Toshiba unveils prototype notebook battery that will usher in a new era for portability and run time.
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Toshiba unveils prototype notebook battery that will usher in a new era for portability and run time.

Sony gears up to take on the Kindle with a new Reader model that's got a touch-sensitive screen, a gesture-driven interface, and a UI that's somewhere between a Reader and an iPhone. We played with the new device at Sony's event and think it has some real potential—with a couple of caveats.

Just in time for a complete US economic meltdown, Ars brings you the Ultimate Budget Box. When real life starts to look like Fallout 3, this is the box you'll want. Heck, it'll be the only box you can afford. Buy it while your credit card still functions!

Apple has investigated a claim from a French researcher that Mac Pros are emitting benzene and other volatile compounds. So far, the company has found no evidence to support the claim.

After months of saying very little, AMD has finally cracked wall of secrecy surrounding its upcoming Shanghai processor and given us a peek at what's in store. Shanghai is looking pretty good, and hopefully it's good enough.

Our review found the Jakks Pacific night vision "toy" to be a fun gadget. Now it's your turn to win a pair and go all special operations on us.

Some of the most mystical and unexplained photos from ancient to modern times or just photoshopped images

Samsung shows off OLED TVs thinner than Dell's profit margins



Intel snaps up Linux mobile developer Opened Hand, but continued validation bottlenecks are constraining the company's ability to sell Atom processors. Relief could still be a year away, and that gives competitors a (tiny) window of opportunity.

At PAX08 you can grab a limited-edition version of the popular DeathAdder mouse from Razer. We take one for a test drive to see if it's worth the $60.

Dell has announced plans to start shipping Ubuntu 8.04 on its Linux-based desktop and laptop systems. The new version will ship with licensed media codecs for popular audio and video formats.

A Japanese team has developed a Ferroelectric flash memory technology which they claim will allow flash to last hundreds of years and endure millions of writes. It's unknown how fast and how cheap it will be, but we may well find out in the next few years, as the industry may be forced to transition by failure of older technology to scale down.

Ridata announced Tuesday a new line of SSDs in every way comparable to the OCZ Core line. How long will it be until these see wide adoption? How long until the market shakes down to fewer manufacturers?

Both Lenovo and Dell have made announcements regarding offering SSD on more laptops and at a better price point. The future for SSD shines all the brighter as OEMs start to offer it more and more.

Market analyst firm Gartner, Inc. has released worldwide PC sales data for the second quarter of 2008, and the news is mostly good—especially if you're Apple or Dell. The worldwide market grew significantly over the past three months, but prices did decline somewhat as vendors slashed prices in an attempt to drive volume.

NVIDIA is taking a $200 million hit in the second quarter for costs related to laptop GPU failures, but some websites have claimed the company is hiding the true extent of the issue. The company tells Ars that only a "very small percentage" of its chips are "potentially affected."

Intel's Centrino 2 platform hit the market today, bringing with it new processors, a new chipset, and a variety of OEM design wins. Manufacturers will undoubtedly be rolling out Centrino 2 products in the near future, especially with back-to-school approaching, but is Centrino 2 worth the wait?

Intel has announced its second quarter earnings, and the results have set new company records. Thus far, Intel has dodged fears that the high price of oil and lower consumer spending would hurt its performance, and predicts a third quarter that's even better than what was originally expected.
