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Between Netbooks and thin-and-light laptops lies the elusive ultraportable category. What's the best model you can buy right now? The MacBook Air and Acer TimelineX AS1830T step into the Prizefight ring to battle it out.

Most Mac users know you can take a screenshot by using keyboard commands, but what if you want something more from your screen capture utility?

Apple's new $1,999 iMac comes with a faster CPU and a new graphics card, helping this 27-inch all-in-one desktop stay as competitive in performance as it already was in screen size. Despite the still-frustrating absence of an HDMI port, we have no qualms recommending this system for work or play.

Sophos announces a free antivirus program for Mac, Microsoft lets you sign into Hotmail with other e-mail accounts, and Google unveils search tools that will make you be a more informed voter today.

Want a simple way to turn your Mac on and off automatically? No need for third-party software--that feature is built right in, and Veronica shows you how on today's Tekzilla Daily.

With its thoughtful features, Dell's charming little Inspiron Zino HD is perfectly suited to serve up HD content to your living room. We wish it had more general computing speed, and design purists will find the Mac Mini more sophisticated, but on balance we recommend it, especially to more casual home theater PC enthusiasts.

This week, we play around with Apple's new 11-inch MacBook Air; debate the latest Samsung Galaxy Tab pricing news; and decide if we're comfortable with full-body scanners coming to NYC airports.

By doing more to differentiate, and dropping the entry price, the new MacBook Air succeeds in carving out more than an enthusiast niche for itself.

We'll break down all of Apple's announcements, Steve scolds me--again, FaceTime comes to the Mac, and you'll be touching, swiping, and pinching a Lion.

This week on the CNET Tech Review: Apple's new cutting-edge MacBook Air; an Editors' Choice Gateway fit for the living room; FaceTime for the Mac is not for the vain; and the 2010 Dodge Challenger is bad...to the bone.