I like it when I do my small part to help make some news. Clearly, my recent purchase of a Thinkpad Edge E420 was the one sale that pushed Lenovo over the top to score killer earnings in Q1. Leading the charge to one of its highest earnings reports since… more »

Intel announced their new concept for Ultrabooks back in May. Since then, there has a been a steady buzz around the devices. As we have seen with concept devices that have launched in the past, manufacturers are interested in the concept, but a lot of pr… more »

I have crossed over. From tech blogger to tech tinkerer. Let me be frank: while I write an awful lot about tech, I am certainly not as deep into the hands on as a lot of other kids on the block. I wrote a little code as a kid in high school; I mean the o… more »

I have wandered far and wide. Misguided, foresaken. The prodigal son with no home to return to. At each turn I have allied myself with various factions in an attempt to be a part of something greater than myself. All to no avail. Finally, in a last, gras… more »

It's time to hit up Newegg again and see what we can find. After some feedback from the last few missions, we are assigned a slightly different challenge. Again, we are going out in search of a 15" rig, but this time some readers want us to find a rig ta… more »

I will be the first person to complain about the lack of active digitizers on tablet computers. Oh, by the way, here is where I get on my soapbox and remind you of the difference between tablets and the actual TabletPC spec. Ok, admitttedly, that is beco… more »

Time for another chase. Fresh off the hunt for a 15” Digital Content Creation rig (posted 5 days ago), the 'WERKz is now out trying to chase down the best 15” gaming notebook available. Price target is no more than $1500. Today, we will restrict this cha… more »

I always get a kick out of hitting the dial-back button on the way-back machine and seeing what I was thinking about on a particular tech topic. The forum post below is from november of last year. So this would have been before the announcement of the iP… more »

I am getting older. In addition to being able to run not so fast and lifting weight that is not so heavy, I am keeping my PCs longer. The unfortunate truth of getting older and having a mortgage. The oldest laptop in current usage in my gear kit is my H… more »

I don't really like working on other peoples' computers. A buddy once told me that once I started on working on everyone's computer in my "family", then I would be doing it forever. At the time, I refused to believe him, thinking that the situation could… more »