiped Off Google Street View

North Oaks, Minn. can keep its privacy, due to privately owned streets that turned Google's Street View cars into trespassers.

Adobe Launches Web 2.0 Suite on Acrobat.com

The Acrobat community site, now in beta, allows users to create, collaborate on and share documents without using a single desktop application.

Panasonic Snips Cables with Wi-Fi Projector

The similarly equipped LB80 and LB75 feature built-in wireless capability and light weight for setting up business presentations quickly.

Dell Acknowledges Upcoming Subnotebook

Product shots on Dell's blog show a tiny, colorful notebook along the same lines as the Asus Eee that's coming down the pipe.

Via Nano Processors Cut Size, Power Usage

Via's replacement for its C7 processors will use a 65nm design process to boost efficiency even further.

Is the Console War Still Anybody’s Race?

Scott Steinberg visits the front lines of the console war to figure out which system is poised to dominate in this week's Players Only.

Dell’s Vostro 410 Touts Green Performance

The latest small business machine out of Dell looks like a gaming rig in a suit and tie, with tidy energy habits to match.

Imation Shrinks Flash Drives Even More

Not content with the existing minuscule state of USB flash drives, Imation designed its new Nano drives to take size to an even tinier extreme.

Colombia Signs up for 65,000 OLPCs

A major coffee-growing region in Colombia has placed an order for 65,000 of OLPC's XO-l laptops for its primary school children.

Hitachi CinemaStar Drives Cut Noise, Power

The latest 320Gb and 500GB CinemaStar drives have been designed to run quietly, in hot environments, with a minimum of power usage, making them ideal for low-profile HTPCs.

Belgian Newspapers Demand Cash from Google

Claiming that snippets of news articles appearing on Google News violated its copyrights, a group representing Belgian newspapers wants $77.3 million in damages.