It's a rare occurrence, but we do occasionally get our hands on a review sample for a product without knowing its final for-sale date. Such was the case with the 15.5-inch Sony Vaio SE, an upscale midsize laptop with both a discrete GPU and IT-friendly components (a TPM chip, for example), that impressed us when we reviewed it during the first week of September. At the time, we said of it: "At $999, the Vaio SE is playing in pretty crowded territory, and we'd put it in the same league as the Dell XPS 15z or the HP Envy 14--all upscale midsize laptops that mix high style with high performance."Sunday 2 October 2011
Sony offers a few minor laptop updates, finally puts the Vaio SE on sale
It's a rare occurrence, but we do occasionally get our hands on a review sample for a product without knowing its final for-sale date. Such was the case with the 15.5-inch Sony Vaio SE, an upscale midsize laptop with both a discrete GPU and IT-friendly components (a TPM chip, for example), that impressed us when we reviewed it during the first week of September. At the time, we said of it: "At $999, the Vaio SE is playing in pretty crowded territory, and we'd put it in the same league as the Dell XPS 15z or the HP Envy 14--all upscale midsize laptops that mix high style with high performance."
Mobile-loving Thais still waiting for full 3G
BANGKOK — While BlackBerrys and iPhones are fast becoming must-have accessories for many urban Thais, mobile Internet in the kingdom is still struggling to get out of the slow lane.
A long-running business tussle means that as other nations -- including impoverished Laos -- move to introduce faster 4G technology, Thailand has yet to fully roll out 3G, a decade after it was first launched in Japan.
A long-running business tussle means that as other nations -- including impoverished Laos -- move to introduce faster 4G technology, Thailand has yet to fully roll out 3G, a decade after it was first launched in Japan.
On Facebook, Neighborhoods as They Once Were
“The neighborhood was starting to go down the toilet, honestly,” Ms. DeStefano, 56, an elementary school teacher, said over the telephone from her home in Coconut Creek, Fla. “There was a lot of drugs and crime. It was an unsafe place to raise a family.” Read More....
iPhone 5: eBay expects iPhone 4 sales rush
The launch of the new Apple's iPhone 5 in October will push sales growth in the online market for previous iPhone models, according to eBay.
Sales of old Apple's iPhone models are expected to rise up to 70 per cent in the aftermath of the new iPhone 5's launch, eBay has announced. As it happened last year, when the iPhone 4 went on sale, earlier iPhone models will be accessible at a lower price and online customers are ready to exploit the chance to get one.
According to eBay, more than half a million iPhones have been sold online since they have been introduced on the market. In the last year, an average of one iPhone per second has been sold via eBay UK.Read More....
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