The age of Ebooks is maturing, Kindle aside, the advanced prototype comes with two pages and functions like a regular book. A science team from Maryland and Berkeley Universities has developed this new ebook. Page turning maneuvers to get to the new page, plus folding it back into a single-page version, or separating the pages to share info with someone else, are some of the new key features. The team demoed their prototype at the recent CHI08 human factors...

The Toshiba Qosmio WXW/79GW promises to be one hell of a gaming laptop which packs in killers looks along with some serious hardware. Powering this beast is the next gen Intel Core 2 Duo processor along with 2GB of DDR3 memory. Ensuring that Crysis gets loaded in a jiffy is the 64GB SSD drive along with a 160GB 7200 SATA hard drive. Graphics on the 17 inch WSXGA+ (1,680×1,050) will be powered by the yet to be announced GeForce...

Fujitsu Siemens have announced two new notebooks powered by AMD's Puma platform. Both of them seem to be designed to perform and provide with more battery life than the usual. Both these notebooks feature: AMD's Turion X2 Ultra processor Bluetooth 2.1 A glossy-finish BrilliantView display. water-resistant keyboards An 'underclock' button that slows the CPU and graphics processing to improve battery life....

HP EliteBook 5930p is a 14.1-inch laptop that's built to MIL-STD-810F specifications for vibration, dust, humidity, altitude, and temperature; in short it's a tough little cookie. It sports a brushed anodized aluminum casing and magnesium-alloy chassis that allows it to withstand temperatures ranging from -20° F up to 140° F, humidity up to 95 percent, and altitudes up to 15,000 feet. It also includes a full-size spill-resistant keyboard, which features a fingerprint reader and a row of touch-sensitive media...

At around 3.4 pounds, it's the slimmest and lightest laptop we know not beating Apple's Air but rather setting a niche by boasting of unheard of features. The "Voodoo Aura PowerConnect" is one such feature that hence forth every laptop maker may follow. What it simply means is that the Ethernet jack is located on the power brick, so you don't have to fit the jack into the system itself. Additionally, the power brick will act as a point-to-point...

The Asus Eee 1000 finally gets official at Computex (Taiwan). The 10" Asus Eee 1000 and 1000(H) will be available soon. Notably, the screen size and resolution are better, but the keyboard is larger as well. Asus says that the Eee 1000 keyboard is 92% the size of an average laptop keyboard. You have a choice of Windows or Linux and the battery life will be better than original Eee, Asus claims up to 8 hours. Apparently more colors...

Gigabyte has been pumping in info regarding its upcoming entry into micro notebooks market and the M912 is a part of the show. The M912 is a bit different from the rest of the gang because adopts the convertible tablet form. The 8.9-inch LCD can be used as a traditional notebook or can be spun around to be used as a touchscreen. The system features1.6GHz Atom CPU and 1GB of memory but will carry an unusually large hard drive,...

Holding a candle to the Eee PC is Dell's new "mini-Inspiron". This 8.9-inches beauty falls in the sub-$500 price tag range with a choice of both Windows XP Home and Ubuntu Linux, 8-in-1 card reader, integrated webcam, direct media playback buttons, and a "host of wireless access options." More details are expected to trickle in as the Computex show kicks off....

Although Valentines and Mother's Day are over, this one could fit the bill for an ideal girlfriend/mother/wife gift. Gateway's M151X Arctic Bloom is a 15.4 inch laptop adorning blue and white flowers. It features a Core 2 Duo Processor, up to a 250GB hard drive, 1.3 megapixel webcam, bluetooth, a finger print reader, an optional TV tuner, a Radeon HD 2400 XT 256MB video card, and a HDMI slot. Gateway's M151X Artic Bloom Laptop will cost you $1,099. Via...

The Korean notebook market is getting luck by the day; folks out there will now have the choice of picking up the HP2133 MiNi notebook. Touted to be stylish and sleek, the lappie features a 8.9-inch diagonal WXGA display, full qwerty keyboard and touchpad, refined design and anodized aluminum shell that is sleek and sturdy yet lightweight(1.19kg). It supports 802.11a/b/g wireless technology features HP DuraKeys, a clear coating applied over the notebook keyboard, and HP 3D DriveGuard which sends...

Frequent Fliers are aware that they need to remove that laptop from their backpack and place them in the container every time they pass through security check. It's quite a task to do it every time, if you keep hopping from port to port like a kangaroo. A chic alternative that matches your dressing sensibilities is the My Document Laptop Bag. It will go well with that Prada or LV entourage that you check-in at the counter. The scrap...

Sanrio will launch on May 28 Epson brand laptop computers featuring its popular character Hello Kitty. The Hello Kitty notebook is based in Epson Endeavor NH2100 model. The Sanrio Hello Kitty laptop features 15.4-inch TFT WXGA display, Intel’s Celeron 540(1.86GHz) CPU, 1GB RAM, 80GB ATA/5400rpm HDD, DVD-ROM/CD-RW compo drive as well as IEEE 802.11b/g wireless LAN and Gigabit Ethernet....

Known for their unique style, Alienware has raised some eyebrows with this cool gaming notebook that is powered by NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI graphic cards and a Core 2 Extreme processor. It has a 17 inch screen and supports resolutions of up to 1920 x 1200 pixels. The styling is sleek and pretty bold. The underlying blue ambience that engulfs the keys gives you a typical Alienware experience. It provides you with an option to add 2 hard...

Sanrio is back and this time with a new Hello Kitty laptop the Epson Endeavor NJ2100. The pearl white laptop offers two designs for young fans one has the Kitty flying an airplane and other features Hello Kitty surrounded by flowers. The lappie is powered by Intel Celeron 540 at 1.86GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB hard drive, DVD drive, Firewire, 3 in 1 memory card slot and a 15.4 inch WXGA screen (1280 x 800). It is preloaded with exclusive...

Need to have you entire movie collection on the go, all the while…I know carrying external drives can be a pain and risky as well. Enter ASUS M70 and voila…your troubles will be shooed away. This hunk will be the first terabyte notebook. Specs include dual 500 GB SATA drives in a single kit, a 1080p 17" High-Def LCD screen, a Blu-ray drive, one HDMI port and four built-in Altec Lansing speakers....