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When Dell grabbed Alienware for itself four years ago three key execs decided to say thanks, but no thanks.

Instead they formed ‘Origin‘ and went about building things the way Alienware originally did and created the Eon18 laptop.

The Eon18 has a distinct Alienwareness about it and, as you’d expect, this lappy is quite the customisable puter. It comes with an 18.4″ full HD widescreen, dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M GPUs, 7.1 high-def audio, and up to three 250GB SSDs. It bounces with a Core 2 Extreme Quad QX9300 at the mo but on the otherside of this weekend it’ll be rocking a Core i7.

Ok, so there’s bigger, more hardcore portable gamers out there but the fact that customisation includes whatever colour and design you want for the lid as well as being able to slap your own name or logo on the case instead of it saying ‘Origin’ must score some cool points. Vanity much? ;)

Remember, this laptop is coming from a bunch of people that are obviously passionate about gaming and their products. As if to underline this fact, all their puters come with a lifetime labour guarantee and whilst they’re still a moderate size you’ll be getting boutique level support.

Here’s an overview of the Eon18:
The ORIGIN EON18 is pure portable domination. No more choosing between lugging your desktop or having to play on a subpar laptop, with ORIGIN you’ll have the best in mobile gaming in your hands. When you step through the door with this beast under your arm everyone will know, its game over man!
Gamers looking for portability without sacrificing their gaming experience. Hardware enthusiasts who want a personalized laptop with dedicated support. DJs that want their logo in lights on the front of their laptop.
Who wants the EON18 the most:
• • •
Features and Benefits:
• See every detail of your opponents demise with the 18.4″ Full HD Widescreen
• Put your name in lights with ORIGIN’s customizable multi-color top cover logo
• In a world filled with copycats, be original with ORIGIN’s custom paint options
• Lifetime Phone/Online Support and Lifetime Labor means ORIGIN always has your back
• With ORIGIN’s dedicated support team you never have to deal with anonymous agents that don’t know your name
• 72 hour benchmarks, burn in, and testing ensures every EON18 ships with only the best performing components
• Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M’s provide the most powerful mobile graphics to run any game with ultra high detail and smooth frame rates.
• Don’t deprive your ears the fun your eyes are getting. Get the full experience with all your games and movies with the ORIGIN EON’s optical
digital out and 7.1 High Definition Audio
• Secret agent status awaits, be the only one with access to your ORIGIN EON18 with the integrated high precision fingerprint reader
• The ORIGIN EON18 is equipped with a full size keyboard complete with numeric pad for a familiarity essential to elite gaming
• Programmable gaming buttons will give you the advantage in any game.
• Make no compromises with the ability for one optical drive and three hard drives in your ORIGIN EON18
Features/Specs: Dimensions: (H)1.7″ x (W)17.25″ x (D)11.75″ Customization and Personalization:
• • •
Customizable top cover ORIGIN logo Multi-color lights on ORIGIN top cover logo, front vent, and rear vent Unlimited color and design options on ORIGIN top cover
Hardware:
• Video Card: Up to SLI Dual 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280M
• Display: 18.4″ Full HD 1920 x 1080 – (1080p) Wide L2,499CD (16:9 Aspect Ratio)
• Processor: Up to Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme Quad QX9300 (12MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
• Memory: Up to 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 – 1333Mhz
• Optical Drive: Up to Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner Combo (BD-R, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
• Hard Drive: Up to three 250GB SSD
• RAID Configurations: RAID 0 and RAID 1
• Network Adapter: Built-In Wireless 802.11 a/g/draft-n
• Audio: Integrated High-Definition Audio with 4 Channel support
• Media Card Reader: Built-In 7-in-1 Media Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/SD/Mini-SD)
• TV Tuner: Built-In Digital TV Tuner with Remote (optional)
• Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
• Keyboard:
• Full size keyboard w/ numeric pad • Programmable Gaming Buttons (G1 – G8)
• Touch Sensitive Volume Control and Access Buttons
• Battery: 12-cell Lithium-Ion Battery
• Starting at price: $2,070

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Apple Tablet will be Subsidised by UK Phone Networks

by Jay Garrett on January 21, 2010

Well, lovers of all that is shiny and gadgety!

Looks like the UK will be getting some Apple-styled Tablet love as it appears that the fruity tech maker is chatting with UK operators over network partnerships for its much talked-about tablet PC.

Orange, O2 and Vodafone are all claimed to be drooling in anticipation of stocking the latest big noise in the tech world.

All reckon that the operators will bundle the iSlate in with 3G mobile broadband contracts (just like they do with netbooks, etc) and thus subsidising the rumoured £800 it’s expected to cost.

Apple’s tablet PC is expected to be flashed and photographed reality on January 27th when the San Francisco-based company unveils its “latest creation”.

This follows the little glissade de la langue (slip of the tongue) by a French Orange executive who claimed his company would be stocking the new creation – of course this was quickly retracted.

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VIA Brings Worlds First USB 3.0 Hub Controller – VL810

January 5, 2010 Click to read more →
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USB 3.0 is pretty-much here and will probably been more in evidence at CES.
Thankfully the Taiwan-based PC accessory maker VIA has prepped its snappily named VIA VL810 SuperSpeed Hub Controller – this is the world’s first USB 3.0 hub controller.
It can handle data transfer speeds of up to 5Gb/s and features one upstream [...]

Sexier Than an iMac – The Philco PC is Bringing the ’50s Sexy Back!

December 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Philco PC is lovingly based on the fantastically futuristic and totally iconic Philco Predicta television set (check the gallery below) as well as some Steampunk influences.
The re-imagining of the 50’s style set into a contemporary computer includes some real nice touches.
Take the typewriteresque keyboard or the mouse which resembles something that would normally be [...]

B&W Zeppelin MM-1 Computer / Laptop Speakers – Should be Called Mmmmmmmm – 1

November 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ah, the heady world of PC and Laptop speakers.
There are some nice ones out there as is there some interesting ones – just look at these and these!
But when you mention the name Bowers & Wilkins and computer speakers – then you have to take note.
You read right my gadgety faithful – the same people [...]

AQ Amigo Flatpack Portable Stero Speaker Bar Balances on Laptop Screen

November 11, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’ve yet to find a laptop that actually has great speakers that give decent depth and clarity.
At home I have my laptop go through my little Denon mini system that chucks the noise out through some Q Audio monitor speakers – all well and good til I hit the road with said lappy.
I’ve tried various [...]

1 in 4 Gamers Pay and Download Instead of Leaving Their Gaming Chairs – What’s a High Street Again?

October 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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Gamers love to have the latest and bestest and it shows that 25% of gamers surveyed said that paying for and downloading the digital only version is the way forward.
The International Gamers Survey, conducted by Today’s Gamers took in the opinion of 13,000 gamers across Europe and the United States and found that, on average, [...]

Samsung Opens Its Application Store Door to UK

September 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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Samsung has followed the likes of trail-blazers, Apple by launching a mobile app store in the UK.
This new service (initially only available to Samsung Omnia i8910 handset owners) will offer around 300 applications from the usual selection of categories including games, social networking apps and productivity tools.
Support for more phones is expected before the [...]

Apple iPad Tablet Has Been Handled

August 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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There’s more Apple iTablet news now it seems someone has actually played with the device!
The latest rumour has landed via finance site Barrons – apparently a shadowy analyst has managed to get some hands-on time with the ’slate-style computer’ predicted to be released somewhere between September 2009 and the beginning of next year, for [...]

Pioneer XD09 Looks Like a CD Case but Writes and Reads DVD’s

July 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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If you love highly portable stuff then check out this Pioneer DVD writer.
The freshly announced XD09 measures in at 5.24 x 0.58 x 5.24-inches and 8 ounces, or slightly heftier than the average CD case.
Pioneer claims that it’s the most compact drive design yet and it certainly looks like it.
This means if you carry [...]

Project Natal Coming to Your TV and PC Soon!

July 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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It sounds like Microsoft isn’t settling for just bringing its gesture recognition Natal stuff to the Xbox – the Big M has its beadey little eyes on Windows, according to a very good source: That source happens to be a certain Microsoft Chairman, Bill Gates.
Gates spoke to CNET News and talked about a world where [...]

PQI Cool Drive – USB Stick That Will Also Cojoin Your Computers

June 25, 2009 Click to read more →
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The PQI Cool Drive U360 looks pretty much like any other USB drive but it holds a neat trick up its sleeve – oh yes!
The tricksy USB stick can also be used to transfer data between two computers, with its built in software and mini USB port.
El Neato – huh?
Shove one end of the USB into [...]