Little doubt this will be one of the “must haves” during the coming holiday season.
The Dell E mini-laptop has been rumored to be coming this August, and while an announcement still has not come officially from Dell it seemingly more certain that it’s more than a rumor.
The Dell E is expected to be powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and be running Linux. The Dell E will feature an 8.9-inch 1024 x 600 resolution display, 512MB of RAM, a built-in 0.3-megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi 802.11g and a 4GB SSD.
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I’m guessing that a fair amount of our readers share a common problem… That  glaring, obtrusive check engine light that you carefully covered with black electrical tape! Even if it’s not a problem now, at some point it will be. You know the drill… death taxes, check engine light.
This incredible gadget has an amazing number of features and will pay for itself many times over.
The ScanGauge II is an extremely compact automotive computer designed to read and display information about your vehicle in real time.
Simply connect the ScanGauge II to …

I ‘ve been procrastinating in buying a Kindle and now I may just have to wait a little longer.
Apparently Amazon will debut the new Kindle 2.0 just in time for the holidays. If the story over at Crunchgear proves true, Kindle’s makeover will reportedly include a smaller form factor, improved interface, availability in multiple colors.
Amazon also has another Kindle model in the works that boasts a shape similar to an 8 1/2 x 11-inch piece of paper, but likely won’t be out until next year. Decidedly cooler, Amazon seems to …

I guess I finally have to accept that the “go green” movement is not going away. Hybrid Ferarri somewhat convinces me it’s going to be around for awhile.
If you hadn’t already divined it from the tea leaves Ferrari has been sprinkling around lately, hybridization is officially coming to the Ferrari stable. Whether it was the bold proclamation at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show that Ferrari would reduce its emissions by 40% by 2012, or the recent hybridized F1 cars outfitted with the KERS system, we all knew it had to …

Samsung is proud to introduce the ultra-compact, 10.0 megapixel TL9; the latest camera in the company’s digital camera lineup to feature MP3 and PMP functionality. The camera is highlighted by a powerful, internal 5x optical zoom as well as Dual Image Stabilization, which combines both Samsung’s advanced Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and Digital Image Stabilization (DIS). When selected, OIS and DIS work simultaneously to provide blur-free, detailed images with remarkable clarity.
The TL9 is encased in a silver, metal body, measuring 3.74” x 2.36” x 0.84”. A unique design element also …

Acer today announced U.S. availability of the Acer® Aspire one, an ultra-lightweight mobile Internet device with prices beginning at just $379.
The Acer Aspire one provides continuous access to the Internet in an easy-to-use, stylish and ultra-compact platform. It’s designed to be an affordable and simple solution for web browsing, checking email, instant messaging, VOIP calls, streaming video, viewing photos and listening to music.
“Our Acer Aspire one is an innovative solution providing quick and easy access to the Internet with an intuitive software interface designed to make computing easy,” said Sumit …

Toshiba Corporation today announced a new line-up of high performance 2.5-inch HDDs, including a low-noise flagship model that boosts areal density to 477Mbit/mm2 (308Gbpsi) to achieve a capacity of 400GB on just two platters, plus five drives that bring new levels of performance and 7,200rpm rotational speeds to the company’s full range of storage capacities.
Mass production of the 400GB MK4058GSX will start from September, targeting notebook PC and consumer electronic applications. Mass production of the 7,200rpm drives will start in August. The line-up includes the 320GB MK3254GSY and models with …

Wordpress 2.6 is out today and it’s another impressive release. Although many speculated this release would simply fix a few bugs and security items, it’s much more.  Upgrade as soon as you can, you’ll be glad you did.
Here’s a list of a few of the changes and features:

Post Revisions: Wiki-like tracking of edits

Press This!: Post from wherever you are on the web

Google Gears: Turbo-speed your blogging

Theme Previews: See it before your audience does

Word count: Never guess how many words are in your post anymore.

Image captions: Add sweet captions like Political …

I plan to purchase a new laptop in the next few weeks and the Toughbook CF-74 is at the top of my list. This upgrade will probably ’seal the deal’ for me.
Panasonic today announced upgrades to its semi-rugged desktop replacement Toughbook CF-52 and mobile workhorse Toughbook CF-74.
Both the Toughbook CF-52 and Toughbook CF-74 now incorporate the new Intel(R) Centrino(R)
2 processor technology. In addition, video and graphics capabilities have been significantly enhanced, hard drive capacity has been increased to 160GB, and Wi-Fi performance expanded to include 802.11 Draft N.
“In addition to …

SanDisk today introduced the SanDisk® SD™ WORM card, a Write Once Read Many (WORM) digital memory card intended for professional uses such as police investigations, court testimony, electronic voting and other applications where data files must be protected from alteration or deletion.
Analog recording media such as film and audio tape are rapidly becoming obsolete, driving demand for a solution suitable for today’s digital devices. But conventional rewritable memory cards do not meet legal requirements to prevent data tampering.
Digital data written to SanDisk SD WORM cards is effectively locked as soon …

Samsung has unveiled the new NV100 HD pocket digital camera with an impressive 14.7 megapixel resolution and the NV9 pocket camera with 10.2MP.
The Samsung NV100 HD boasts a 3-inch touchscreen, 3.6x Schneider Kreuznach zoom lens, face recognition features, smile and blink detection, and up to ISO 3200 sensitivity. In addition, the camera’s tin CCD records images with up to 4,384 x 3,288px resolution, allowing it display HD resolution on HDMI-compatible HD displays (via the optional docking station).
The camera can also record HD video with 720p resolution (1,280 x 720px) at …

Toshiba lit up Times Square today, bigger and brighter than ever, unveiling of a new full color LED display.
Toshiba Vision Times Square supports over one billion colors and high definition resolution. The new LED display will take pride of place at the top of One Times Square Building, and carry its message to the crowded streets 285 feet (about 87 meters) below.

Personal computer maker Lenovo has announced the launch of yet another ultra-thin laptop named ThinkPad X200 and it is incredible!
This new product from the company weighs just around 1.34 kilograms. It comes loaded with a four cell battery. Customers can however order the machine with a nine-cell battery which increases the weight but also battery life.
Lenovo ThinkPad X200 features a 12.1-inch screen. Customers can get it with a 64GB solid state drive or regular hard drives of up to 320GB capacity.
The company is providing the option to order the laptop …

Nintendo got the jump on both Sony and Microsoft by making one of the first major announcements of the E3 show, Wii MotionPlus. Wii MotionPlus is an add on which attaches to the Wii Remote and more accurately traces motions in 3D space.
In a press release Nintendo has only really confirmed Wii MotionPlus and stated that more information will be revealed on it tomorrow morning at their E3 conference.
Nintendo’s upcoming Wii™ MotionPlus accessory for the revolutionary Wii Remote™ controller again redefines game control, by more quickly and accurately reflecting motions …

Smart phone choices are looking to become a little more complex now that it appears RIM is set to launch a full touchscreen Blackberry. The folks at CrackBerry.com got ahold of the first pictures of the new device, the Blackberry Thunder (possibly Blackberry Storm) 9500.
Some of the features of the Thunder include multi-touch glass display with tactile response, which gives you a feedback at the push a button, full QWERTY keyboard in landscape mode and SureType keyboard in portrait mode.
At a first glance, it does look a little like an …