Pelham Sloane shows off 17-inch touchscreen media PC

Pelham Sloane shows off 17-inch touchscreen media PC:

Pelham Sloane is making the rounds with its new 17-inch touchscreen PC, the successor to the company's earlier 15-inch model. And from the looks of things, the specs of the new model take a big bump up, including the addition of Windows XP Media Center Edition as the standard OS (XP Pro, which was standard on the earlier model, is still available as an option), along with a Pentium M at up to 2.26 GHz, hard drive capacities of up to 500GB, VGA and component output, and a PCI-based tuner. Given that this box will run for up to $3,000, we wish they'd included DVI output so we'd have more flexibility when using this as a touchscreen base for a larger display. Nevertheless, this could be a decent media PC solution for small rooms, or even a good desktop option for a home office.
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Dell Latitude D820 with Core Duo and 3G reviewed

Dell Latitude D820 with Core Duo and 3G reviewed:

PC Magazine has taken Dell's entrant in the 15-inch Core Duo laptop category for a spin, and although it doesn't knock the IBM Lenovo Thinkpad T60 from its Editor's Choice throne, it still manages to grab four out of five stars and a 'very good' rating. As you'll probably recall from our previous coverage of this model and the D620, the D820 is a Core Duo-packing replacement for the Latitude D810, and its 2.16GHz T2600 bested the older model by an impressive 59% in PC Mag's benchmarks. Also noteworthy were the pixel-rific 1920 x 1200 widescreen display (remember, those are packed into just a 15.4-inch screen), 5 hour battery life, and built-in WiFi sniffer that not only works when the machine is shutdown but helpfully informs you when security-disabled networks are in range. Overall, the theme for this $1,300 desktop replacement seems to be choice; you have the option of: a fingerprint scanner or SmartCard reader for security, trackpad or pointer nub for navigation, PC Card or Express Card for expansion, and Verizon EV-DO or Cingular HSDPA for 3G. Wow -- this one's already looking like a contender for one of the coveted 2006 Engadget Awards (only to get voted down in favor of a MacBook, we'd imagine).

Belkin Flip USB KVM switch

Belkin Flip USB KVM switch:
In a surprising turn of events, Belkin has decided not to style their new Flip USB KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) switch after a Mac mini, as seems to be the current trend. Instead, the Flip features a little LED-sporting, puck-shaped switching button to signify which computer you're controlling. Sadly the Flip doesn't break past the usual VGA capabilities of its predecessors, so you won't be taking advantage of those DVI ports that are fairly common these days. At least the price is right; the Belkin Flip should cost around $60 and is due for shelves this April.


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Thermaltake's Temperature Display Case Fan

Thermaltake's Temperature Display Case Fan: "This Thermaltake case fan will be a big hit with the case mod crowd. The 80mm fan has a red LED to display the case temperature and Thermaltake logo while it spins at 2,000 RPM. The fan comes in two versions, the iFlash mini and the iFlash 12. The latter version trades in the logo for red, green, and blue alternating LED color. There is certainly no arguing with their claim that these will be 'Coolall your eyes' — no arguing because we really don't know what that means.