Laptop Computer Buying Guide
Laptop computers have come down in price significantly over the past few years, and compared to their desktop cousins, performance of this tier of mobile devices now rivals their larger counterparts. With the major computer manufacturers are becoming increasingly power-conscious, laptop users can now be power users. Increased competition among computer companies like Dell, HP, Toshiba, and Apple, has forced them to lower prices and offer greater flexibility in design and specifications of laptops. Whether you use your laptop to create music, edit movies, or just to check your e-mail, you can custom order a laptop to suit your specific needs.

The latest notebooks are sleek, light and powerful machines that offer high performance on par with desktop computers. break through notebooks like the macBook Air introduced by Steve jobs at the beginning of the year have taken the industry by storm. Apple and Intel collaborated to create a thin, efficient chip set to accommodate it’s extraordinary thin profile. Essentially, the newer laptops are being marketed as desktop replacements with built-in Wi-Fi offering greater mobility. Set-up a home wireless network and your laptop stays connected to the Internet as you move from the living room to the kitchen to the bedroom. You are no longer restricted to the study desk to access your favorite celebrity gossip Web sites. So plant yourself on the comfy couch, snack on your finger food and shop on your favorite Internet sites.
Not ready to take the plunge in either direction? Take a deep breath and check out the desktop vs. laptop debate.
Not sure whether your loyalties tilt towards a Mac or a PC? Read this.
For those with a creative bent, PC Tablet Computers allow you to share free-hand drawings and artwork. Tablet computers are also very handy for working in cramped space, such as on an airplane, car, bus, or train.

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If anyone has ever told you that taking a leak out in the garden is just a natural way to help the grass and plants to grow, you can now suggest a slightly less embarrassing way to do the same thing.

The Venus septic system from the Danish company Biokube, takes all of your household waste water, including sewage, and treats it until it’s clean enough to be used in a garden sprinkler system. Still, even with all of its bio filters and leeching fields, I’m not sure I’d want my kid crawling on a lawn watered by toilet water.

Biokube developed the Venus for use in California, where water supplies are extremely tight, and the climate is too dry to rely on rainwater.With the average American home going through 400 gallons of tap water per day, there should be plenty going down the drain to keep those lawns luscious and green.

Greentech Media, via Treehugger.com

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We also continued our election tech coverage with the scariest thing you’ll see on one of NYC’s lever voting machines. Meanwhile, in Shift, Stewart Wolpin wonders if it will take an Android to finally kill the iPhone.

Even more treats from this week:

First Peek: Tesla Model S
The all-electric 4-door sedan.

The only scary thing about the Illusionator photo frame is the price
Watch your wallet turn a ghostly white!

Wild vortex tunnel LED hallway
Made for haunted houses, trippy enough for yours.

Amazing Star Wars (and Star Trek) origami made from dollar bills
A few dollars can take you to a galaxy far, far away.

Stock ticker pumpkin actually is really, really scary
Scary or elating, depending on how Wall Street goes.

Amazon Windowshop shows off next generation of web stores
Think iTunes cover flow, but for everything.

San Francisco is bringing the Zeppelin back
The 246-foot, carbon-fiber rigid frame Zeppelin NT is the real deal.

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Click through for 10 Halloween outings featuring the beeping Star Wars superstar as a handmade costume, an accessory and something to stuff your kid into.

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Other sweet costumes include Scorpion from Mortal Kombat, Pac-Man’s Blinky, Solid Snake, a disturbingly well done Pyramid Head from Silent Hill, and an equally impressive Nemesis from Resident Evil. No Mass Effect or Star Wars costumes from BioWare’s own games, though I’m sure they dress up like that every other day of the year.

(Also check out this dude wearing the Mask of Vulcan, and shots of Nemesis and Pyramid Head chillaxing.)

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Who says cooks can’t be geeks, too? There’s apparently one geek with cooking expertise, and his/her design of this Digital Thermometer Pan proves it. As every ace chef knows, getting precise control of cooking temperature is the key to cranking out fantastic food.

That’s where the Digital Thermometer Pan shines, showing you the precise temp of the middle of the pan, displayed on a removable readout right there on the handle. Too bad this $50 pan is just 7.8 inches in diameter, but this is a great idea that we hope migrates to pans of all sizes.

Via Think Geek

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And now Gizmodo has gone and cut through the confusion, offering up a clear guide to hacking your Wii. All it requires is an SD card, a copy of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and a Wii. What could be easier? So get on over there, follow the directions, and open up a whole world of Wii possibilities that you never knew existed.

Via Gizmodo

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In the snowball fighting arms race, this is getting close to a nuclear weapon. The Snowball Blaster combines slingshot technology with a trio of special forming chambers, and the result is a snowball weapon that might upset the balance of power in your neighborhood this winter.

We can see a formidable snow warrior wielding one of these catapults on each arm, terrorizing all challengers no matter how impregnable their snow forts might seem. Let’s hope you’re not flinging ice balls at close-range targets, because this snow cannon is said to sling its projectiles 50 feet.

If you’re going into battle with two, at least make it a somewhat fair fight by investing $29.95 in one Snowball Blaster for your enemy, too.

Hammacher Schlemmer, Via UberReview

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Cold weather walkers and runners, rejoice! Behind-the-head ear muff headphones have been improved, made more colorful, and modernized in the form of Stereo Toasters, keeping those ears warm while blasting your tunes from your music player.

We’re into coldy-walks, and don’t much care for the conflict between ear buds and ear muffs, so this stylish update has its appeal. There are even more colors than you see here, and the price seems almost too low for these to sound good — $29.95.

Herrington, via Red Ferret

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With all the serious news that’s surrounded the iPhone over the past year, it’s good to remind ourselves that it’s actually a damn fun gadget. Halloween represents an opportunity to celebrate the iPhone in a unique way: in costume form. We searched the Internet for 10 best, funnest and cleverest takes on iPhone costumes. These folks really Dress Different, if only for one day a year.

Did we miss any? Share links to any cool iPhone outfits in the comments section.

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