You can't tell from the image, but that Dell M109S projector can fit in the palm of your hand (9.2 x 10.5 x 3.7 cm). With a modest brightness of 55 lumens and resolution of 858x600 (SVGA), the DLP-based M109S maintains a respectable throw distance of roughly 2.5 metres. The LED bulb will last four years before replacement and the system uses the same power adaptor as some Dell laptops, making it all the more portable. The Dell M109S is on sale today starting at $US500. [Dell via Toys and Gadgets]

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Even after Nvidia downplayed their original report that GeForce 8400-8700 cards were failing in large numbers due to overheating, Dell has issued a BIOS update for all of its machines running the affected GPUs anyway. The update tweaks the fan settings to "regulate temperature fluctuations" to keep the maybe-faulty-maybe-not chips cooler. So who do we believe here?

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Dell matches the economy class XO and Asus Eee laptops by permanently chopping its $700 Vostro 1000 to $399. It's got superior specs to both: 15.4-inch screen, 1.7 GHz dual-core Athlon64 X2, 1GB RAM, 256MB integrated ATI gfx card, 8x DVD burner and 802.11g Wi-Fi card, running XP Home. The super-cheap laptop market's getting nicely competitive. [Dell via Valleywag]

Notebook Italia is once again spilling the beans on a new laptop, this time around it's Dell's new Vostro line. You'll want to take the news with a grain of salt, but the new laptop line will include a 15- and 17-inch model both powered by a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo. The notebook will have dedicated media keys and it'll be able to play CDs/DVDs without booting up the OS. No other details are known, but it's expected to arrive in July. – Louis Ramirez Dell Leaks Vostro [Electronista]