We give Microsoft credit for finally understanding that what works on a console won’t necessarily appeal to PC gamers. First, it stripped away the much-derided, fee-based Games for Windows Live Gold membership level. Now the entire Games for Windows Live interface has received an update. The Xbox 360-style “blade” interface is go…

considering of real (the number of searches on CNET) and perceived (that whoosh sound you construct out is trillions of dollars leaving our economy) interest in the cheap $300 Wal-Mart laptop, I set out at the start of the week to see whether I could find the Compaq CQ50-139WM. I wondered …
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In any collection of similar laptops, the one with the Sony Vaio logo is likely to be the most expensive in the group. So, imagine our pleasant surprise to find the Vaio AW125 to be less expensive than the other 18-inch, Blu-ray equipped laptops we’ve seen.

Our Blu-ray HP HDX18 …
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The HP G60-125nr

The move from traditional 16:10 laptop displays to 16:9 ones that mirror HDTV screens is shift that’s here to stay, judging by the mini-flood of new 18-inch and 16-inch systems that have crossed our desk. What’s a little odder is that we’ve …
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We’ve been following the tale of Dell’s quasi-Netbook, the Mini 12, for some moment now — from its first behind-closed-doors appearance by the Summer to the official late-October announcement, with actual availability and price TBA, as they say.

Dell was closed-mouthed as recently as a few days ago …
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The One Laptop per Child initiative’s “Give One, Get One” scheme is to come to Europe.

Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of OLPC, told ZDNet UK in an e-mail interview Wednesday that version two of “Give One, Get One” (G1G1) would enable European users to participate in the scheme.
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When Best Buy unveiled its Blue Label program last month, we were skeptical. The program seemed good abundant in concept: Best Buy asked its customers for their most desired laptop features, next worked with Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba to develop laptops that delivered those features. But being jaded …
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