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Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks [Hackintosh]
![Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks [Hackintosh]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/63423b32989-osx.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks [Hackintosh]")
High-Def Flash video is a stretch on some hacktintosh netbooks, but Flash 10.1 brings it into the realm of possibility. I just installed it on my MSI Wind running Leopard, and damn: HD YouTube and Vimeo videos were almost... (Continue reading)
Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on Top [Charts]
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 11:16 in Tech | viewed 19 views times | 0 Comments
![Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on Top [Charts]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/932590b833trade1.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on Top [Charts]")
New data from SquareTrade (one of the bigger warranty providers) says Asus and Toshiba have the least hardware malfunctions over 3 years, while one-in-four HP laptops are projected to experience problems. Oh, and crappy netbooks are worst of all.... (Continue reading)
Intel’s 32nm Arrandale Core i5 and i7 Chips for Anorexic Notebooks [Unconfirmed]
Written on 12 Nov, 2009 at 21:04 in Tech | viewed 53 views times | 0 Comments
![Intel's 32nm Arrandale Core i5 and i7 Chips for Anorexic Notebooks [Unconfirmed]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/e4a99a1fabelshot.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Intel's 32nm Arrandale Core i5 and i7 Chips for Anorexic Notebooks [Unconfirmed]")
We know, the Core i7 -i5-i3 stuff is confusing . Not to make it worse, but Digitimes outs some of Intel's notebooks plans for next year: a triplet of processors of Core i7 and i5 processors, codenamed Arrandale, for... (Continue reading)
Windows 7 Netbook Battery Life Sucks Worse Than Windows XP [Windows 7]
Written on 12 Nov, 2009 at 0:33 in Tech | viewed 32 views times | 0 Comments
![Windows 7 Netbook Battery Life Sucks Worse Than Windows XP [Windows 7]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/71f71d0f6301_01.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Windows 7 Netbook Battery Life Sucks Worse Than Windows XP [Windows 7]")
Yeah, netbooks feel so much nicer running Windows 7 than Windows XP , but you're paying a secret price: Your battery. On average, Windows 7 seem to suck all the life out of it 47 minutes faster than Windows... (Continue reading)
Nokia Booklet 3G Review [Review]
Written on 11 Nov, 2009 at 19:00 in Tech | viewed 12 views times | 0 Comments
![Nokia Booklet 3G Review [Review]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/e7cdf25118g_7556.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Nokia Booklet 3G Review [Review]")
The Nokia Booklet 3G is one of the nicest netbooks you can buy, with a build that aspires to be a 10-inch MacBook Pro. But it's still just a netbook, and therein lies the problem. Price $300 with 2-year... (Continue reading)
Connect-a-Desk Seamlessly Blends Man With Machine [This Cyborg Life]
Written on 10 Nov, 2009 at 0:00 in Tech | viewed 23 views times | 0 Comments
![Connect-a-Desk Seamlessly Blends Man With Machine [This Cyborg Life]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=fab995f3b9d6c6cac2607f6f85be9bfb&p=1&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Connect-a-Desk Seamlessly Blends Man With Machine [This Cyborg Life]")
It might be quite a while before science and medicine are able to make you better, stronger and faster with bionics, but there is an easy and inexpensive way to blend man and machine that's available today— Connect-a-Desk .... (Continue reading)
Haglöfs Laptop Drybags Have a Design Almost as Awesome as Their Name [Laptops]
Written on 9 Nov, 2009 at 15:40 in Tech | viewed 61 views times | 0 Comments
![Haglöfs Laptop Drybags Have a Design Almost as Awesome as Their Name [Laptops]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/2df7cc277crybags.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Haglöfs Laptop Drybags Have a Design Almost as Awesome as Their Name [Laptops]")
Maybe I'm just a sucker for umlauts and radioactive thresholds of orange, but these 15 and 17-inch Haglöfs Laptop Drybags have me sold on both their padding and Ziplock-style watertight compartment. They run about $30. ... (Continue reading)
Mavizen’s 130 mph Electric Motorcycle Has Built-In Web Server, WiFi and Linux [Motorcycles]
Written on 6 Nov, 2009 at 1:40 in Tech | viewed 31 views times | 0 Comments
![Mavizen's 130 mph Electric Motorcycle Has Built-In Web Server, WiFi and Linux [Motorcycles]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/4dd7f0f2eercycle.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Mavizen's 130 mph Electric Motorcycle Has Built-In Web Server, WiFi and Linux [Motorcycles]")
Mavizen's TTX02 electric motorcycle is being dubbed as "a laptop on wheels". A really, really fast laptop on wheels. Besides it's impressive top speed, the interesting thing about the bike is that it features a dedicated IP address, on-board... (Continue reading)
Dell Adamo XPS Hands On: Insanely Thin (and Just Insane) [Dell]
Written on 5 Nov, 2009 at 17:00 in Tech | viewed 10 views times | 0 Comments
![Dell Adamo XPS Hands On: Insanely Thin (and Just Insane) [Dell]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/84fb4c2747s__123.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Dell Adamo XPS Hands On: Insanely Thin (and Just Insane) [Dell]")
The Adamo XPS is a daring slice of design and engineering. Quite frankly, it's batshit insane. I mean that in the best possible way. It really is impossibly thin... (Continue reading)
Monster Monster Laptop Stand Will &#*@ing Chomp Your Face (Or Just Sit There) [Laptops]
Written on 4 Nov, 2009 at 19:20 in Tech | viewed 33 views times | 0 Comments
![Monster Monster Laptop Stand Will &#*@ing Chomp Your Face (Or Just Sit There) [Laptops]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/75d0b8b760onster.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Monster Monster Laptop Stand Will &#*@ing Chomp Your Face (Or Just Sit There) [Laptops]")
Who would have thought that six acrylic limbs could transform a MacBook into something so evil...so powerful? Luckily the designer hasn't designed the legs as articulating and retractable, or we'd really be screwed. $40... (Continue reading)
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