Digital City No. 39: Billy Mays vs. The Conduit vs. Windows 7
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Digital City No. 37: iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre vs. the RIAA vs. laptop battery tests
Digital City No. 36: New MacBooks vs. the E3 report vs. Joey's Palm Pre
Digital City Ep. 35: Post-E3 impressions, Palm Pre vs. iPhone, and the upcoming WWDC
Digital City No.34: E3 2009 Preview Special
Digital City No. 33: Facebook vs Twitter, and Intel's billion-dollar fine
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July 10, 2009 Dell i1545-012B

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July 8, 2009 Acer Aspire One 751h-1545

Editor's rating: 3.5 stars

July 1, 2009 HP Pavilion dv7-2185DX

Editor's rating: 3.5 stars

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July 10, 2009 Back-to-school 2009 retail laptop roundup: Sony's Vaio FW480 is our favorite high-end model

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July 10, 2009 HP Pavilion dv6-1030us

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July 8, 2009 Google's Chrome OS and Netbooks: Why Microsoft shouldn't worry...yet

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