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Computers

Sony Vaio L All-In-One: The High-Def Living Room Touchscreen PC

9:53AM Joanna Stern | Add Sony to the list of manufacturers releasing new touchscreen Windows 7 PCs. The Vaio L is an all-in-one with a capacitive multitouch display, Blu-ray and DVR capabilities. It will start at $US1300. More »
Hardware

AMD Athlon II X4 620: Four Cores For $US99

3:20PM Danny Allen | AMD’s new Athlon II X4 chips are like a Phenom II minus the L3 cache. And they’re super-cheap: $US99 (2.6GHz-620), and $US122 (2.8GHz-630). Also looks like they hold their own against the $US150 Core 2 Quad 8200: [Maximum PC] More »
Gadgets

IPod Alarm Clock Bed Shaker Won’t Work For Me

10:30AM Jesus Diaz | This is the iLuv iMM153 Desktop Dual Alarm Clock for iPod, which has a bed shaker that is supposed to wake you up better than any alarm. Obviously, these guys haven’t tried this with me yet. More »
Gadgets

Desktop Hydroponics Are Perfect for the Corporate Jungle

4:40AM Mark Wilson | There’s really no reason that a pot filled with soil can’t sit next to your computer, but something about a hydroponics system just feels more thematic. More »
Regulars

Giz Explains: Why Intel’s Core i7 Processor Is a Beautiful Monster

5:00AM Matt Buchanan | Last week, you probably noticed new computers from Dell, Gateway and others using a brand new, bizarre-sounding chip from Intel: the Core i7. You might have even seen some benchmarks and features showing that this is a real beast of processor. Well, we’re pretty excited about the Core i7, so here’s a quick guide to why it’s so awesome: More »