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The good Low price The bad Looks cheap Low height Features and design The design of the Dell Inspiron One 19 seems to be caught between being minimalist and trying to be fancy. The top half of the computer comes in a simple fingerprint-seeking piano black, devoid of any lights or buttons; while the bottom panel is made of transparent, smoked plastic with an artistic pattern scrawled on it that looks like scribble. There is, for no reason we can divine, a postbox-style slot behind this panel, allowing the user to potentially peer through to see the surface of their desk

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Dell Inspiron One 19

The good Lightweight Solid build quality Good battery life The bad No optical drive Multi-touch trackpad may take getting used to Annoying trialware Design When HP was designing the dm3-1011tu, it's obvious the company had one goal in mind — to make an ultraportable as sleek as possible. Weighing in at 1.9kg and less than 1 inch thin with the lid closed, the dm3-1011tu is well suited if you're after an ultraportable notebook that has style to boot. The 13.3-inch glossy widescreen LED supports a maximum resolution of 1366x768

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Those incredibly sexy (as far as portable storage capacities are concerned) 64GB SDXC cards coming on the horizon?

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Dell, HP, and Lenovo bringing SDXC to laptops alongside 32nm Intel chipsets? (Engadget)

4th and 5th graders in Eastland I.S.D.

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Students in Big Country Schools Getting Good Use Out of Personal Laptops (KTAB Abilene)

The good More powerful than a netbook for a little bit more cash Price point is well placed Decent resolution and keyboard size The bad Vent on the left-hand side Touch pad is small Design and features The mid-point between a netbook and a full-sized laptop, the 11.6-inch P3110 might appeal to those who wish to spend a little more money to get a bit more grunt, but still want to keep things portable. Coming in red, black or silver, the P3110 weighs 1.6kg and features an Intel Pentium SU4100 — a dual-core, 1.3GHz chip

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Fujitsu LifeBook P3110

The theft of computer equipment from a Naval office turned out to be less serious than feared, but served as a reminder on the importance of securing external hard devices and encrypting data.

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Navy Finds Lessons In Stolen Laptops, Storage Drives (InformationWeek)

November's top stories on silicon.com tackled some big questions: does my business need an office? Can I work solely on a netbook?

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Mini laptops, codebreaking, Wikipedia and why there's no 'British Google' (Silicon.com)

Don't want to be obsolete before launch...

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Lenovo, HP, Dell Integrating SDXC Readers in New 32nm Intel "Arrandale" Laptops (AnandTech)

Four have been busted for stealing laptops from Memorial’s library and university centre.

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MUN laptop thieves charged (The Telegram)

While Black Friday deals on laptops and HDTVs helped to lure shoppers to stores and online sites over the weekend, it's still unclear whether sales of consumer electronics products really brought retailers much holiday cheer.

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Black Friday Sales Gains Higher Online Than in Stores (PC World via Yahoo! News)