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Sony VAIO VGN FW198U H This first of its kind 16.4 inch beauty combines the power of a desktop replacement with the portability of a mainstream machine. 2099

Firefox 3 The latest version of our favorite browser offers the speed you need, along with better security, a smart address bar, and enough bells and whistles to push it ahead of the competition.

Firefox 3 The latest version of our favorite browser offers the speed you need, along with better security, a smart address bar, and enough bells and whistles to push it ahead of the competition.

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The release of the trailer for the upcoming Watchmen movie prompted me to dig through my old comic books.  Look at what I found:

That’s issue number one of Watchmen. I bought that back in 1986 when I was thirteen. Almost twenty-three years later, Dr. Manhattan is finally coming to the big screen.

The Acer Aspire One is a ultra-portable laptop, similar to the Asus Eee PC. It comes standard with Linux (Linplus distro), an 8GB solid-state drive, 512MB RAM, wireless 802.11b/g, and a memory card reader. It has upgrades for an 120GB drive to replace the 8GB SSD, 1GB RAM, wireless 802.11n, mobile broadband support, and Windows XP. Features Intel Atom Processor (1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB) 512MB, 1GB 8.9" LED Backlight LCD Screen 1024×600 Resolution Memory Card Reader 10/100 Ethernet 3 or 7 hours battery life with 3 or 6 cell battery, respectively Blue or White

Tor.com is still giving away un-DRMed electronic editions of several books as part of their freebies bonanza through Sunday the 27th.  Some favorites of mine including Old Man’s War, Crystal Rain, Four and Twenty Blackbirds, and Orphans of Chaos are there.  If you have a Kindle, you can grab them for free though the Kindle store.

Okay Lazyweb, help me find what I’m lookin’ fer. I want a mobile shoppin’/todo list app that me lady and I can both use t’ keep shared lists. I’ve got an iPhone, Susan has a Blackberry Curve — it should be easy t’ use on either o’ those devices. And o’ course, we’d want t’ be able t’ edit our lists via our desktop web browsers, as well.

It should:

• support multiple lists
• support sharin’ lists betwixt multiple scallywags
• make it super easy t’ check off items
• be able t’ sync th’ latest list updates from anywhere
• be easy t’ use on iPhone, Blackberry, or any web browser
• be inexpensive

It doesn’t have t’ have (but could):

• support store-specific lists
• be aware o’ what aisle items are on
• support recipe ingredient lists or meal plannin’ functions
• support item categories within lists

I looked at a few list applications fer th’ iPhone in th’ App Store, and I did some searches on th’ general intarwebs, but th’ apps I found all fell down in some way. The usual failin’ were that they didn’t support (or at least didn’t make it clear that it would support) sharin’ lists betwixt scallywags, or weren’t cross-platform.

Is anybody out there aware o’ such an app? Given me failure t’ locate one meself, I’m inclined t’ think that either 1) me Google-fu were weak that day, 2) th’ app I’m lookin’ fer exists but needs better SEO (this is what I suspect), 3) developers o’ th’ existin’ list apps aren’t doin’ a good job o’ highlightin’ all o’ their features (which I also suspect), or 4) there is an openin’ in that market space that would be pretty easy t’ fill. If I thought I could spare th’ time, I’d try t’ develop a service like that, meself.