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A short time back, our editor-in-chief said that there had been a school shooting in Nashville, and asked if anyone would cover it. I wrote the first story about it for PJ Media. It wasn’t the first time I had ever written about human tragedy or cruelty. And I have hated doing it every time. I always feel like Judas collecting his 30 pieces of silver from someone else’s suffering. Be that as it may, the Nashville shooting mattered, and not just because it gave the Left more talking points about the evils of gun ownership. After all, if we...

A former CIA officer was indicted Tuesday on charges that he planned to give confidential U.S. government documents to the Chinese government, according to U.S. Department of Justice. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 53, of Hong Kong, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. He is charged with one count of conspiracy to cater or deliver national defense information to aid a foreign government and two counts of unlawfully retaining documents related to the national defense. Mr. Lee, who is naturalized U.S. citizen, was found to be in possession of two notebooks containing the true...

Good evening, I'm seeking your opinion/advice on these two laptops. If given the choice which would you choose and why? Our child has been given a gift: a Dell 11.6, but we may be able to exchange it for the Lenovo. I'm just wondering whether or not it would be worth the exchange. I'm inclined to think it is, but trading one for the other presents a little bit of a challenge. We must travel out of state in order to exchange the laptop. I'm wondering if it would be worth the wait and travel. Thank you, as always, for...

Looking to spend $400-$700 for a decent notebook to be used primarily for software development and graphics. Need some speed and horsepower, and durability. These things typically last me about five years, and this one here (a Sony Vaio) is nearing the end of the line. Brands you'd recommend? Lenovo is highly regarded but very, very Chinese. I'd like to stay away from that. And I hate Apple with a passion. This will be running Linux.

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Have you seen some of the notebook entries? Not the signs on the protest march. Some of these so-called college students at Occupy Wall Street and other places around the country are writing their sad-sack stories on notebook paper, like this, and then they're holding it up and people are taking pictures of it. They're lamenting the worthlessness of their education, there's no future, they've invested all this time and money in their student loans and there's no jobs (crying) basically. You've seen those. This is an example. But I think, ladies and gentlemen, I have detected...

Today in an event in San Francisco, Eric Schmidt and other Google executives took the wraps of Chrome OS and revealed that notebooks running the new sysetm will be available in mid-2011. Google also launched a pilot program for consumers: sign up at youtube.com/googlechrome and you can apply to get a 12.1-inch non-branded netbook running the new OS.Google promises that notebooks based on Chrome will start up in less than 60 seconds, resume from sleep almost immediately, and--critically--will come with built-in cellular wireless connections. The company is also partnering with Verizon to provide a wide variety of low-cost cellular plans,...

I've seen a flood of mostly unbranded 7" mini notebooks via online retailers priced at $89.95 - $125. Has anybody got any feedback on these little guys??

Intel (INTC) said Thursday that it would acquire Wind River (WIND), which makes software for embedded devices, in a deal valued at $884 million. With the move Intel is making a move to diversify into software and away from its dependence on the PC and server markets. The chip giant said in a statement that it will pay $11.50 a share in cash for Wind River, which closed at $8 on Wednesday.The purchase is interesting on a few fronts: Wind River bolsters Intel’s embedded software strategy;The purchase indicates that Intel thinks its future growth is in embedded devices such as...

Intel has announced plans for complete domination of the mobile market using new ultra-low voltage processors, a cool and sexy ultra-thin form factor and the promise to provide consumers with a full PC experience without sacrificing mobility. We had the opportunity to attend Intel’s global webcast for the launch of the Montevina Plus mobile platform today live from Computex 2009. The host of the event was Nick Knupffer, Intel’s Global Communications Manager and Uday Marty, Director of Product Marketing for the Mobile Platforms Group, was the featured speaker. Intel used this webcast to launch three new standard volt processors, the...

Walk by the netbook display at Best Buy and you're likely to hear cooing and exclamations of how cute the little laptops are. But take one home and you may realize your new baby just can't do the same things that a standard notebook can do. Netbooks are just about the only thing these days that are generating any excitement in the hardware space. The form factor is appealing to many, for sure. With about a 10-inch screen, these are much smaller than the standard-sized notebook, and certainly much lighter, and quite a bit less expensive, too. Some are as...

See for example this thread first. So, what in the world is that smell? It's smoke shooting out of my Dell! And as the thing blazed I remained unfazed and quipped,"It's the laptop from Hell!"

System head to head comparison of equally priced and configured Notebook Mac and PC computers available for sale right now in the $1100 price range. Apple MacBook vs. Dell Inspirion E1405 (+ additions). Apple MacBook - Intel Core Duo Dell Inspirion E1405 - Intel Core Duo by Charles Gaba Home Shootouts FAQ Processor Speed Equivalency Discussion Board Read the System Shootout FAQ before proceeding! • All images and logos are copyright (c) 2004 the respective companies. Date Configured: 5/16/06 Best of Field(in my opinion) Apple 1.83 GHz MacBook (stock model) Dell Inspiron E1405 (with add-ons) Dimensions: 120 cubic in; 1.1"...

CENTER STAGE: Apple Computer Inc, buoyed by the iPod effect and its new range of stylish, light notebook models, is set to take control of that market, researchers predict Among all brand-name notebook-computer makers, Apple Computer Inc is set to take center stage next year, mainly bolstered by its new light-weight models as well as the iPod effect, a recent study found. Apple is projected to ship 3.27 million notebook computers worldwide next year, an increase of 42 percent compared to 2.29 million units this year, according to study results released by the Topology Research Institute. This translates to Apple's...

An Al Qaeda terror training video has been seized during a police raid on an Islamic school in southern Thailand. Almost 700 people have been killed in the region during a 16-month-long insurgency blamed on Muslim separatists. Acting on a tip-off, the security forces staged the raid on several Islamic boarding schools in southern Thailand's Pattani province believed to be insurgent training grounds. At one, they confiscated electric wire, PVC pipes, a personal computer along with a video cassette on Al Qaeda's terrorist training. Reports say police also recovered several notebooks containing records of the movement of security officials and...

I'm in the market for a desktop replacement notebook that we can also watch TV on, but I'm not finding many that have built-in TV Tuners like some desktops have. I'm especially interested in a Dell or an HP, unless a FReeper can talk me into something else. But, I don't want to have to buy any bells/whistles that I don't really need, and I have no idea what to configure. Just based on my basic research, I'm thinking a good screen resolution and a large hard drive would be very important, and that I likely should go with a...