Talk about a short life. Dell’s Inspiron Mini 12 launched in late October of last year, and it seems the company’s largest netbook is already being canned before it can even celebrate its first birthday. It’s almost tragic, isn’t it? With fewer and fewer netbooks launching these days with 11.6″ and 12″ displays, it really hurts to see yet another big guy take the fall. After all, these 12″ machines usually have keyboards that are much larger and far more comfortable to use than those on the 10″ machines, but

The bane of many people is the paper check. Why can’t the payer at least use PayPal, right? USAA is about to introduce an iPhone app that will end that hassle once and for all. USAA is a financial services organization which includes banking, insurance, and other services. It launched an iPhone app in May to allows users to access accounts and more, and is planning to add a feature to the app that will allow check deposit via iPhone. A customer photographs both sides of the check with the phone’s camera, then

Sony’s X-series Walkman (otherwise known as the OLED Walkman) has barely had time to make a splash in the US market, and already Sony is preparing to launch anoher music player. Based on some believable details leaked on Materiel’s website (a French e-tailer), the new S-Series Walkman will arrive in 8GB (NWZ-S544) and 16GB (NWZ-S545) models, and while we doubt it’ll compete with the heralded iPod touch, the built-in kickstand should make it suitable for movie watching, regardless. The display has a 2.4″ QVGA

Sony’s X-series Walkman (otherwise known as the OLED Walkman) has barely had time to make a splash in the US market, and already Sony is preparing to launch anoher music player. Based on some believable details leaked on Materiel’s website (a French e-tailer), the new S-Series Walkman will arrive in 8GB (NWZ-S544) and 16GB (NWZ-S545) models, and while we doubt it’ll compete with the heralded iPod touch, the built-in kickstand should make it suitable for movie watching, regardless. The display has a 2.4″ QVGA

Think the iPhone is hot stuff? Think the Pre was captured everyone’s imagination? How’s about sporting a cellphone on your wrist? We’re not talking about one of those fancy Bluetooth watches that communicated with your phone, we’re talking about a full-on watchphone. LG’s GD910 has been making the rounds at major trade shows and such for over a year now, but the time has finally come for it to make landfall on a carrier. Hailed as the planet’s first 3G touch watchphone, this timepiece features a 1.43″ tempered

The Zalman CNPS 10X Extreme CPU Cooler is a departure from what one would expect a CPU cooler to look like from Zalman. The Zalman CNPS 10X Extreme CPU Cooler is a tower cooler that has an awesome looking “Black-Pearl” nickel plated finish on it that makes it look like a million bucks. Read on to see how this new Zalman offering performs on our Core i7 test platform.

The Zalman CNPS 10X Extreme CPU Cooler is a departure from what one would expect a CPU cooler to look like from Zalman. The Zalman CNPS 10X Extreme CPU Cooler is a tower cooler that has an awesome looking “Black-Pearl” nickel plated finish on it that makes it look like a million bucks. Read on to see how this new Zalman offering performs on our Core i7 test platform.

We already knew as much, but today Toshiba has made it extra official: it’s joining the Blu-ray camp. For those unaware (yes, all six of you), Toshiba was far and away HD DVD’s largest supporter during the format’s boom years. After a long, hard-fought battle with Blu-ray that spanned nearly 24 months, HD DVD finally folded after too many studios devoted their attention (and future releases) to the Blu-ray Disc format. Many still wonder why HD DVD fell and Blu-ray won, and even today the Blu-ray adoption level

As interest grows in the digital-textbook arena, one of the providers of e-textbook subscriptions has announced plans to make over 7,000 titles accessible via Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. The new applications that enable the eBook access will be free to subscribers of CourseSmart LLC. The apps let students access full electronic textbooks, read digital notes, and search for specific words and phrases. This isn’t the first instance we’ve heard of eBooks and eBook readers targeting college students—not long

Maingear’s latest major gaming notebook was showcased back in late July, and now that the month has changed, it’s evidently time to showcase another. This week, the company has introduced the next in the eX-L line, a 15″ variant of the 18″ beast previously mentioned. The eX-L 15 isn’t your average 15″ notebook, and you’ll easily notice as much thanks to the $1,900 price tag. Maingear ships this powerhouse with your choice of Core 2 Mobile processors, Intel’s PM45 chipset, NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 260m (1GB) GPU,