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We’ve seen plenty of photos of the plane that landed in the Hudson, but none quite like these, which were taken by the crane operator who lifted the downed craft from the chilly waters.

Thanks to Travis Cole for the photos and to the crane operator for taking them!

Lenovo’s W700ds stands out from the rest in an incredibly crowded laptop market — and not just because it’s bigger than almost any two of its competitors combined. It’s one of the very few laptops to offer an auxiliary display and has room for a full number pad and an integrated tablet to boot. With those two screens and that pop-out stylus it’s a little bit like a Nintendo DS that entered the Major Leagues and spent a few decades on the juice chasing home run records — but, being a Lenovo, this luggable has little interest in games. It’s powerful and very functional, but bulky dimensions and a similarly unwieldy price tag leave it with two major handicaps to overcome.

Continue reading Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds laptop review: two screens of fury in one hefty package

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Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds laptop review: two screens of fury in one hefty package originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Finally, a nettop we can really support. Rather than forcing consumers to deal with yet another underpowered box on their desk, MSI is enabling Earthlings to totally conceal said underpowered box so long as they have an LCD monitor with a VESA-compatible mount. The WindBOX, which actually broke cover back in November, is now completely official, and within the slim slab will be a 1.6GHz Atom CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, Intel’s GMA 950 graphics set, 802.11b/g WiFi, audio in / out, three USB 2.0 sockets, a VGA port and a 3-in-1 multicard reader for good measure. There’s no mention of a price, but it should start filtering out later this quarter. Better tell your LCD to start working out, don’t you think?

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Atom-powered MSI WindBOX nearly ready to ride your LCD originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The world’s been waiting for details on Acer’s up and coming 10-inch Aspire, and we just got ’em in our hot little hands. The Aspire One D150 lineup hits the streets of France beginning in February with the D150-0B. This €329 ($425) netbook sports a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB memory, 160GB hard drive, a 10.1-inch (1024 x 600) display, and a 3-cell battery. Then in March, the D150-1B makes its appearance. An enhanced version of the D150, this device is otherwise identical, save a 6-cell battery that should be good for up to 7 hours — the battery upgrade will set you back a cool €349 ($450). Lastly, the D150-2BG will be rocking an Intel Atom 1.66GHz N280 processor and sports integrated 3G quadband UMTS/HSDPA mobile broadband, and the 6-cell battery. Also available in March, this one has a price tag of €449 ($575). No word on a domestic street date, but you’ll know as soon as we do.

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Acer’s 10-inch netbook gets model numbers, release date originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It wasn’t that long ago that Monday mornings in the office were a depressing time — another cheerful weekend gone; another long week of work ahead. But, these days, being in the office on a Monday is a good thing, because if your login still works you’ve survived another scary layoff Friday. Spare a thought, then, for those whose system access has been cut off, including 1,300 from Sun (the first wave of a total of 6,000 planned job cuts), 8,000 workers at Sprint who are due to receive pink slips, 6,000 from Philips, and an unannounced number of IBM workers (rumored to be 16,000) who have also found themselves to be on the wrong side of the cost-cutting ax. In one final bit of cheery news, AMD has reported a $1.4 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2008 and, after shedding its handheld graphics unit, is now selling its manufacturing operations to Advanced Technology Investment. Oh, sorry, you were hoping for some genuinely good news? How about this: that loss is smaller than AMD’s $1.8 billion loss from the same time last year. Now have a great day!

Read – Sun confirms 1,300 layoffs
Read – Sprint Nextel Plans to Cut 8,000 Jobs in Quarter
Read – Philips to Release 6000 Employees into Wild
Read – Several IBM employees report being laid off on Alliance@IBM
Read – IBM Confirms Layoffs
Read – AMD Reports $1.4 Billion Loss

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Recession roundup: Monday morning edition originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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