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Kingston recently released two new USB flash drives on the market: the DataTraveler Mini Slim and the DataTraveler 400 with Symantec Pocket Disaster Recovery Kit. One flash drive is designed to be as small as possible for easy travel, the other is designed to recover your files and folders after a major computer failure. What makes these drives unique? Why consider either of them? Let's take a closer look and find out.

HP finally has refreshed its business tablet, the 2710p, with the 2730p. Same ultra-thin design, but with some new features. HP calls it the EliteBook 2730p Notebook PC since it offers the functionality of a notebook with the flexibility of a tablet. The 2730 is equipped with a Core 2 Duo ULV or LV processor and meets the military standard for tests including dust, altitude and high temperature.

With touch technology becoming more and more popular and the thing to have, it's a no brainer that Microsoft would take it to the next level. They managed to take the technology used in the Microsoft Surface and put it to use in a sphere shape. It's a very interesting concept and it brings big hopes for Tablet PC touch technology.

If you purchased a tablet or notebook in the past couple of years, chances are pretty good that you were stuck with a glossy plastic finish whether you liked it or not. These notebooks look great when new, but they get full of fingerprints or worse, scratches. Just the act of sliding the tablet/notebook into a backpack can scratch some of these delicate surfaces, and from then on they look horrible. All hope is not lost though, as you can lessen or completely remove the scratches with a bit of elbow grease and some plastic polish. This guide covers all the basics and hopefully shows you how to get your notebook looking great again.

These days everyone is always trying to reduce their travel time and avoid headaches.  In response, several manufacturers have designed a checkpoint friendly laptop bag for all you road warriors out there.  According to CODi, the new Phantom CT3 will allow travelers to avoid taking out their laptop when going through security and has been approved by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). 

Lenovo today introduced the ThinkPad W700, a 17-inch widescreen mobile workstation offering unique innovations like a built-in digitizer surface and color calibrator for graphic artists and designers.

Fujitsu recently announced the addition of the LifeBook T5010 to their Tablet PC line-up. The T5010 is the successor to the T4220 and it sports a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo processor. The T5010 also has a 13.3" active digitizer display that is very nice looking. This business focused tablet is great for taking notes and giving presentations. Check out what we think about this sleek new LifeBook and how it performs.

In part four of our ongoing series, we take an in-depth look at memory inside notebook/tablet computers. What are the terms you need to know? Why does it matter? What can more (or faster) RAM do for you? You'll find answers to these questions and more after the jump.

In the final "A Student's Survival Guide to Tablet Computing" article, Shaun Mahal will be discussing the right equipment and accessories needed for daily use, as well as some buying tips. He discusses the best bag for your tablet, what you need for proper back up and sharing capabilities and more. So check out the best ways to stay organized and on-the-go with your Tablet PC.

Right now we are taking this news with a grain of salt because these specs could change, but it's good news if it's accurate. The X200 tablet was spotted on a spec sheet that showed up on the web page for the Hong Kong Baptist University, but it has a picture of the regular X200, so it could just be a misprint.

The ASUS Eee PC 901 is the new update to the Eee PC ... the affordable mini notebook that shook up the notebook market in 2007. This $550 mobile companion features the new Intel Atom processor, but is it the best choice for your next travel laptop? We took an in-depth look at the Eee PC 901 to find out if this mini notebook has enough performance and features to take the top spot in the popular budget ultraportable category.