Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Officially Approved

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has officially announced details of the Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR specification. Improvements over Bluetooth 2.0: – Much simplified pairing – Improved battery life (according to the Bluetooth SIG, Bluetooth Specification Version 2.1 + EDR can increase battery life by … Read more

PC Magazine Laptop (and Desktop) Buying Guide

PC Magazine is running their annual PC Magazine Buying Guide: Desktops and Laptops. Ultraportables have gained quite a bit of exposure this time around (or rather there seem to be more models mentioned that are lighter and faster than last time around). Ultraportables were mentioned … Read more

Laptop Industry – Parts Shortage

In light of the delays that are affecting Dell’s XPS M1330, PC World is running an article, Laptop Industry Faces Parts Shortage. They talk about shortages in LCD displays (LCD TVs have taken off sales wise) and small hard drives used in both notebooks and … Read more

Review: Toshiba Portege R500 (NotebookReview)

There is a new review of the Toshiba Portege R500, Toshiba’s latest ultraportable, up on NotebookReview.com This review is of the LED-backlit Portege R500 with the mechanical SATA hard drive – Toshiba just announced that they are going to offer 64GB Solid State Drives that … Read more

Dell XPS M1330, Delays, Timbuk2 Messenger Bags, Dell’s Blog

Erica Ogg has written an article for CNET, Dell customers rant over notebook shipment delay, about the delays Dell has faced with the Dell XPS M1330, and the two-way communication that has been taking place on Dell’s blog, Direct2Dell.com. Some Dell customers have mentioned on … Read more