This has to be either the most wonderful idea ever, or the most impractical. Part of me loves the idea of carrying a laptop bag which looks like I’m packing some serious heat. Get away criminals! Stay away evildoers!

The other part of me says this is useless outside of the USA where you are more likely to be shot yourself for carrying an illegal weapon.

Let’s put it this way - I won’t be carrying this when I travel over to England this week….

[ via Geek Sugar ]

Engadget is reporting that Sony’s worst kept secret, the Santa Rosa-based Vaio CR series has finally been shown.

Best of all, Sony is continuing to embrace multi-colors for these swanky new laptops, instead of the usual boring silver / grey / black look so beloved by far too many companies.

With nice LED keyboard-bordering and the option to pick up a color-coordinated mouse and bag too - what more could a girl want? You can pick this beauty up from $1,350 for Core 2 Duo T7100 goodness and a whopping 2GB of RAM.

Not that we need an excuse to post pink. But it’s fun all the same. A few little goodies for your Valentines Day pleasure.

Fancy a little pink computing action? Pick up the Philips X55P. An ultra portable 12.1-inch Core 2 Duo bundle of girly joy. Packed with a 100GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM and that dual-layer DVD burner you just can’t live without. And that Vista thing we’ve been hearing so much about comes pre-installed. Get it? Got it? Good.

Philips X55P Ultraportable Laptop Pricetag: $1300

I’m loving me some Sumo today. A few weeks ago I looked high and low for an affordable girly alternative to the black targus office bag I’ve been lugging my laptops around in for four years. I ended up getting some sort of sorry excuse for a sleeve instead of the real deal.

This morning I came across this - browsing Amazon Computer Accessories in a last ditch effort for Christmas Presents when I came across these little goodies.

The Sumo Laptop case (Model 88701SUMO for the interested few) is a 15″ Ladies Nylon 2 Pocket . Go on. Say that in one breath. There’s an extra compartment to help organize all your odds and ends. You know, pens and stuff. Should fit 15in. PowerBooks and any PCs with dimensions up to 13.7in. x 9.5in.

The Sumo Sleeve is made of the same soft, squishy and strong material as most Sumo bags. At only 12 inches wide , the red padded sleeve’s a little more compact than traditional cases. But perfect for me. I’m ordering one now.

Sumo Laptop Sleeve: $41.27

CNN is reporting that Apple announced on Monday a much faster iPhone that’s half the price of the current model. Problem is - there is STILL no pink or nice girly color model on the cards. While there is a white iPhone version available, it isn’t enough Steve Jobs!

The news is expected to address one of the biggest complaints about the hugely popular iPhone: That its Internet browsing is too slow. CEO Steve Jobs said the new iPhone, which is based on 3G technology, is 36% faster than top rival Nokia’s N95 smartphone.
As Fortune.com first reported, the new 8-gigabyte iPhone will cost $199 and a 16-gigabyte version will cost $299. Jobs says the new iPhone will be available worldwide starting July 11. It will allow up to six hours of Web browsing and five hours of talk time.

Jobs announced the 3G iPhone, which had been rumored for months, at the company’s annual World Wide Developers conference in San Francisco.

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