Filed under: Laptops
Filed under: Laptops
Good news: the price of those 7- to 9-inch ultra-portables are in free-fall as Dell, ASUS, HP, Everex and others race to the bottom. Bad news: your $500ish wad currently takes home a thick, boxy slab. Fortunately, MSI is looking to change all that when it ships the sleek Wind laptop in Q2. In other words, June when Intel ships the Atom processor. Prices are expected to range from $470 to $1,099 for your choice of 8.9-inch and 10-inch panels with 1,024 x 768 pixel resolutions, 2.5-inch hard disk or SSD drive, processors ranging from 1GHz to 1.6GHz, and 1GB of memory. At least that’s the last we heard. Word to the wise: wait until summer for your ultra-portable purchase — competition will be fierce and the waves will be tasty.
Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson shows Richard Hammond and James May the quick way to remove weeds, with a shotgun. Continue reading to watch.
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According to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, “The Redbird Reef off the coast of Slaughter Beach, Delaware is a dump site for retired New York City subway cars.” Click here for first picture in gallery.
Who would have thought that subway cars on the ocean floor would encourage fish to congregate? Rather than abandon the structures, fish are moving in at such a rate that the program is trying to provide more cars
[via Dvice]
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Apparently, a gamer in the UK managed to get his hands on an early review copy of Grand Theft Auto IV — which explains the missing ESRB label. Continue reading to watch.
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Yes, the vehicle above is really an “Isuzu pickup with eight wheels, a V8 engine, and zero ground clearance.” Click here for first picture in gallery.
What? Why? How? Well, it was all just a dream inside the mind of a Texas man who wanted “a truck that stands out.” He started building it about three years ago
[via Jalopnik]
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At first glance, this staircase may look like an optical illusion, but it’s actually a “crazy roof extension in Rotterdam.” Click here for first picture in gallery.
I’m wondering how they managed to get planning permission for the blue monstrosity, as it just doesn’t look right on the outside. Frankly, it doesn’t look right on the inside either
[via Gizmodo]
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Feature: Gamers Get Creative, Invent New Ways of Playing Pong
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Pong may have been one of the first arcade games released, but that hasn’t stopped these gamers from inventing new ways to play the timeless classic. Continue reading to see them all. Click here for first picture in gallery.
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Moon Orb Lamps Withstand Extreme Temps, Go Anywhere
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Priced from $325, these Moon Orb Lamps measure 13in. - 30in. in diameter and “can survive in temperatures from -40 to 170 Fahrenheit.” Click here for first picture in gallery.
Though they’ve been around in Europe for a while, they’re finally coming to the United States, via a new company called, appropriately enough, Moonlight USA. Moonlight makes all sorts of orbs, from half-orbs, to orbs decorated like a real moon, to electric pink ones
[via Dvice]
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