Digital City No. 58: Apple vs. Psystar
Digital City No. 57: Hands on with PS3 Netflix; luxury laptops; and Modern Warfare 2 drops early
Digital City No. 56: Mixed news for Nintendo, plus the social utility of the iPhone
Hands-on with DJ Hero
Before you buy: Laptops and Netbooks
Digital City No. 55: PS3's Netflix play; Sony's Vaio X; and Halloween horrors
Digital City No. 54: Taxi cell phone ban; Nintendo's holiday gamble; and the Ballad of Balloon Boy
Apple MacBook (fall 2009)
Nokia jumps into the Netbook game with the 'Booklet 3G'
Digital City No. 53: Netbook gaming, Dell's new Adamo, and the Steve Jobs jack-o-lantern

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November 19, 2009 HP Envy 15-1050nr

Editor's rating: 3.5 stars

November 13, 2009 Alienware M15x (Intel Core i7 720QM, 250GB HDD, 3GB)

Editor's rating: 4.0 stars

November 10, 2009 Nokia Booklet 3G (black)

Editor's rating: 3.5 stars

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November 20, 2009 Grand Theft Florence: Hands on with 15th-century Italy in Assassin's Creed II

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November 19, 2009 Hands-on with the Asus 3D laptop

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November 18, 2009 Asus packs an Eee PC Netbook with Nvidia Ion and a dual-core Intel Atom

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November 5, 2008 "Question from Dan_Ackerman 2:46:03 PM"

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November 11, 2009 "Hey guys -- I have to admit I haven''t read..."

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October 23, 2009 "My buddy Russ at MTV just filmed himself drinking..."

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October 23, 2009 "Yeah, I'm not gonna lie to you...I've been..."

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Dan Ackerman has written about technology, games, music, and nightlife for more than a decade, including stints as senior editor at UGO.com and editor in chief of Clubplanet. A former radio DJ with a couple of albums under his belt (look him up on iTunes), his work has appeared in publications including Blender, USA Today, Sync, and amNewYork.
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