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PHOTOS: Dell Adamo XPS hands on

Thinner than a regular CD case (9.9mm) Dell has just announced the Dell Adamo XPS after much tooing and throwing in a teaser campaign and Pocket-lint was hands on to snap some photos. 

Yes it is thin, yes the keyboard tucks into the casing and yes you really do...

Dell Adamo XPS is thin, CD case thin

After weeks of teaser campaigns, leaked photos and specs, Dell has gone official with its slimline laptop offering that it hopes will offer an alternative to the Sony X Series, Apple MacBook Air, and Samsung's X series as well.

The new model, which averages at...

First USB 3.0 thumb drive coming soon

The USB 3.0 standard has been agreed upon and approved by its Promoter Group, we got the first driver for the platform, and now we're starting to see devices finally roll out that can cope with the new technology that's ten times faster than USB 2.0.

The first...

Snow Leopard update removes Intel Atom support

Apple appears to be removing support for Intel Atom processors in the forthcoming 10.6.2 patch for Snow Leopard. OS X Daily is reporting that the update kills support for the processor, which is primarily found in netbook and nettop computers.

Apple doesn't sell...

Moorestown-based MID from Wistron shown off

Intel is to launch its Moorestown Atom platform for MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) sometime early next year and we got a sneak peak at an upcoming device from Taiwanese OEM Wistron.

The un-named device was on display at the Ericsson booth at the Taiwan Broadband...

Dell Inspiron 13z and 15z announced for UK

While here in the UK, Dell's not-a-netbook the Inspiron 11z has gone on sale direct recently, in the States the company launched the 14z and 15z in September.

For reasons best known to Dell's execs, in the UK it's just been announced that the range is to be...

Macbook Pros going quad-core?

Some enterprising sleuths on the Applesana message boards have spotted that in the latest build of OS X there's a reference to a version 6 of the Macbook Pro. Current Pros are version 5.5. It's being suggested that these machines will feature the same Core i5 and Core...

Psystar offers $50 solution to run Mac OS X 10.6 on PCs

Having the pants sued off it by Apple has not stopped Psystar rolling out products that challenge the Mac maker's End User License Agreement

New to the market is Psystar's Rebel EFI software hack that allows certain Intel-powered PCs to run Snow Leopard, Apple's...

Daily Tech Deal: Acer Aspire Revo under £240

The Acer Aspire Revo is a nettop boasting advanced graphic capabilities for "full enjoyment of multimedia contents in high definition".

Acer announced the Aspire Revo back in April, of note perhaps because it was the first small form factor PC to offer the...

VIDEO OF THE DAY – Intel jokes

Everybody likes a bit of fun for a Friday.

Even those wacky dudes over at Intel it would seem.

Corporate self-deprecation is all the rage and this still makes us chuckle.

If you've seen a video online that you want to tell us about email us via...

HP Pavilion dv8 laptop confirmed

HP confirmed today rumours first started at the end of last month, announcing the launch of the HP Pavilion dv8 Entertainment Notebook PC.

The 18.4-inch, full high-definition, ultra-widescreen, ultra BrightView display with built-in TV tuner, Blu-ray disk reader...

Demios X-10 gaming laptop isn't for the weak

American laptop maker BFG Technologies has rolled out a new 18.4-inch laptop for those who feel a 17-inch just isn't big enough.

The Deimos X-10 SLI Gaming Notebook, as it will be known will pack enough firepower to run the latest PC games with ease according...

Medion launches AKOYA E3211 laptop

Medion has announced a 13-inch notebook that comes packed with a ultra-low voltage processor, 16:9 HD display, and an integrated optical drive - something which is relatively rare on 13-inch machines.

Insides, along with the optical drive, there's a 1.3GHz Intel...

PHOTOS: Samsung N130, N140 and N510 netbooks

There's nothing wildly spectacular about the looks of the refresh to the Samsung N-series netbooks but then there isn't supposed to be. The tech giant has affordability in mind with the N130 and N140 which are designed to take over from the popular NC10.

On...

PHOTOS: Alienware M15x, Aurora and Area 51

Dell has unveiled a pair of new gaming desktop machines, and a 15-inch version of its gaming laptop. Pocket-lint was on hand to take a few photos, and here are the results.

It's worth noting that these are prototypes - the lighting on the desktop machines wasn't...

Toshiba Qosmio X500 Blu-ray laptop announced

Toshiba has announced the launch of the Qosmio X500 boasting a "sleek, glossy black chassis, backlit keyboard and LED-feathertouch controls".

Powered by Intel's latest Quad Core processors and the latest Nvidia GeForce graphics, the Qosmio X500 claims to deliver...

Dell launches Alienware M15x gaming laptop

Dell's ownership of Alienware is starting to take hold, with the company starting to roll out laptops and desktops that take advantage of the multinational's bulk-buying power and economies of scale.

As a result, there's more component options crammed in the...

Hercules eCAFE netbook announced

Hercules, a manufacturer that produces speakers, webcams and the like, has entered the netbook market with the launch of the 10.1-inch eCAFE EC-1000W.

Specs include the Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Wi-Fi "N", chiclet keyboard, three...

Packard Bell dot m/u 11.6-inch not-a-netbook launches

Packard Bell has followed up the launch of the dot m/a netbook with the dot m/u, and no, we're not sure how to pronounce it either.

Apparently the "first netbook with the performance of a notebook", the 11.6-incher shares the chassis of the rest of the dot...

Desktop-replacing Packard Bell EasyNote DT85 announced

Packard Bell has announced the launch of the EasyNote DT85, a 16:9, 1920 x 1080, Full HD, 18.4-inch widescreen LED backlit home entertainment notebook.

With all the usual "stylish design" boasts, the 440.5 x 298.5 x 41.5mm device is said to be "incredibly" thin...

Samsung N510, N130 N140 netbooks debut at IFA

Samsung has announced three new N series laptops at IFA in Berlin, Germany as it continues to push to dominate the netbook market.

The new models, all due to ship in the next couple of weeks will be the Ion powered N510, as well as the N130 and N140.

Nokia Booklet 3G announced

As has been rumoured, Nokia has now officially announced its entry into the netbook market with the launch of the Windows-based Nokia "Booklet 3G".

The phone manufacturer states that its 10-inch Booklet offers a full-function PC inside an ultra-portable aluminium...

First Intel, now Microsoft. What is Nokia planning?

That's probably the question on most people's mind if they can remember back as far as month ago when Nokia was dishing out the information on another alliance it had forged.

Putting two and two together to possibly make five, does Wednesday's announcement...

Museum of Computing re-opens this weekend

18 months after it closed, the re-opening of the UK's first dedicated Museum of Computing takes place tomorrow, Saturday 8 August, in its new premises at Theatre Square in Swindon.

The Museum's latest exhibition, with hundreds of exhibits, "traces the evolution...

Intel launches distributed computing Facebook app

Intel has launched a Facebook app version of its distributed computing technology, which aims to solve difficult problems that require lots of computing power by getting millions of PCs across the world to do little bits when they're idle.

Arguably the most...