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
Sony unveils new Windows 7 Vaio PCs
Digital City No. 52: Apple tablet rumors; checking out Uncharted 2; and living with the PSPgo

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November 2, 2009 Sony Vaio X (VPC-X115KX/N Signature Collection, gold)

Editor's rating: 3.5 stars

October 22, 2009 Apple MacBook Fall 2009 (Core 2 Duo 2.26GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Nvidia GeForce 9400M)

Editor's rating: 4.0 stars

October 19, 2009 Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q850

Editor's rating: 3.5 stars

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November 6, 2009 Hands-on with the Nokia Booklet 3G

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November 5, 2009 CNET's holiday 2009 retail desktop and laptop review roundup

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November 5, 2009 Getting to know Gay Tony in Grand Theft Auto IV

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Remember Nokia's cool-looking Booklet 3G Netbook? Just got my hands on one -- impressions and pics here: http://bit.ly/4mD13P
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RT @libe_goad: Get the very first look at the new Bejeweled Blitz for iPhone (it works with the FaceBook Connect, too) http://is.gd/4OROK
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Hands-on video and impressions of the new super-fancy Dell Adamo XPS: http://bit.ly/3aWFTe
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@gizmogladstone "check[ing] out the sweetest-looking, thinnest notebook yet." -- I wonder what that could be? ;)
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Almost forgot - this week's Digital City is now avail for streaming/download: featuring the psychology of the iPhone: http://bit.ly/43NZLe
6:01 PM on November 3

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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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