www.guardian.co.uk:
When Maj Sjöwall and her partner Per Wahlöö started writing the Martin Beck detective series in Sweden in the 60s, they little realised that it would change the way we think about policemen for everIt might count as one of th (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Suffering from 'novel nausea', Zadie Smith wonders if the essay lives up to its promiseWhy do novelists write essays? Most publishers would rather have a novel. Bookshops don't know where to put them. It's a rare reader who s (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
On the 10th anniversary of Paul Bowles's death, Paul Theroux remembers the writer and traveller who set him on his wayThe Sheltering Sky was Paul Bowles's first novel and, although he honed his art almost to his dying day – n (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Short Version: A universal notebook adapter with retractable cabling that extends to almost ten feet in length, comes with nine adapter tips, and features two USB charging ports.Features:90-watt universal notebook adapterNine (Read More)
Wired: Gadget Lab:
Sometimes you have to take a step down to step up. That’s what Google should’ve done with its open-source PC operating system Chrome OS, which the corporation demonstrated Thursday.Instead, Google is positioning Google Chrome (Read More)
Wired: Gadget Lab:
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks.With a strong focus on speed, the Chrome OS promises nearly instant boot times of about 7 sec (Read More)
Gizmodo:
On one hand, the Asus Eee 1201N, the first Ion-packing Eee, will arrive December for $500. That includes Win 7, a dual core Atom processor, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD and 12-inch (1366 x 768) display. But on the other... ...should we (Read More)
Wired: Gadget Lab:
AT&T would like to sell you a computer to go along with your phone.But don’t look for any really good deals. The carrier will be selling netbooks on contract, but the purchase price will remain close to what you’d pay for a n (Read More)
Gizmodo:
We reviewed Acer's 3D laptop not so long ago. We found it fun, but reeking of gen 1 quirks. Now Laptop Mag has played with a new 3D laptop by Asus and found it to be pretty fantastic. The Asus G51J 3D is the first laptop to f (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Portables, Odds and endsExcel nerds rejoice! What you see above is the result of a laptop reliability study conducted by third-party warranty shop Squaretrade. The study looks at over 30,000 notebooks over the co (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
SquareTrade, proprietors of extended warranties, just released a 3-year study that sheds some light on the reliability of laptops and netbooks. The main conclusion that 1 in 3 notebooks fail within three year should come as n (Read More)
CNN:
A new study published by SquareTrade revealed that the smaller name brand notebook manufacturers are usually more reliable than their larger rivals. Of the top nine, ASUS has the lowest tracked breakdown rate with fewer than (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Cool tools, Odds and ends, TUAW Interview, iPhone, iPod touchIt must be nice to be Evernote CEO Phil Libin right now. His company's product / service, Evernote, is about to break 2 million customers, they're past (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
IntroSonyGatewayASUSNokiaDellSamsungHPMSILenovoIntroGRAND Flash Album Gallery Skins for GRAND FlAGallery developed by CodEasily.com - Flash Templates, WordPress Themes and WordPress pluginsThe Flash Player and a bro (Read More)
ABC News: HomePage:
How to make smart choices on refurbished laptops, cell phones and more.
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ABC News:
How to make smart choices on refurbished laptops, cell phones and more.
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Wired: Gadget Lab:
The Vega, from Converged Devices, wants to be the mythical Apple Tablet, and at first it looks as if it really could be a great alternative to that still non-existent machine, not least because it is actually real.But dig int (Read More)
Guardian Unlimited: Technology:
Google has added Gizmo5 to its long list of small acquisitions with big potential, AT&T and Verizon are scrapping over the US smartphone market, and Intel has a stream of 32nm mobile and desktop processors on the wayThe great (Read More)
Gizmodo:
We know, the Core i7-i5-i3 stuff is confusing. Not to make it worse, but Digitimes outs some of Intel's notebooks plans for next year: a triplet of processors of Core i7 and i5 processors, codenamed Arrandale, for skinny lapt (Read More)
GigaOM:
Qualcomm has just released a new chip family focused on smartphones, including one that breaks the gigahertz barrier. The chips’ capabilities make clear that the line between phones and low-end notebooks are blurring. They’re (Read More)