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Toshiba knows no shame, plans to release super-resolution DVD player {Engadget}
May 30th 2008 7:06PM Oppo FTW
LG pushes Scarlet LCD HDTVs with completely unrelated commercial {Engadget}
Apr 29th 2008 10:31PM "New TV series"
HP so confident in the UMPC 2133 it's building 2m units? {Engadget}
Feb 27th 2008 5:29AM @ Jon
Did you know that approximately 76% of all statistics are fabricated?
You must have something against cheap laptops. If they break as much as you claim they do they're keeping you in business and you should shut up. If you know anything about computers you'd realize laptops have always had and will continue to have higher failure rates than desktops. If you did a little reading you'd also find that laptops are becoming more and more reliable and there's a stronger argument for checking failure rates by manufacturer rather than by price point. That $600-$700 laptop can option out to well over $1500-$1800 when you start building a decent system. Does that buy you more reliable solder connections and a better burn in? Most likely not.
Another interesting thing and a point not mentioned thus far is that a "business" laptop would likely get you a better warranty and better service for the money if not a more reliable computer.
And yes I'm a numbnuts. I'm writing this on the cheapest laptop I could find at the time. $299 Toshiba from Best Buy, $80 2GB RAM from Compusa (way before they went out of business), $70 120GB WD external HD. Celeron M 520, 2GB DDR2, 80GB, USB2, Firewire, blah, blah, blah... I don't game on this, but it does play nice with 1080p video (yeah it's useless because it downscales to the monitor) and runs Vegas Pro 8, Sound Forge 9, and Elements 5 and Gimp just fine. May not be "Full Blown" since there's no webcam or built in mic but it's full blown enough.
Win a Philips 42PFL5603D 42-inch 1080p HDTV! {Engadget HD}
Feb 5th 2008 5:19PM Beautiful
Philips new HD
For the win?
Win an LCD HDTV, Xbox 360, and plenty of Old Spice {Engadget HD}
Feb 5th 2008 5:16PM FTW?
Dell's 3008WFP 30-inch LCD with DisplayPort sneaks available -- in US too {Engadget}
Dec 19th 2007 5:57PM HDMI is more consumer oriented? HDMI is a debacle. It was basically designed by committee and is nowhere near as robust as existing coaxial RCA connections. HDMI exists to protect content, that's it.
Does the Asus EeePC violate the Linux GPL? {Engadget}
Nov 25th 2007 11:41PM That was a nice find!
I think the problem wasn't finding it, it's finding the modifications and attributions...
Does the Asus EeePC violate the Linux GPL? {Engadget}
Nov 25th 2007 11:36PM Thanks for clarifying the inner workings of corporate America and how they do or do not work on holidays.
Asus is a Taiwanese company.
Does the Asus EeePC violate the Linux GPL? {Engadget}
Nov 25th 2007 5:49PM This is NOT some trifling technical point that the non-initiated cannot understand. Do like 10 seconds of research before you post nonsense like this.
Here, I'll save you the keystrokes:
The foundation of GPL,
* the freedom to use the software for any purpose,
* the freedom to share the software with your friends and neighbors,
* the freedom to change the software to suit your needs, and
* the freedom to share the changes you make.
Developers who write software can release it under the terms of the GNU GPL. When they do, it will be free software and stay free software, no matter who changes or distributes the program. We call this copyleft: the software is copyrighted, but instead of using those rights to restrict users like proprietary software does, we use them to ensure that every user has freedom.
Not that hard is it?
This info's been out since at least Wednesday. Not a long time, granted, but how long would it take to release the source code and attributions?
Black Friday Giveaways (part 14): Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse {Engadget}
Nov 23rd 2007 5:17PM FTW!
