Experience the Arc Touch: there is no equal in look, feel, and performance. With a dramatic design and easy elegance, this stylish mouse is a perfect fit for your lifestyle. Flick to zip down the page. Tap to stay at your destination. Feel the speed and responsiveness to your touch.

Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse specifications

* Flexible Design
* Touch to Scroll
* BlueTrack Technology
* Perfectly Portable
* Brand Name: Microsoft
* Model: RVF-00001
* Width: 2.25 inches
* Height: 4.50 inches

The Microsoft Arc Touch mouse is available for pre-order at Amazon

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Count on a thin, lightweight laptop that has everything you need and want. The HP Pavilion dm4-1160us Notebook PC delivers exceptional performance from the inside out. Manage your passwords and access online accounts easily using the integrated fingerprint reader. Watch DVDs using the built-in optical drive and 14-inch diagonal High-Definition LED display, plus stream content wirelessly from the display to an HDTV using a WiDi adapter (sold separately). Integrated Bluetooth helps you sync your HP laptop to other digital devices, like your smartphone or desktop PC, without using cables. Have fun wherever you go, whether it’s around the house, across town or on the road. The HP Pavilion dm4-1160us Notebook PC is designed for how you live. Browse the Web from any room in your home using built-in Wi-Fi. Video chat in low-light environments using the HP webcam, plus transfer photos from a digital camera to your notebook PC using the digital media reader. Store thousands of photos on the large hard drive for easy access. This stylish HP laptop has a brushed aluminum finish with the stream design in argento.

HP Pavilion dm4 features

* Intel Core i5-450M Processor (2.40GHz); 4GB DDR3 SDRAM memory (2 x 2GB) (expandable to 8GB); 500GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard drive; Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
* 14 Inch diagonal High-Definition HP BrightView LED Display (1366 x 768), Intel HD Graphics with up to 1696MB total graphics memory, Intel Wi-Di ready to wirelessly stream your photos, videos and other PC content to an HD TV
* External Ports: 5-in-1 memory card reader; 3 USB 2.0 (3rd port shared with eSATA); 1 HDMI; 1 VGA (15-pin); 1 RJ -45 (LAN); 1 Headphone-out; 1 Microphone-in
* LightScribe Technology SuperMulti DVD Burner; Dolby Advanced Audio with Altec Lansing speakers; Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN; Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n WLAN & Bluetooth
* Brushed aluminum finish; 101-key compatible with island-style full-size keyboard; HP Clickpad with On/Off button; HP TrueVision Webcam with integrated digital microphone; HP SimplePass with integrated fingerprint reader

HP Pavilion dm4 reviews

PC Mag - 4/5

Read more about the HP Pavilion dm4-1160us laptop

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LaCie subscribe to the theory that ‘small is good’ and just to prove it they have unleashed two new super small external HDDs the Rikiki and Minimus. Not only will these drives slip easily into your pocket, but they’ll transfer zeroes and ones at USB 3.0 rates. This of course assumes you have USB 3.0 ports on your box. Here’s the full specification of the LaCie Rikiki and Minimus external hard drives

LaCie Rikiki specification

* 500 GB
* USB 3.0 (USB 2.0-compatible)
* USB 3.0: up to 5Gb/s (600MB/s)
* USB 2.0: up to 480Mb/s (60MB/s)
* Software - LaCie Setup Assistant; LaCie Backup Assistant (PC and Mac®), 10GB Wuala Secure Online Storage (1 year included)
* 75 x 118.5 x 13.4 mm / 2.9 x 4.6 x 0.52 in.
* 176 g / 6.2 oz.
* Requirements - Computer with a USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 port**
* Latest version of Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7 / Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6
* 2-Year Limited Warranty

LaCie Minimus specification

* 1 TB
* USB 3.0 (USB 2.0-compatible)
* USB 3.0: up to 5Gb/s (600MB/s)
* USB 2.0: up to 480Mb/s (60MB/s)
* 110.7 x 29.4 x 172.8 mm / 4.4 x 1.2 x 6.8 in.
* 850 g / 1.87 lbs.
* Requirements - Computer with a USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 port
* 2-Year Limited Warranty

The LaCie Rikiki has a starting price of $100 and the Minimus $130. Currently the models are not available at Amazon, but we’re sure they will be soon enough. In the meantime here are a couple of links to Amazon that should show the LaCie Rikiki and LaCie Minimus once they are available.

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Samsung have a ‘desktop replacement’ laptop out there with a 15 inch display and Blu-Ray drive. The R540-11 laptop sports a 500GB HDD along with 1080p output in case you need to hook it up to a HDTV. Here are the full details on Samsung’s R540-11 notebook

* Rich, glossy, brushed espresso finish
* 5.6 inch widescreen 1366 x 768 LED-backlit display
* Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
* Intel Core i5-450M 2.4 GHz processor
* 4 GB memory
* 5.2 lb
* ATI Mobility Radeon 545v graphics card
* 500 GB HDD
* 802.11n connectivity
* DVD+/-RW DL with Blu-Ray
* 3 USB ports
* 1.42 x 14.9 x 10.1 inches

The R540-11 is not what you’d call compact nor portable and the description ‘desktop replacement’ fits it well. However with a price tag of $900 at Amazon, you can’t ignore its appeal.

Samsung R540 laptop reviews

PC Mag - four out of five stars - pros, top of its class in speed, Blu-ray drive included, powered by a Core i5 processor - cons, poor battery life, small battery
Samsung customer review - five stars out of five
CNET user review - four stars out of five - pros, fast i5, Blu-Ray player - cons, no Express card slot, no USB / eSATA port, only 0.3 mp cam, no blue-tooth, and poor battery life
Associated Content - four out of five

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Whilst we are firmly in 2010 we haven’t forgotten about last year’s phenom, the SSD. And neither have manufacturer OWC, who have just released their Extreme Pro SSD range, the 40 GB little brother of which retails for less than $100. OWC claim a data rate of 258MB/s for the Extreme Pro range as well as using less than 50% of the juice sucked by other SSDs. Here are the details of the OWC Extreme Pro SSD range

* SandForce Processor with full SF1200 Series 7% Over Provisioning firmware set
* Qualified for single drive and multiple drive usage.
* Sustained Sequential Read: up to 285MB/s
* Sustained Sequential Write: up to 275MB/s
* Random 4KB: Up to 50,000 IOPS
* Tier 1/Grade A Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND Flash Memory
* SATA I (1.5Gb/s) and SATA II (3.0Gb/s) supported, SATA 2.6 Compliant
* Security - Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant
* 2.5″ Industry Standard Hard Drive
* 80 grams +/- 2 grams
* 100.12mm x 70.06mm x 9.45mm

The write data rate of the Extreme Pro is significantly higher than any other similarly priced SSD we’ve looked at, e.g. the Intel X25-M. So it looks as if the consumer is getting some SSD joy at last courtesy of OWC and their Extreme Pro SSD range.

If you’re keen to grab one, check them out at the OWC website.

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Toshiba have a 11.6 inch netbook out there, perhaps the most surprising thing about the T215D-S1140 is the 1.7GHz AMD Athlon II Neo processor. That’s right, it’s not an Atom processor. Here are the rest of the numbers on the Toshiba Satellite T215D-S1140

* 1.7GHz AMD Athlon II Neo
* 2GB RAM
* 250GB hard drive
* No Optical Drive
* 11.6 inch 1,366×768 res display
* ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225 graphics
* 3.3 pounds
* 0.7 x 11.2 x 8.2 inches
* Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Here’s some marketing speak from Toshiba on the unit

Take off where netbooks leave off with the affordable Toshiba T215D laptop with 11.6-inch screen (model T215D-S1140), Toshiba’s thinnest and lightest Satellite model yet. Offering the performance, flexibility and functionality you expect in a standard-sized laptop but in a highly portable and efficient package, this T215D features a power-efficient AMD mobile processor and a number of energy saving enhancements that deliver up to 5.15 hours of battery life.

Computer Shopper have done a full review of the T215D laptop and gave it an 8.7 rating claiming the processor speed, HDMI port, full-size keyboard as pluses whilst perhaps much more importantly battery life or lack of as a negative.

There’s also a customer review over at Amazon which generally cites similar pros and cons as Computer Shopper.

The T215D-S1140 is available at Amazon for $468.

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With the digital world slowly becoming three dimensional, it’s no surprise you can now get your mits on a 3D gaming desktop. Perhaps what is surprising is the base model’s price tag of $1489. Digital Storm are the cool manufacturer bringing you this delicious dollop of 3D at such a mouth-watering price. They’ve knocked up a large range of machines to choose from but we’ll concentrate on that base model.

* AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Black Edition (2.8GHz) (6 Core) (6 MB Cache) AM3 Socket
* Gigabyte GA-890XA-UD3 (AMD 790X Chipset) (SATA3 and USB 3.0) (Socket AM3)
* 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
* 500W Digital Storm Certified
* 1x 500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM)
* DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
* High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
* 1x NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
* Integrated Motherboard Audio
* Standard Factory Heat-sink and Fan
* Standard Factory Chassis Fans
* Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
* !PROMO BUNDLE: NVIDIA 3D Vision Kit (Asus 23 inch 120Hz VG236H + NVIDIA 3D Glasses)

A nice set of features and specs associated with that $1489 price tag. Of course the model can be configured pretty much however you want it to be and more expensive models include three 23 inch monitors.

For more information on Digital Storm’s 3D machines stroll on over to their website.

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