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HP Compaq’s 21-inch Multitouch L2105tm Screen Costs $US300
12:32AM Mark Wilson | Chalk up two major manufacturers who have multitouch displays on the market. HP Compaq’s L2105tm, which we previewed a while back, goes on sale today for $US300. More »
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Compaq Presario CQ61 Isn’t A Netbook, It Is A Full On Laptop For $US400
3:01PM Joanna Stern | Sometimes I forget that for less than $US399 you can still snatch up a pretty decent full size laptop or desktop. Thank you, Compaq for reminding me of this with the 15.6-inch CQ61 notebook and Presario 40101f. More »
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Two New Budget HP Laptops For Business Types
3:45PM Danny Allen | They ain’t revolutionary, but should get the job done. The 14-inch Compaq 515 comes with either an AMD Athlon X2 or Turion X2 processor, while the 15.6-inch Compaq 610 goes the Intel route, with either a Core 2 Duo T5870 or dual-core Celeron. More »
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HP Recalling 70,000 Laptop Batteries Over Fire Hazard Concerns
9:00AM Sean Fallon | The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of 70,000 lithium-ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq laptops. Apparently, there have been at two reported cases where the batteries caught on fire. More »
Business
When Tim Cook Met Steve Jobs
10:28AM Wilson Rothman | WSJ’s Nick Wingfield interviewed the headhunter who brought Tim Cook to Apple. Back in 1998, it was Jobs who had to convince Cook—a cyclist with a “cool, unflappable demeanor”—to leave Compaq. Good play, dude. [WSJ] More »
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Lightning Review: HP 2133 Mini-Note
4:00AM Mark Wilson | The Gadget: HP’s response to the Asus EEE PC, the HP 2133 Mini-Note. More »
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HP 2133 Mini-Note UMPC Reviewed (Verdict: Rich Man’s Eee PC)
3:30PM Matt Buchanan | Reviews are pouring in of the HP 2133 sub-notebook (now dubbed the Mini-Note) which is now up on Amazon. It costs more than the Eee PC or Cloudbook, but you can actually configure all the specs yourself, and the aluminium chassis tells people you spent more on your ultraportable. It’s a bit bulkier and heavier, but the screen’s higher (1280×768) res means less strained peepers, and its full keyboard is way less crampy than the competition. More »
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HP Compaq 2133 UMPC Laptop
11:47PM Addy Dugdale | According to these—allegedly “leaked”—photos, the black and aluminum 2.5-pound HP Compaq 2133 UMPC laptop looks like the Asus Eee PC’s cooler cousin. More »
Gadgets
News Round-up: HP and Compaq Laptops May Brick, Comcast and DirecTV Have a Catfight, I Weep For My Home Town and More
7:59AM Benny Goldman | • A security researcher published code that is capable of bricking most HP and Compaq laptops. That doesn’t sound too good. [Slashdot] • Microsoft continues to rename everything in sight, this time folding IPTV, HD DVD, and Media Center into one group called Connected TV. [News.com] More »
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