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Gift Guide: Litl Webbook
Litl Webbook (Novice, Under $1,000) Think of the Litl Webbook ($699) as the anti-PC. Sure, the 1.6 GHZ Atom processor and 1-gigabyte (GB) of RAM comes standard with most netbooks, but that's where the similarities end. For starters, the user ... Read more →
Crook Reaches Through Window to Swipe Laptop From Man's Lap
4 months ago on SwitchedSeveral weeks ago, brazen thieves stole 31 computer monitors from a Canadian man's driveway as he was preparing to load them for transport. In Minneapolis on the 4th of July, an even more audacious (or inebriated) would-be bandit reached through ...
Is the Viliv S5 UMPC Worth the Hype?
6 months ago on SwitchedWelcome to another edition of Hype Check, where we give much-anticipated new gadgets or services a test drive and tell you whether or not they live up to the hype. Today, we set our critical eyes on the Viliv S5. What it is: The Viliv S5 is a ...
Our Daily Deal: Viliv S5 UMPC With Free Accessories (First 400 Buyers)
6 months ago on SwitchedYou usually have to pay for the privilege of owning a sought-after new gadget within a month of its release, but the Viliv S5 UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PC) -- a white-hot handheld Windows XP computer that sold out in less than a day when it debuted in ...
Acer Unveils Slim Timeline Laptop, Plus Desktops, Netbooks, and Nettops
7 months ago on SwitchedWe rolled over to the Liberty Science Center in New Jersey last night for Acer's computer announcement extravaganza. The PC manufacturer announced brand new netbooks, laptops, and desktop lines under its eMachines, Gateway, and Acer brands. ...
Most Heinous Custom Netbook, Ever
8 months ago on SwitchedIf the Acer Aspire One netbook above makes you feel uncomfortable, even angry, then you're probably not a Japanese school-girl. Hell, even if you are we hope you have the good sense not to paste stuffed animals, taffeta, and frills to your ...
Which Netbook Is for You?
8 months ago on Switcheddigg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/03/19/which-netbook-is-for-you/'; The bad economy may well have been the best thing for a new type of notebook computer known as the netbook. You may have heard that term bandied about the Web's ...
Report: Office Depot Employees Altering Computer Price Tags
8 months ago on SwitchedWow. Things at Office Depot appear to be worse than we could have possibly thought. In fact, the alleged apparent systematic misleading of customers makes the shenanigans at BestBuy look quite tame by comparison. Laptop Mag has published a follow ...
Hands-On with the World's Cheapest Laptops
8 months ago on SwitchedWe were ready to fall in love with the Impulse NPX-9000 as soon as we heard the words "World's Cheapest Laptop," but now that we've got a review sample in our hands, the bloom might be off this rose -- especially since the $199 wholesale price ...
Most Speed-Up-Your-PC Programs Are Bogus
8 months ago on SwitchedSurely you've seen the annoying ads on television or flashing banner graphics on your favorite sites advertising applications guaranteed to take your slow-as-molasses computer and make it run like new again? Hopefully you've never taken the plunge ...
Our Daily Deal: 4GB Laptop Memory for $28.99
8 months ago on SwitchedThe folks over at TechDealDigger are letting us know about some of the best deals they find on gadgets every day, so we're going to pass that information on to you. After all, in these tough economic times, every little bit counts. We may not be ...
PC Prices Keep Going Down, Sales Expected to Increase
8 months ago on SwitchedWith the recession pushing prices of everything down, and with low-priced netbooks' newfound popularity, the research firm IDC is reporting a much larger than normal drop in the average price of PCs. On average, computer prices drop about ...
Our Daily Deal: HP Dual-Core Laptop for Less Than $500
8 months ago on SwitchedThe folks over at TechDealDigger are letting us know about some of the best deals they find on gadgets every day, so we're going to pass that information on to you. After all, in these tough economic times, every little bit counts. We may not be ...
Netbooks More Prone to Security Risks, Experts Warn
8 months ago on SwitchedNetbooks are tiny laptops that offer the inarguably tempting combination of low price and light weight. Because of that, they've become hugely popular over the past year; after all, a fully-functional portable computer that costs between $300 and ...
MacBook's Battery Goes Boom in London Office
9 months ago on SwitchedIt's been quite some time since we've had a good exploding battery story. Back in 2007, it seemed like nobody was immune from the plague, with Sony being blamed for battery recalls extending to laptops from Apple, Dell, Toshiba, and a number of ...
8 Ways to Back-Up Your Computer (and Keep Your Stuff Safe)
9 months ago on SwitchedIf there's one important task computer users regularly ignore, it's backing up their data, including important items like their office documents, music, videos, and photos. Things go wrong sometimes: Computers get viruses, hard drives fail, and ...


