Skype out of the box

Skype out of the box
Voice over IP company, Skype has signed a deal to have their internet communications software pre-installed on all new Toshiba notebook computers.

Sony Powers Walkman With Sugar-Based Battery (PC World)
PC World - A year ago it seemed Sony Corp. couldn't even get a laptop battery right. A massive recall of lithium-ion cells tainted its image and had the company scrambling, but on Thursday it reported a sweet breakthrough in bio battery technology.

Textbooks, Check. Pencils, Check. Gaming Console, Check. Atlantic's...
Students in elementary school through college are headed to school with electronic equipment ranging from notebook computers to MP3 players to...

Acer Buys into PC Major Leagues: Gateway Gets a Daddy
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Toshiba readies 320GB laptop drive (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Toshiba will start producing a 320GB hard-disk drive for laptop computers before the end of this year, the company said Tuesday.

Ongoing saga
...if I go ahead a buy a new one now, they will declare that they are able to fix the old one and I will then have two (2) notebook computers.