If you’ve been wanting to get your hands on a subsidized netbook, but would prefer Verizon Wireless over AT&T, you won’t have to wait any longer. Today, Verizon Wireless began offering the HP mini 1151NR for $199.99 with a 2-year mobile broadband agreement. The $199.99 price tag is after a $50 mail in rebate. We’ve known Verizon Wireless had plans to offer a subsidized netbook, but now the plans have become reality. In the mobile phone industry, it’s common for U.S. wireless carriers to sell mobile phones

Freecom’s ToughDrive Sport External HDD, which was unveiled just a few months back, already had our attention, but now the company’s aiming even higher by introducing a new product with a “world’s first” label attached. The all new Mobile Drive XS is the world’s smallest 3.5″ external hard drive, and it sits well beside the Mobile Drive XXS, which is the world’s smallest 2.5″ external hard drive. The fanless device weighs just 860g (1.89 pounds) and has been created in collaboration with Belgian designer Sylvain

Remember back in ancient computer times, say the late ’80s and early ’90s, when your only choice for a computer screen was black, with white, orange or green typeface?That model has long since been discarded in favor of full-color screens, which are much easier on the eye and, frankly, more attractive. But then the Kindle e-book reader came along, along with a few other similar devices (such as the Sony Reader), and everyone just accepted that they were monochrome. Even the magazine-sized Kindle released earlier

Can you handle another Wii-related peripheral in your house? With so many plastic guitars, drumsets, Wiimote cases, Wii Zapper holsters, fishing accessories, etc., we’re beginning to wonder if there’s any end to the madness in sight. Of course, the peripheral industry is a thriving one, and Nintendo’s choice to add motion sensitivity to its latest console has certainly made third-party suppliers happy. The latest piece of must-have hardware to surface is the skateboard you see above, which will come packaged

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Fennec, or Firefox Mobile, has finally reached the magic Alpha milestone. Prior to now, it was only available for the Nokia N800 / N810, or you could use a pre-Alpha version on the HTC Touch Pro. It wasn’t all that encouraging that the first pre-Alpha release had a showstopper bug.On Friday, Mozilla announced that the Windows Mobile version of Fennec had finally reached an Alpha version. Here’s what Mozilla said: We are pleased to announce that Fennec Alpha 1 for Windows Mobile 6 is available for download by

Back in April of 2008, Toshiba proclaimed that the notebook’s future was in flash and SSD. Looks like it’s making good on its own prophecy, doesn’t it? Just months after announcing a half-terabyte sized solid state drive for 2009, the company has just unveiled its first (and the world’s first, so it claims) notebook with a 512GB SSD within. Impressive, no matter how you slice it. More specifically, it’s the planet’s first laptop configured with an eSATA second generation 512GB solid state drive, and it’s the

With Intel getting hit with that massive $1.45 billion fine this past week, it’s got the whole technology industry thinking about the ins and outs of antitrust. Granted, we fully expect that Dell has had this here deal cooking for some time now, but the timing of this introduction is almost poetic. For the longest while, Dell has offered processors from Intel, a few from AMD and… well, that’s about it. Starting next, all that changes. According to a new report from The New York Times, the Texas-based PC maker

MSI launched its latest flagship gaming notebook, the GX723. This 17-inch desktop replacement centers on a 512MB GeForce GT 130M graphics chipset that is good enough to run modern games smoothly. The notebook also offers MSI’s Turbo Mode which lets you overclock the Core 2 Duo processor as long as the system is on AC power. The GX723’s display offers a resolution of 1,680 x 1,050. Above the display, there’s a 2-megapixel webcam. You’ll find a 320GB or 500GB hard drive and up to 4GB of memory on this system.

OCZ recently expanded its lineup of DDR2 memory to include new high-speed 4GB kits that will operate and excel at low voltages. These latest kits provide enthusiasts with a way to achieve breakneck frequencies without exceeding 1.8V. OCZ plans to release the low-voltage DDR2 kits under the high-end Blade and Platinum series. Read on for full details in the press release. OCZ Technology Group Unveils New High Performance DDR2 Memory Solutions with Emphasis on Lower Power Requirements OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide