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HP's quietly busted out the successor to the Mini 5102 — the Mini 5103 — on its Italian website. This business-oriented 10.1-incher boasts options galore, including a choice of Atom N455 or N475 CPUs, an up to 320GB HDD or an up to 128GB SSDan optional touchscreen display, optional Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator, and optional Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.

Have I mentioned how much I love Evernote? Not only is it functional and completely spot-on at syncing across devices, it is useful in many imaginative ways. AND NOW the Windows Version has been updated with a Webcam button for storing webcam notes!

When me and my fellow TUAW bloggers Erica Sadun and Mike Grothaus recently had our collaborative effort "Taking Your iPad to the Max" published by Apress in both ebook and printed format, I wanted to make sure that I had a copy of the book on my iPad so I could show friends and prospective buyers examples of the content in the book. The ebook comes in a PDF format, but I wanted to read it in the iBooks app since it does such a wonderful job of displaying the printed word. Was I going to have to convert the PDF file to the app's native EPUB format before I'd be able to read it in iBooks?

Attending the Taipei Computer Applications Show today? Lucky you. Then be sure to pick up your specially priced Acer Aspire One D255 netbook with dual booting Android and XP operating systems before leaving the venue.

I’m on the road this week, and it’s times like these when I really appreciate the tools I use to stay organized. Even while working remotely, I’ve managed to stay on track and not get behind on work because these tools rarely let anything slip through the cracks.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, a world leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have joined forces to produce a world first, the Samsung S2 Portable, a truly ultra-portable external hard drive with an industry-first capacity of 500GB pre-loaded with a full-length version of the highly anticipated film "Michael Jackson's This Is It"

Despite the announcement of a slicker, updated handset and operating system, RIM's BlackBerry smartphones long ago lost the cool competition to Apple's iPhone and Google's Android devices. BlackBerrys, once considered the most capable of smartphones, simply haven't kept up with the pace of innovation set by these relative newcomers.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently said that developing its own slate to rival the iPad was a priority for the company, given Apple’s massive success with the device.

Companies beware: IT professionals are using personal email accounts to mask file transfer activity from management, according to a study released today by Ipswitch, Inc.

This is usually the part of the review where I spell out the specs of a new laptop and explain how it fits in with other recent machines from the PC vendor. But I want to get something out of the way first: The Inspiron Mini M101z is the best budget thin and light laptop from Dell that I’ve tested over the last few years