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"As gadget makers gear up to show their wares at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Shows (CES) in Las Vegas, Chinese hardware maker Lenovo  debuted a host of new laptop PCs, the most striking of which offers users a dual-screen configuration. The ThinkPad W700ds features a 17-inch primary screen with a 10.6-inch slide-out secondary screen. It is the first mobile workstation with two built-in displays, according to Lenovo, and will enable users accustomed to working with two monitors the ability to operate in a mobile environment. Prices start at $3,663."

Tech News World

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New account system, free play, security (finally), and an active community!

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Just pulled your brand new laptop out of a carrying case only to find scratches (my OCD knows all too well)? Well, thankfully there's a solution that might heal the damage.

Most LCD displays are similar in texture to vehicle and plastic finishes. A product known as "Scratch Out" (avaliable at your local auto shop) should do just the trick.

Before you get started be sure to mask off the areas around your screen - you don't want to remove any paint on the laptop itself. Run the shower in your bathroom until ultra steamy to remove fine air imperfections (dust scratching your laptop is fail). Once you've done that, apply the Scratch Out to a large micro fiber cloth and work it into your screen with even pressure in a circular motion. Let the product dry to a haze, then with another micro fiber cloth dry your screen.

After an hour I highly suggest applying some sort of screen protector to your now refurbished screen.

The clip itself is a bit dumb but Garmin has realeased a pretty cool device check it out.

Lexar 4 GB Compact Flash Memory Card $1.95 @ adorama

HITACHI Deskstar 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s $79.99 @ Newegg

Samsung Bluetooth Headset $4.00 @ Shop4Tech

Well, thankfully Bob produced a nice poem explaining what his game exactly is: "This is my game for Nintendo DS, a 20-hour-long retail-size, retail-quality adventure title by a single human being - the largest game ever made by one person...'bob's game' is a sort of masterpiece for me. I've invested well over 15,000 hours into its development over 5 years of dedication - That is no exaggeration, and it shows!".

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I give them an A for effort - nothing screams quality better than aluminum foil covered electronics.

"Its not Asus who thought about creating the Eee Tablet PC but some sort of DIY shop in Japan that showed its possible for users to do the same by themselves. The Eee PC 4G was used for the creation of this tablet and the amateur feel is apparent in a single glance ; they have used aluminium foil to cover the Tablet PC. However this also allows one to flip it around and show of the innards of the computer."

Fashionfunky

I so called this in my predictions for 2009.

"The image above shows a netbook Asus EEEPC 1000H running on Google’s mobile operating system Android. Huh? You thought Android was for mobile phones, right? Well, as we’ve written before, Google is planning to use Android for any device — not just the mobile phones."

VentureBeat

Most people seem to be throwing out early predictions for 2009 that are grim at best for the tech world. I'm going to have to disagree with them; entertainment seems to thrive during a recession and I consider gaming and IT as entertainment (although that may be a bit of a stretch).

Gaming: 2008 went down as a year devoid and disappointing in terms of gaming - even the larger titles (see Far Cry 2) seemed to disappoint. If 2008 showed mainstream corporate gaming losing steam (pirate-phobic executives), 2009 is going to be the year of independent gaming. With the soaring popularity of "open-platform" shown by the increase in XBLA, Steam, and iPhone (potentially Android as well), I would absolutely be amazed if independent game development failed to continue on such a path. Prices of mainstream gaming may also entice consumers to shy away from the bigger titles in 2009 (food or $50 for the new Blizzard title).
Things to look out for: Fallen Earth, Earthrise, Darkfall, various puzzle platformers, negative reviews






Consumer Technology: Thanks to advances in chip technology, we've been able to make gadgets much more portable without sacrificing a whole lot of speed. In 2009 be ready to see the Netbook bubble finally burst and the developed technology spread out into other gadgets. Phones with advanced graphics processors, high-power ultra portables, and cheap mainstream laptops. Hopefully emerging technologies will finally join together and we'll be able to see ultra portable computers with phone, data access, and enough power to make handheld gaming systems obsolete. The Android platform is also going to pull the rug out from under Apple and help unite some of these emerging technologies.
Things to look out for: Android platform, Nvidia Tegra, Netbooks, UMPCs







Computer Hardware: Be ready to see Nvidia & Intel completely demolish AMD at the beginning of 2009. Continued disputes between Nvidia and Intel may also see Intel falling by the wayside and Nvidia's stock rising. AMD is going to have to pull a fast one to regain the ground that will be lost - and the Phenom II already seems disappointing.
Things to look out for: Nvidia's march into CPU territory, AMD struggling Q3

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