Dell Debuts Santa Rosa Notebook (PC World)

Dell Debuts Santa Rosa Notebook (PC World)
PC World - Dell has announced its first mobile workstation based around Intel's Santa Rosa platform. The Precision M4300 is aimed at creative professionals across design and animation, and costs from #699 (US$1,398) plus VAT.

Once seen as skimping, Obama raises his gifts to charity
...said on Friday some batteries in its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers may have performance problems, but they do not pose a safety...

Toshiba Announces New Gaming, AMD Laptops (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The Satellite A215-S4757 is the first Toshiba laptop to feature an AMD processor, and the company's two new gaming laptops will launch in conjunction with nVidia's powerhouse GeForce 8700M GS chipset.

Dell colors its laptop world (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Business computer-maker Dell plans to start aggressively courting consumers Tuesday- in part with new laptops colored flamingo pink. The No. 2 PC maker has always offered some consumer computers. But they tended to be offshoots of its business products, and usually amounted to only 15% of U.S. sales.

iPhone observation: Battery life
Granted, I've only done one test, but this is where Apple's other mobile devices--notebook computers and iPods--have never lived up to...

Ohio's laptops often stolen or missing (AP)
AP - In Dayton, a state employee returns to work to find a $2,000 computer stolen. In Cleveland, someone walks into an unlocked office and takes a $2,200 laptop belonging to the state auditor's office.