So wired did a story on ppl having "Buyers Remorse" that products they though would last them years are only being replaced after a few months - is this fair to the consumer. I know we always want the newest most best product but some times I think the manufactures jump the guns to put a product out there only to come out with a upgrade product a few months later. Its almost like there needs to be a technology etiquette. I know microsoft tends to come out with a new OS like every 3 years or so, I think that is fair. I know that office 2007 seam

Ok so here is some CrAzY new tech gear - its not your standard pc out of the box

Ming Vase? Nope its a computer. You have to admit that is a bizzare one. Who would think of making a computer to look like a vase.

Let's look at some facts here...
#1. Laptop batteries are not cheap to replace.
#2. Over a short period of time (1-2 years) the charge a laptop battery holds diminishes.
#3. Many of us use our laptop while keeping it plugged in.

Well guess what? That last one, #3... that right there... it adds to #2... which causes us to revert to #1

Ok if your operating systems is Vista one way you can speed it up and optimize it is to use a feature called "Readyboost". What readyboost does is it allows your pc to use more memory. Its memory that is not on the hard drive but located on a Flash Drive. Since your not constantly accessing the hard drive your computer goes faster, a pc can access a Flash Drive faster then a hard drive. If you have a extra Flash Drive laying around (has to be atleast 215 MB) and a extra USB port then your good to go. I have mine flash plugged into the back of my tower so

Well its always fun to have some cool gadget but some of these mice are plain out strange.

Here is one I could see the guys ordering

this one is kinda cool - it massages your hand and has a fan if you have sweaty palms (maybe a gamer)

Well we talked about it in another thread: Zune HD with touchscreen but it was all based on rumors. Microsoft has officially announced the Zune HD

So if you own a HP or Compaq laptop
Sold at: Computer and electronics stores nationwide, hp.com and hpshopping.com from August 2007 through March 2008 for between $500 and $3000. The battery packs were also sold separately for between $100 and $160.

There are all types of ways to back up your computer data but its something that you should get into a habit of doing every so often. Its just kinda a insurance policy in case you should ever get that dreaded blue or gray screen of death. There are many ways you can back up your data.

Intel was not only charged with but found guilty and fined in European Union court for 1.45 billion dollars. That far surpasses the fine that they imposed on Microsoft in 2004 (they only got 498 million). In fact that is the larges to date in EU's courts. It doesn't stop there with Intel also. They are also being looked at by the US Antitrust and the Japanese & South Korea's courts.

OK I'm all into custom gaming rigs - in fact I have 3 of them (kids) but how cool is this baby from hardcorecomputer.com