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Acer Iconia Dual Touch Screen Tablet: Hands On & Specs

Acer Iconia Dual Touch Screen Tablet: Hands On & Specs

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: December 10, 2010
Filed under: Computers, Portable Computers & Tablets

Back on November 23rd Acer held a press conference called Interact where they announced a new laptop / Tablet PC. It is called the Iconia, with the rise in touch screen technology on the likes of the iPad and the…

PeeWee Unveils Power 2.0 Kids Laptop

PeeWee Unveils Power 2.0 Kids Laptop

By: Tina Chubb | Posted: December 2, 2010
Filed under: Computers

If you are thinking of buying your child a laptop in the near future, then we may have some good news for you. PeeWee PC – the company known for making both notebooks and netbooks specifically designed for children –…

Toasted Skin Syndrome: Treatment and Hot Gadgets

Toasted Skin Syndrome: Treatment and Hot Gadgets

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: October 4, 2010
Filed under: Computers, Laptops

It has been reported by The Sun, that there has been a rise in “toasted skin” conditions caused by laptop users resting devices on their laps for prolonged periods of time.

Panasonic Toughbook S9: Lightest 12.1-inch Laptop Weighs Just 3lbs

Panasonic Toughbook S9: Lightest 12.1-inch Laptop Weighs Just 3lbs

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: September 28, 2010
Filed under: Computers, Laptops

Panasonic’s range of Toughbook’s have been upping the anti in recent times, with reports that the “worlds lightest 12.1-inch laptop with DVD drive” is also very durable. Weighing in at just 3 pounds, we decided to check out the authenticity…

Sony Laptop Battery Recall: Toshiba, Dell, and HP issue recalls

Sony Laptop Battery Recall: Toshiba, Dell, and HP issue recalls

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: October 31, 2008
Filed under: Computers, Laptops

Today we are hearing that Toshiba, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are issuing laptop battery recalls. Sony made these batteries and this recall is a lot smaller (around 100,000) than the battery recall two years ago. The United States Product Safety…

Samsung X360 could it beat Apple’s MacBook Air?

Samsung X360 could it beat Apple’s MacBook Air?

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 29, 2008
Filed under: Computers, Laptops

As fashion models try to squeeze down to a size zero, the computer giants are also joining in the craze, Samsung have announced their new ultra-thin laptop and hopes to push Apple and HP off the top slot of the…

True Story of the Laptop that saved SGT Steven W. Clark’s life

True Story of the Laptop that saved SGT Steven W. Clark’s life

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 20, 2008
Filed under: Computers, Laptops

Back in February of last year we posted information about a laptop that took a bullet and saved a soldier’s life. This was a massive story at the time and even made it to the homepage of Digg. Today we…

Engadget auctioning Ben Heck Sony PS3 Laptop for charity soon: How much would you pay?

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: April 11, 2008
Filed under: Gaming, Laptops, Sony Playstation 3

Ben Heck is an awesome man who brought us the custom made Xbox 360 laptop and Wii Laptop, well now the Sony PS3 Laptop is going up for auction thanks to Engadget. Engadget now have the Sony PS3 Laptop from…

Eee PC Windows XP powered laptop release April 9th $400

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 31, 2008
Filed under: Alternative News, Computers, Laptops

Finally we have some good news, date and price on the Eee PC Windows XP powered laptop, the XP powered Eee PC will be released April 9th for $400. The hardware is basically identical to the current version Eee PC,…

Sony are scared of the Asus Eee PC, surely there is space for Sony though!

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 29, 2008
Filed under: Alternative News, Computers, Laptops

Oh yes it is official and Sony are scared of the Asus Eee PC, Sony do fear the cheap laptop if it does well. Senior VP with Sony US’ IT products operation Mike Abary told CNET “If [Asus' Eee PC]…

Are LG Laptop Batteries Safe? The company confirms they are

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 14, 2008
Filed under: Alternative News, Computers, Laptops

We must all admit laptop batteries are a lot safer than they were, and not many of them now are catching fire like they used to. Now and then you will here of some news of

Three Tiny Speakers from Miidio

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 12, 2008
Filed under: Electronics, Speakers

Miidio have released three new speakers and they are the UFO, Keg and Little Piggy, they are all ultra compact and are able to plug in and play music from any device which has the standard 3.5 mm audio headphone…