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What’s In A Name? Loren Heiny Wonders

Loren Heiny is wondering what Tablet PCs would be called if they were released today. NetTablet? NetWriter? Hmm? I’m not sure, nor am I sure if it would make any difference. Remember for awhile it seemed that Netbooks were called just about anything from Mini-Notebooks to UMPCs and that created some confusion, at least in my mind.

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Apple Says Users Should Get Anti-Virus Software

How the worm turns. Apple is now saying (kinda buried away in a technical note) that:

“Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple anti-virus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult.”

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Fujitsu Offers Lifebook 4 Life Promotion

This has got to be tempting on a number of fronts if you’re a UK resident. Fujitsu UK is offering a promotion that will allow you to buy Fujitsu Lifebook S, T, E, Q, or P notebook (that includes Tablets in those classes) along with a 3-year warranty. At the end of the warranty period they will replace your notebook with a new one. Not only that but they’ll keep doing so every three years as long as you’re game. Called the Lifebook 4 Life Promotion, this looks like a promising marketing technique.

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Netbooks Dominate Amazon’s Cyber Monday Sale

And you wonder why Intel’s VP of Sales and Marketing Stu Pann is poo-pooing Netbooks. PCWorld is reporting that Netbooks dominated Amazon.com’s Cyber Monday sales in computers. The Asus 900HA took the top slot followed by the Acer Aspire One and it looks like folks opted for the 6-cell battery option across the board. No real surprise there.

HP Magic Giveaway - Day 5

In addition to launching our own contest today, two other sites are also launching their contest - head over and see what they are all about:

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Winners of the Camtasia Studio 6.0 Give-Away

Drum roll!

Here are the winners of the two Camtasia 6.0 licenses, courtesy of TechSmith. In case you don’t remember we had two categories of entrants. Both winners were chosen at random. One winner was chosen for a text entry and one for a video entry. And without further delay the winners are:

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Nokia Unveils the N97 and Calls It “The World’s Most Advanced Computer”

Forget smartphone, forget handheld mobile device, forget MID. Nokia is calling the new N97 "’the world’s most advanced computer.’ At the Nokia World conference, Nokia is taking the wraps off of the N97 and saying that it will transform the way people connect to the Internet.

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Blockbuster To Use Live Mesh To Stream Movies

This promises to be interesting to say the least. A report in The Dallas Morning News says that Blockbuster will be using Microsoft’s Live Mesh to stream stream video to desktops and mobile devices.

"Eventually, we’ll give customers instant access to any movie on any device with an Internet connection and a screen," said Keith Morrow, Blockbuster’s chief information officer.

There’s not a lot of hard info yet and certainly no word on when and how, but this type type of delivery mechanism was the promise of Live Mesh plus Sliverlight when it was first being talked about. One of the possible features being talked about is allowing a customer to begin watching a movie on their TV and then being able to pause it, then pick up where the left off on a mobile device.

Via ReadWriteWeb

HP Pavilion tx2525nt Unboxing Pictures

Today I received the HP Pavilion tx2525nt Entertainment Notebook PC.  I pulled it out of the box and took some shots of the (wanting to call it Tablet PC) entertainment notebook.  I’ll be posting my thoughts on the unit over the next week while I have it, so if there are any questions, please let me know! Lots of pictures after the break!!

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Is Nokia Developing a 10 inch Internet Tablet?

Scuttlebutt is that Nokia may be working up a 9 or 10 inch Internet tablet that would have a touch screen and a secondary OLED screen, accompanied with Near Field Communication (NFC) for close in wireless links. Of course there is nothing but speculation at the moment and who knows if this is the device changer that the folks at TechCrunch/CrunchGear were touting in an earlier post or not. Of course if it was to be announced at this week’s Nokia World expo, that might put a damper on the TechCrunch Internet Tablet.

Via Electronista

Cloud OS from gOS Looks A Lot Like Chrome

The folks behind gOS are trumpeting a new Cloud OS featuring a browser operating system that is installed along side of Windows, that allows users to have quicker access to basic functions without going through a full boot.

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Xplore Technologies New iX104C4

Xplore has released another unit, iX104C4 Rugged Mobile Computer, the  into their rugged arsenal with a Tablet PC that can be dropped from 4 feet without breaking.  In addition to the added ruggedness of the unit, an anit-glare screen is on the unit for added visibility for those sunny days out in the field.  Read the full press release after the jump.

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Nintendo DS Pink Ribbon Edition - $99

A bit off-top for GBM, but when we see a deal too good to pass up, then we definitely want to let you know about it.

Are you a gamer or wanting to get your kids a little mobile-gaming love? What about your teenage daughter? Then head over to Amazon and check out this amazing Cyber Monday deal - a Limited Edition Pink Ribbon Nintendo DS for $99, which is $30 off the normal $129. Nintendo will donate $5 for each Nintendo DS sold to the Susan G Komen for the Cure.

UPDATE: That price didn’t last long - back up to $129.

via I4U, via Engadget

HP Magic Giveaway - Day 4

HackCollege.com is kicking off their HP Magic Giveaway contest today - head over and see what their site is all about.

Touch Your Way to That Next BMW

Not that I think a lot of folks have a ton of cash floating around to go buy a Bimmer, but using a Microsoft Surface computer to help pick out that next car is a natural fit for multi-touch and natural user input technology. The application was written for BMW by VectorForm.

Check out BMW’s video below. Notice the use of color blocks that change the color of the car.

via BMWBlog