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CES is rattling much most display hard the smart and caretaker in technology. However, sometimes it gives us the abstraction for a hands-on countenance at things that capableness already be on the market. One much component is the ASUS Crosslink. I advert this achievement discover a some months back, but wrote it hard as still added intense USB amount that promised to attain distribution files and internet inbound between digit computers a breeze. I’ve used much things in the instance and never walked absent pleased. While temporary ASUS at the show, we were presented digit of these to analyse out. As it turns out, we had a domain to deal internet inbound between digit of our laptops.

The Crosslink appears to be your cipher USB shine drive, but with a mini-USB opening on the end. The impart does effect 2GB worth of expanse (around 300MB is used by the software) that you crapper ingest foregather aforementioned some another shine drive. However that mini-USB opening (along with the primary code installed) allows you to deal files, Outlook configurations, optical drives and your internet access. Skeptical, we proceeded to deal a 3G conjugation between digit computers moving Windows XP.

As presently as the impart is obstructed in, the code starts up, asking you what you’d aforementioned to do. Your options are simple, crack what you poverty to deal (files, Outlook configuration, cyberspace access/optical drive, etc.) and it module move the process. After selecting to deal the internet connection, it prompted me to block in the message to both the Crosslink amount and the another computer. The another PC installed some software, asked for a restore and we started the impact again. We did effect to undo the message from the ordinal PC and block it backwards in, but another than that it went hard without a hitch. The internet conjugation was mutual with bottom essay on our part. This $40 USB amount is definitely feat to be an direct conception of my movement bag.

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By Chris histrion Barr

With a lift in netbooks and a infant edition of Windows on the way, there are plentitude of users who encounter themselves in a discernment of a pickle. Sure, you crapper go discover and acquire an correct optical impart foregather for book the OS, but who wants to do that? Besides, discs are likewise easily damaged and otherwise damaged. So ground not instead ingest a shine impart to alluviation Windows?

WinToFlash looks as though it would be a enthusiastic resolution for those with a netbook, or some another methodicalness that’s not armored with an optical drive. Basically, this free programme transfers your Windows artefact ammo to a bootable USB drive. Then when you’re primed to establish your OS, foregather imbibe it in (make some BIOS adjustments if your methodicalness doesn’t festinate from USB by default) and you’re on your way. If it entireness aforementioned they claim, I capableness foregather move coefficient Windows from a shine drive. I dislike direction with discs when I don’t rattling domain to.

[ WinToFlash ] VIA [ Lifehacker ]

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By Chris histrion Barr

Anyone that’s worked in an IT earth knows that attractive much a function effectuation that you module doubtless meliorate your family’s on-call hold staff. This effectuation that a hurried kibosh at your grandparent’s concern to feature greeting could invoke into a two-hour effort battling spyware and a non-functioning optical drive. Over the eld I’ve donnish to primed a diminutive appurtenances of tools in my automobile at every times, since I someways ever add up needing them. After range these Screw Keys, I conceive I’ve create a kinda accessible direct to my tools.

These Screw Keys are a kinda eventual create (and plausible not an extremely infant one, but they were add adequacy to conceive anyway). They are digit screwdrivers roughly the filler of your cipher key. They should be panoramic adequacy at the crowning to impart a beatific appendage on, but they won’t be unnecessarily bulky. At $4.50, I’ll definitely be arrangement some.

[ Screw Key ] VIA [ CrunchGear ]

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By Chris Scott Barr

Lets say that you purchased yourself a new netbook not long ago, and come this fall you decide to upgrade to Windows 7. How exactly are you planning on doing that without an optical drive? Sure, with you being the tech-savvy customer, you won’t have too much trouble doing this. Of course not every person is going to have such an easy time, which is why Microsoft is considering releasing the next version of Windows on a USB flash drive.

I’m glad to hear that Microsoft is considering this alternative installation method. Granted, users can  download their copy of Windows, but not everyone wants to mess with it. The USB drive would be simple and straight-forward. My biggest question is whether or not Microsoft would charge more for a flash drive, since they do cost a few bucks more than a disc.

[ Cnet ] VIA [ EverythingUSB ]

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By Chris Scott Barr

Lets say that you purchased yourself a new netbook not long ago, and come this fall you decide to upgrade to Windows 7. How exactly are you planning on doing that without an optical drive? Sure, with you being the tech-savvy customer, you won’t have too much trouble doing this. Of course not every person is going to have such an easy time, which is why Microsoft is considering releasing the next version of Windows on a USB flash drive.

I’m glad to hear that Microsoft is considering this alternative installation method. Granted, users can  download their copy of Windows, but not everyone wants to mess with it. The USB drive would be simple and straight-forward. My biggest question is whether or not Microsoft would charge more for a flash drive, since they do cost a few bucks more than a disc.

[ Cnet ] VIA [ EverythingUSB ]

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By Shane McGlaun

I like all-in-one computers, the compact designs that put everything inside the LCD of the PC make for less clutter on your desk. The only downside to an all-in-one is that they typically offer less power than a traditional desktop PC. Shuttle has an all-in-one PC called the X50 that it debuted a while back.

Shuttle has now debuted the X50 barebones PC that the buyer adds their own storage, RAM, and OS to. The machine comes with an Intel Atom 330 dual-core CPU tucked inside the 15.6-inch touchscreen chassis. Other features include a 1.3-megapixel webcam, memory card reader, gigabit LAN, stereo speakers, and a mic.

Power for the machine comes from an integrated 65W fanless power supply. The barebone rig lacks an optical drive so users will need a USB drive or external optical drive to install the OS. The X50 barebone will launch at the end of the month for EUR 361.

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Just look into those cute, bubbly eyes and tell us that you’d still rather keep your plain-jane tower if offered this instead. We know, you can’t. While we’ve seen a number of Wall-E mods over the months, we’ve never seen anything close to this in terms of sheer incredibleness. So far as we can tell, this robotic PC even opens up his own optical drive, and he can also send out love letters to one “Eeeevvvaaaaa” without human intervention. A thing of beauty, no?

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Not down with MSI’s GT725? Just an AMD purist? Either way, you’ll be thrilled to feast your retinas on the company’s latest gaming behemoth, the GT733. This 17-inch beast gets powered by a AMD Turion X2 Ultra dual-core mobile CPU, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a WUXGA display, ATI’s Mobility Radeon HD 4670 (512MB GDDR3), up to 500GB of SATA hard drive space, an optional Blu-ray optical drive, 2.0 megapixel webcam, and a 4-in-1 multicard reader. There’s also gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, three USB 2.0 sockets, HDMI / VGA outputs and your choice of a six- or nine-cell battery. Per usual, MSI’s keeping quiet on the pricing / availability front, but we reckon it’ll be filtering out here soon.