NORTH TONAWANDA: Gay high school student is out for justice

"By Phil Dzikiy/dzikiyp@gnnewspaper.com  “We’ve never had a child quite like Michael.”  According to Rhonda Mangus, an employee of the North Tonawanda School District said this about her son, Michael Mangus, who came out as gay in eighth grade.  Michael...

Dell Offers Laptops with Flash Drives

I'm not affiliated with Dell, in fact I've had fairly negative experiences with their products, but the news here is that they are offering a flash-based notebook. In large capacities, flash memory is exponentially more expensive than the standard spinning drive, but once the...

Future Shop is Ripping People Off!

My story begins 26 months ago, where I made one of the dumbest mistakes in my life: I went to Future Shop to buy a new notebook computer. Unfortunately I wasn't as technologically savey at that point in my life, so I spent over $1800 on a Cicero notebook. I did not use the...

Your computer can run Vista - with a new driver or six

"Here I am sitting in front of my brand new Dell Latitude notebook complete with Core 2 Duo processor cranked up to 2GHz, 2GB RAM and the latest integrated graphics chip. Sitting beside the notebook is a brand new...

Acer TravelMate 6460-6752 - Core 2 Duo T7200 2 GHz - 15.4" TFT

Description: The Acer TravelMate 6460-6752 is a 6.4-pound, consumer level notebook computer. Compared to other general-purpose notebooks on the market, it is midpriced at around $1,680. Has Wi-Fi (wireless connectivity) built-in. ...

Hitachi becomes newest victim of Sony recall

"Not wanting to feel left out, Hitachi announced today that 16,000 of their notebook computers are affected by the worldwide recall of Sony laptop batteries. This adds to the massive recall from multiple PC manufacturers that have faulty batteries made by Sony. Hitachi...

Ukulele Ray and His Lunchbox-A-Leles Popping Up Everywhere

San Francisco street musician and inventor of the famed Lunchbox-A-Lele, Ukulele Ray has been popping up everywhere, playing his wild and wacky 4-string tinbox creations. The Lunchbox-A-Lele, a cross between...

The Folsom Street Fair

"The Folsom Street Fair I went to the Folsom Street Fair sans notebook and sans camera, partly because I didn't want to look like a tourist or journalist, and partly just because I didn't feel like carrying...

AMD 64-bit dual-core notebooks keep pricing edge

"The unit price of AMD Turion 64 X2-based notebooks is about US$150 less than an Intel Core 2 Duo (Merom)-based notebook, according to product portfolios that notebook vendors have offered. AMD still has an edge in pricing to compete in the 64-bit dual-core notebook market,...

AMD-ATI to launch Yokohama notebook platform in 4Q

"By the fourth quarter of this year, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and ATI Technologies will jointly launch a new notebook platform, currently codenamed Yokohama, that utilizes AMD's Turion 64 X2 processors and...

Rough Day for Apple recalls 1.8 million laptop batteries, Settles for 100mm w...

Shocked the stock is where it's at with the 1.8mm recall and the 100 Million to settle the patent suit with Creative Technology..."the company recalling 1.8 million Sony-based, rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs for a number of its iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 notebook...

Reporter's Notebook: Cease-fire On the Ground - FOX News

""> E-MAIL STORY PRINTER FRIENDLY FOXFAN CENTRAL FOXNEWS.COM HOME > FOX FAN Reporter's Notebook: Cease-Fire on the Ground By Greg Palkot FNC Greg Palkot Filed Aug. 15, 2006 — We were driving along the Israeli-Lebanese border just inside southern Lebanon on Monday, the...

Sony to share cost of Dell battery recall

"Sony on Tuesday said it would pay some of the costs involved in Dell’s recall of millions of notebook computer batteries made by the Japanese company."

Lost Ernst & Young laptop exposes IBM employees

Update: Ernst & Young pushed forward a company-wide rollout of encryption software made by Pointsec. Employees were ordered to install the software on March 9. 

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