Laptops and Netbooks

Vizio Introduces New All-In-One PCs and Laptops

Vizio has announced the company is jumping into the PC-making game with a few all-in-ones and notebooks, aiming to make “the personal computer a true entertainment device.” Vizio has previously earned a reputation in the HDTV space for producing beautiful, affordable products – the company’s PC effort will be no different. Vizio hopes its experience

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Toshiba To Bring ‘World’s Thinnest And Lightest’ Ultrabook & Tablet To CES

If you look at today’s tablet and immediately think, “you fat so and so,” then you’re just far too hard to please. But Toshiba may have something up its sleeve that can satisfy you. According to a post on the Japanese company’s website, it is set to announce “the world’s thinnest and lightest” 10.1-inch tablet

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Dell XPS 14z Has Launched: 14-inch Windows 7 Laptop For $1000

Dell XPS 14z, we’re (finally) ready for your close-up. This 14-inch Windows 7 laptop has now graced the company’s website via three different versions, including a base model that starts at $1,000. As such, customers have some configuration options: Processor: Core i5-2430M or Core i7-2640M Storage: up to 750GB storage available Memory: DDR3 SDRAM (expandable

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This Crazy Electrolux ‘Laptop Kitchen’ Will Cook Your Breakfast While You Work

This Electrolux Laptop Kitchen is by far one of the craziest inventions I’ve seen in a long time. It fuzes your boring old laptop and your kitchen stove into a device that will allow you to edit your Excel spreadsheets while you knock up a quick omelette. The device was dreamt up by Dragan Trenchevski and was chosen

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Samsung Announces New Series 7 Gamer Notebook Complete With 3D

Prefer to do your gaming with a mouse and keyboard rather than a controller? Then check out Samsung’s new Series 7 Gamer notebook that hits the U.K. today; a machine so beefy it makes Hulk Hogan look like Paris Hilton. Built with hardcore gamers in mind, the Series 7 Gamer boasts a speedy quad-core Intel

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Toshiba Qosmio F755 3D is World’s First No-Glasses 3D Laptop

Well, the title speaks for itself. The Toshiba Qosmio F755 3D, announced today, is not only the world’s first glasses-free 3D-capable laptop–it’s a harbinger of Al Pacino’s famous line “I’m just gettin’ warmed up!” And let’s view the 3D industry as Al Pacino, only significantly more intimidating and less stylish. This laptop may seem like just

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Samsung Chromebook Series 5 Review

This past May during the Google I/O developers’ conference, Google announced the forthcoming availability of Chromebooks, the consumer-facing evolution of their Chrome OS-based CR-48 laptop pilot program. Where CR-48 was a limited edition, free to the chosen few, beta program, Chromebooks were to be a straight-up commercial product, initially available in a handful of flavors from two

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Hands-on with 2011 Sony VAIO Laptops

As the sequel to my adventures with Sony’s 2011 camcorders and digital cameras, this installment is all VAIO. I got a chance to briefly play around with the new Z, C, and E series on the Sony Display at the MLB Fancave in New York. Unfortunately, the VAIOs were directly in front of the 7-foot

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Quad-Core: Nvidia Kal-El Shown Running Windows 8 and Android 3

We knew they were coming, and we knew when they were coming, but it’s still a bit of a shock to see them out in the wild. Nvidia announced Project Kal-El, their quad-core chipset for mobile, back in February, saying at the time that the first tablets built around the superchip would ship in August/September

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Dell Ultra-Thin Laptop Gets Teased Again (video)

Following up on a tease for a new ultra-thin laptop from Dell the other day, the company has released a short video and some new photos of the still unnamed device.  Has the company learned any lessons from the lackluster performance of the Adamo? With nothing in the images for a size comparison, we still

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Vintage Buffalo: Acer Aspire One Netbook

Vintage Buffalo is a weekly feature here at TechnoBuffalo where we take a look at our old gadgets, why we bought them, and what made us replace them.  Are you like us and hanging on to some gadget relics of the past? Submit your story to vintagebuffalo@technobuffalo.com be featured in a future Vintage Buffalo! Gadget:

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Dell Teases New Ultra-Thin Laptop

Despite the lackluster response to the Dell Adamo, it doesn’t appear that the popular computer maker is quite ready to give up on taking on Apple’s MacBook Air.  Rumors started circulating last week that Dell was working on a new ultra-thin laptop, but about the only things anyone seemed to be able to agree upon

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Geeked: Vinyl Laptop Decals

I recently purchased a new MacBook Air. For me, buying a new computer typically means I end up buying lots of other new stuff to go along with it – which lead me to a pretty elaborate search for the perfect vinyl decal to put on the back. Vinyl decals are cool because you can

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Google Offering Chrome Laptop Rentals?

Google may soon be offering Chrome OS laptop rentals. Tech blog Neowin reported earlier this week that Google will be releasing the rental notebooks in June or July of this year. Notebooks will be available for a rental price between $10-$20 per month, and will get hardware and software refreshes as they are available. Notebooks

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Ad-Supported Electronics: Good Idea?

This past week Amazon announced it would be selling an ad-supported version of the Kindle. For $114 ($25 less than the traditional model) you can get an a version of the eReader with “advertisements on the bottom of the device’s home page and on its screen savers.” Why the low discount? $25 doesn’t seem like

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5 Reasons the Tablet Will Not Kill The Laptop

Tablets are the hot new thing. Many think they can take out the laptop/netbook. Here are 5 reasons why they won’t.

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Top 5 Laptops For Under $1000

In todays ‘Top 5′, we take a look at the Top 5 laptops available today for under $1000.

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One Device For Everything! But, Why?

Back in 2003 I jammed an Ericsson chatboard into the bottom of my Sony Ericsson T610 and tried to use it to write drafts of blog posts during my hour-each-way commute to work on the subways of New York. While the chatboard was awesome for thumb-typing, I was limited to 140 characters per “draft” and

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CR-48 Review Part 2: Chrome OS

No matter how much I liked the Hardware of the CR-48, I must focus my attention on the software. Chrome OS could be the next big thing if you ask Google, but is it practical enough to live up to everyday use?

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The Google CR-48: Hardware Review

The hardware of the CR-48 is a lot of fun to talk about, and is really impressive. Please note however that in a lot of ways it is irrelevant, because by the time Chrome Notebooks start being marketed and sold, they will most likely be much different. This will not stop me from telling you about the CR-48 and all of its simple goodness.

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