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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[good for late night boozing and cruising (the internet)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rippinhonda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 12:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Great for one-handed internet surfing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bootareen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 2:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[nah, thats no good cuz it'll drip on your desk instead.... which is just unsanitary ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Don]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 10:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Will it handle a Big-Gulp?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sammer003]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 12:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[yeah, I usually spill my drinks with a funnel and a hose too]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[guy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 12:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA["If you have an accidental spill it will channel the liquid, at least giving you a fighting chance". <br><br>Yeah, I don't either, but this is better than nothing. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Special Agent Steve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 5:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[I could swear I saw this tech in notebooks ages ago. Sony or IBM or something.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 12:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yep, all IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads do this.  Nice to see HP adding it in.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sentinel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 12:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[well, hp has the feature for all commercial/business laptops (HP Compaq series, and now EliteBooks & ProBooks series) since 5 years ago.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 2:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lenovo (IBM) has had this feature in some of the models in the Thinkpad line for years...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 12:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not sure how HP made this one, but with the Thinkpad it's marketed as spill "resistant" oppose to spill proof. Hopefully this implementation by HP is actually spill proof where the water does not even leak into the machine will just drain out unlike the implementation on the Thinkpad where it may still flow into the rest of the computer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ran]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 4:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thinkpads have a drain hole; water flows out. Even the new desktop keyboard has a drain hole.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigcow05]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 14th 2009 10:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Great, now I don't have to aim away!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[9ft.midget]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 12:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[or u can put ur laptop in a bag o' rice and wait for a week]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[thesoundofchaos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 15th 2009 3:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[How much?<br><br>Seriously, screw "consumer" laptops.  I want this despite the fact that it will never be used for productivity.<br>I'm starting to be drawn more to the industrial look anyway.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KeegdnaB]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 12:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA["drains spills through the laptop and out through the bottom"<br><br>it's like a makeshift water-cooling system for your laptop!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[maveric101]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 12:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Depending on what they're spilling (I would imagine coffee, tea, scotch...), I'd say the next step is to figure out a way to unstick the keys. Anything with sugar in it wreaks havoc on the free play of key motion. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[all things considered]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 1:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[LenovOh no he didn't!!!<br>Keyboard drainage holes is not a new idea.  Thinkpads have had this forever.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYTRA-_p4Lk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYTRA-_p4Lk</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MGD_drinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 12:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[I only bother to read other's comments after I post my own.  I see the other Thinkpad fanboyz beat me to it.  They didn't include the video though, so pretty half assed.  See you at the convention guys.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MGD_drinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 1:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[This will make a good water filter :P]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 12:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[I could be wrong, but that "PowerBook" looks exactly the same as my EliteBook 6930p.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Corin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 1:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[wtf why aren't you ip banned or something]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Soulsaber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 1:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[i'd like to high-five the person that thought up that keyboard...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[acniehaus04]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 2:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[thanks for the spill-proof technology invented by HP. I think someday Acer, Panasonic and other laptop makers will follow closely. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Redmunt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 3:50AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow a feature the Apple IIc had over 10 years ago.<br>Although I seem to recall it required a very large lap.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 5:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Bring on the ghetto liquid cooled notebook projects !]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 5:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[First hand experience as the owner of an HP EliteBook 6930p - my cat decided to use it as a litter tray one night, it did still work (after a through wiping down of course!) except the system clock and the wifi were screwed... but it did smell badly of hot cat urine whenever I turned it on so it had to go. It was only 4 weeks old :/]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Will]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 8:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's ProBook 6x45b line handles a spill with aplomb (on video!)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/hps-probook-6x45b-line-handles-a-spill-with-aplomb-on-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Jeff Dunham ad! "I keel you!"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Krcmaric]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2009 4:49PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
