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Sick and tired of hauling your iPad into a dodgy work environment, scared to even leave it in your desk drawer for half a minute while you scurry across the office for a cup of scorched coffee? Never mind finding a new career — just fill out the paperwork necessary to pack a concealed weapon and head over to Mac Locks. You see, the aforesaid site is now carrying what it calls the world’s first locking iPad case — a plastic shell that can be closed via lock and tethered to pretty much anything via a coated steel cable. Once it’s secured, the only way to remove the tablet is the right way, or the fast way, with the breaking-and-entering method rendering the device worthless. The case itself can be had for $39.95, whereas the case / cable bundle is going for $64.95. But hey, it’s hard to put a price on peace of mind, ya know?

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This article was written on April 18, 2007 by CyberNet.

The Direct2Dell blog just posted about a new laptop that Michael Dell has. It is a Dell Precision M90 that is fully tricked out with all of the latest technologies that most of us just dream about. So what kind of specs does this bad boy have? Check them out:

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 Processor
• 4GB DDR2 667Mhz DRAM
• 17″ WXGA+ Widescreen LCD
• 160GB 7200rpm SATA hard drive
• 8X DVD +/- RW optical drive
• NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 512MB

Is your mouth watering yet? The picture above is a snapshot of what the laptop looks like along with a configuration that I did with similar specs…resulting in a $4,881 pricetag! Then to top it all off this is the main list of software he has installed:

• Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn
• VMWare Workstation 6 Beta
• OpenOffice.org 2.2
• Automatix2
• Firefox 2.0.0.3
• Evolution Groupware 2.10

Yep, the laptop costs nearly $5,000 and he is running Ubuntu on it which probably has some of the lowest system requirements when compared to other mainstream operating systems. Of course, if I was the founder of Dell computers I would probably go a little overkill as well.

Oh yeah, and that is just the laptop he uses at home…he actually has 3 laptops and 2 desktops in total:

• Dell Precision M90 Laptop
• Dell XPS 710 H2C Desktop
• Dell XPS M1710 Laptop
• Dell Latitude D420 Laptop
• Dell Precision 690 Desktop

The Precision M90 got me thinking though. He has Ubuntu installed on it and Dell is supposed to be coming out with computers that offer Linux as a choice for operating systems. One of the OS choices in the Linux survey was Ubuntu, and seeing that it is one of the most popular distributions of Linux it will probably be what is offered on the computers. Does this mean that the Precision M90 will be one of the computers to be offered with Ubuntu? I surely hope that it won’t be the only option because this one has a pretty high starting price ($1650+), but right now that laptop is only selling with Windows.

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Like a netbook, only not. The latest thing to drop into our “crazy rumor” inbox is the Windows 7 tablet conceptualized above. Blogeee have it on the authority of two separate sources that Samsung is planning a 10-inch slate device dubbed Gloria, which would run Windows 7 and have a slide-out keyboard. What you see above is only a mockup of how this Gloria might appear — if she ever does appear at all — though we’re told it’ll include a Samsung software overlay to make Windows 7 that little bit more touch-friendly. We’ve yet to find any other corroboration for this beyond Blogeee‘s sources, so treat it as the unconfirmed bit of salacious info that it is, but if you must feel hopeful about the future, March and April are the months mentioned for a potential release.

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You’ll need to pop into a Quick Chek in New York or New Jersey to take advantage for now, but if you and iTunes just aren’t on speaking terms, a hear-to-heart with a MOD Systems’ Download2Go kiosk may be your best alternative. Planted in ten locations across aforementioned states, these kiosks work a lot like the movie-equipped ones that were installed in various Blockbuster locations and in 30 US airports, but rather than hosting the newest chick flicks, these are loaded down with singles, albums and other things you may enjoy on your so-called MP3 player. You can get a general idea of how it works with a film just after the break, but whatever you do, make sure you bring an unloaded SD card or USB drive.

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Is your Droid not finding its way to the internet mothership? Don’t worry, it’s not your hardware, it’s your carrier’s wireless connection — or the lack thereof, to be more precise. We’ve heard from a bunch of folks this morning that Verizon’s 3G network is experiencing a slight bout of disconnectedness, causing a great deal of grief and discombobulation around the country. Just sit tight, we’re sure engineers are engineering solutions as we type this, and will update you as soon as things have been rectified.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Update: Some parts of the country are reporting their 3G service has been restored, though it’s not yet certain that all troubles have been ironed out. Our own Droids seem to be working fine now, how about yours?

Verizon 3G network goes down nationwide, everybody panic! (update: back up for some) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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