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This, friends, is the ThinkPad W700‘s worst nightmare. Rather than forcing consumers into buying a gargantuan lappie with an inbuilt secondary display (or settling for one of Mimo’s diminutive alternatives), Mobile Monitor Technologies has an even better solution: this thing. The four-pound Field Monitor Pro is sure to be a hot seller over at Accountemps, with a fold-flat design and a spacious 15.4-inch LCD underneath. Essentially, this is a 15-inch laptop sans the guts, boasting just a 1280×800 LED-backlit display, a rear kickstand, two Kensington lock slots, a pair of USB 2.0 sockets, DisplayLink technology and a full-on number pad. It’s designed to be used in both lay-flat or stood-up modes, and if you’re looking for a more permanent solution, it can also be mounted on a nearby wall. Unfortunately, you’ll still need a separate AC line running to a wall outlet, and the relatively low resolution isn’t apt to drop any jaws. Head on past the break for a peek at what exactly this beast can offer, and then wait patiently for a price as “busy season 2011” swings in. Ah, the sweet smell of taxes coming due.

[Thanks, Ian]

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Sometimes having a computer monitor and a separate HDTV are just too much for your feng shui to handle, and Mitsubishi is here to enhance your qi with its MDT231WG all-in-one monitor. No, not an all-in-one in that it has a PC built in there, but rather it’s intended to serve double-duty as a computer monitor and an HDTV. Its 120hz refresh rate and 5.5ms response time mean it’ll keep up with Call of Duty, while its 178-degree viewing angle, 5000:1 contrast ratio IPS panel, and integrated 2.1 channel sound system means it should do a decent job at movie playback. And, with a combined power output for all three speakers of 11 watts you won’t even have to worry about waking the neighbors. Right now this is looking like it’ll only be hitting the Japanese market and, while Mitsu hasn’t announced a price yet, we found one for pre-order at ¥118,000 — just over $1,400 and a small price to pay for finding your perfect spot.

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Oh, you know the bandwagon’s in full-on rampage mode now. How so? Because Planar — a company that generally strays far, far away from mere mortals in the consumer market — has just announced a new 23-inch 3D monitor. It represents a stark break from the company’s typical high-end-only approach, and it likely speaks volumes to just how quickly 3D is gaining steam in the PC gaming universe. The SA2311W display will boast a 120Hz refresh rate, 1920 x 1080 resolution, two millisecond response time, a height adjustable stand, VGA / dual-link DVI / HDMI inputs and support for NVIDIA’s 3D Vision system. Naturally, you’ll need a set of active shutter glasses to enjoy the eye-popping mayhem, and for those who’ve never tried ’em, they’re a step below a welder’s mask in terms of exterior visibility. To that end, Planar is also introducing the first keyboard designed specifically for users rocking 3D active shutter glasses — the ProGlow (shown after the break) boasts seven adjustable light levels (plus off), enabling immersed gamers to still recognize which keys are which. Both devices are expected to ship in the US of A next month for $449 and $185, respectively, though we get the feeling those vicious 3D dinosaurs aren’t included. Which is a bummer of epic proportions, if we should say so ourselves.

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Hello, future! We had an inkling that glasses-free 3D was the next big thing when we had a gaze at Intel’s display back at CES earlier this year, but it seems that AUO is out to overcome the largest hurdle when dealing with lenticular lens 3D technology: viewing angles. Today, the outfit has revealed the world’s first deadzone-free naked eye 3D notebook panel at FPD International 2010, and as the lengthy title indicates, this solution will enable you to view 3D content sans glasses and without positioning yourself carefully in front of the screen. Purportedly, AUO’s tapping into SuperD’s naked eye 3D wizardry to create a 15.6-inch laptop (1080p) and 10.1-inch tablet (WXGA) panel, and there’s even an eye-tracking mechanism that’s baked in to capture viewers’ eyeball movements. Zanier still, both 2D and 3D modes can operate concurrently on the same display, and the viewer can switch back and forth between the two modes without having their brain implode. The company’s pushing a mass production date of Q3 2011, which means that the last CES this planet ever sees should be quite the interesting one.

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This article was written on March 10, 2010 by CyberNet.

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I’ve found a lot of great apps thanks to commenters on our site, and credit for this one goes to an anonymous visitor on our article about automatically restarting crashed apps. The program I’m talking about is called Kiwi, and it has some unique monitoring capabilities that aren’t found in many other applications. There are both free and paid versions, but I know that the functionality offered in the free version will appeal to some of you.

Kiwi will monitor any application that you tell it to, and can either report back or take action based on certain events. What do I mean? One good example is that Kiwi can both alert you when an application exceeds a certain amount of memory usage, and if desired it can even close the offending program. That’s just one example of the monitors available in the free version. Here’s a quick list of the other things available:

• You can get alerted when via email:
  • When a program starts
  • When a program ends
  • When it exceeds a specified amount of memory usage
  • When it has been running for a specified amount of time
• You can take the following actions:
  • Close a program after it exceeds a specified amount of memory usage
  • Close a program after it exceeds a specified amount of CPU time
  • Close a program after it has been running for a specified amount of time
  • When a program ends, turn off the computer
  • When a program starts, execute a specified application
  • When a program ends, execute a specified application

The paid version offers a ton of different monitoring options including remaining hard drive space, testing IP/URL availability, checking to see if a file exists, and checking whether an app is inactive or unresponsive. What’s nice is that you can see all of the features that would be available to you by flipping over to the advanced tab. There’s upwards of 75 monitors/actions that you’ll need to upgrade if you want to use them, but that doesn’t detract from the usefulness of the free version.

Kiwi Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)

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