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Core i7 iMacs Showing Up Dead With Alarming Frequency

5:38PM Dan Nosowitz | There’s a lot of grumbling going on in forums and other blogs about Core i7 iMacs showing up DOA much more often than you’d expect from a brand new computer. We’re not exactly sure what’s going on, but something’s up. More »
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Why It’s Gotten Straight Stupid To Buy A Mac Pro

8:00AM Mark Wilson | Never before has it been so apparent that a power tower – pretty much the laziest design in the computer industry – is being sold by a design-centric company with neither design nor power. More »
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Sony Vaio UX Becomes A Killer Hackintosh UMPC

10:35PM Danny Allen | Not only can this 2007 model UX490 quad-boot into OS X, Windows 7, XP Pro and Vista Business, but its specs have been overhauled. A voice-capable HSPA modem has been added, plus a faster CPU and larger solid-state hard disk. More »
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Camangi WebStation: 7 Inches Of Android Tablet

7:00AM Mark Wilson | The Camangi WebStation has been floating around for a few months now in little more than proof-of-concept form. Now, it’s on the cusp of being a real product, releasing in the US next month for $US400. More »
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Asus Eee PC T91MT Appeases The Multitouch Faithful

10:00AM Nick Broughall | The original T91 from Asus wasn’t quite the touchscreen netbook we’d been hoping for thanks to the average tablet XP software and lack of multitouch. But Asus is never a company to sit on their hands, so they’ve updated the T91 to the T91MT, which adds Windows 7 and multitouch. More »
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Dell Studio 17 Touch: Dell’s First Touchscreen Laptop From $US800

7:19AM Mark Wilson | While Dell has made tablets for years, their quietly announced Studio 17 Touch is their first touchscreen laptop, and it’s one big machine. More »
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Asus Eee PC 1201N: A Great Deal, But Have We Been Had?

2:33AM Mark Wilson | On one hand, the Asus Eee 1201N, the first Ion-packing Eee, will arrive in December for $US500. That includes Win 7, a dual core Atom processor, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD and 12-inch (1366×768) display. But on the other… More »
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Rumour: Apple Tablet Delayed For OLED Upgrade

10:17PM Danny Allen | That crazy DigiTimes — purveyors of always-failed-Apple rumours — now says that its manufacturer “sources” believe that there will be two Apple tablet models: a 9.7-incher with OLED screen made by LG, and the 10.6-inch version everyone has heard about. More »
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Super Cheap, Super Small Lenovo X100E Leaks

12:45PM Dan Nosowitz | Lenovo’s new X100E ultrathin laptop just leaked out, and it’s looking pretty sweet: 11.6-inch screen, redesigned chiclet keyboard, a supposed starting price of less than $US500 and colours. Colours, you guys. On a ThinkPad. More »
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Benchmarked: The QuadCore i7 iMac Is Super Fast

6:00AM Brian Lam and Don Nguyen | Our iMac review included a 3.06GHz Core2Duo chip inside, but we received the top of the line iMac housing the more promising 2.8GHz Core i7 processor. Do more cores make up for lower clock speeds? Yes. Often 2-3 times. More »