Want to be more eco-conscious about how you use your computer?

Well there's a USB gadget to help you with that. The USB Eco Button doesn't allow you to do anything your computer doesn't already do - I mean - I bet there already is a power off and an energy-saver option on your computer... but the Eco Button just makes the power-save option more visible and so does make it easier for you to save power.

With 8-core chips being the current wunder-boys of the chip world, and with most new computers sold today featuring dual or quad-core chips, it may come as surprise that the new chips on the horizon aren't 12 or 18 core bits of silicon, but 100 core.

How the hell do they fit the extra 92 cores in?

I don't know, but a semi-conductor company called Tilera with connections to MIT university in Boston claims they do, and their 100 cores processors are expected to be on the market from early next year.

It's big, it's shiny and its got a subwoofer. The Pavilion dV8 Entertainment laptop - the new PC from HP is all about home entertaining at high quality.

With a 18.4-inch screen it's pushing into the desktop replacement category and with high-definition, an ultra-widescreen display and a built-in TV tuner it looks like it's also trying to replace your TV. Oh and there's a blu-ray disk reader as well.

Don't you dare just use this to watch drunk squirrel videos on Youtube.

Helloo... Adamo.

Two new images of the sexy high-end Adamo XPS from Dell have slipped out to the press. This computer is slim: 9.99mm to be exact. Check out the interesting balancing act it does when open, with the keyboard raised at a slant and only the edge of it and the bottom of the screen touching the table. Ooo.

MTV always makes me wish I was a bit cooler and had a neon hoodie. Now it's making me want a laptop. To be more precise - the official MTV Europe Awards 09 laptop.

Dell is sponsoring this year's MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) in Berlin, and to mark the occasion, it's launching a limited-edition laptop featuring the sexy case design you can see on the left.

Andrea mentioned the release of the W5900G Notino laptop from Hi Grade last week - we just got our hands on it today and thought we'd give it a quick refresh.

The big selling point of the W5900 is the design. The glossy hardback case of the W5900 looks a like collaboration between Gustav Klimt and Sex and the City. It's a picture of girls (on a catwalk? shopping?) in pretty little mosaic dresses.

I don't know if the gloss wears off, but it is shiny and there's a strange distorted fishnet background that gets a bit hypnotic if you keep looking at it. Anyway. There's also a pink leopard skin one, I like the sound of that, and a graffiti design. And the inside, with its white buttons, silver facing and blue details is pretty cute too.

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The girl's tech world is split between women who are happy to buy a girl's laptop and others who refuse point blank to go for anything that they don't see as serious technology.

I have to say I think I'm in the middle. I admit I have a pink netbook, but, I read the specs before I bought it.

However, if you are the kind of girl that goes for fashion then these new laptops are for you.

Hi-Grade has launched its W5900 custom laptop range with a design to suit "all fashion conscious females."

Following on from Hi-Grade's success with its pink W5700P laptop, the computer manufacturer has apparently recognised that women are "currently leading the way in the consumer technology market and customisation is becoming an important way to stand out from the crowd."

The three new designs within the range include the Graffiti pattern, the pink leopard print design and the shopping range, which features four fashionable women on a sleek black background.

Unfortuantely we haven't got any specs to hand, apart from the fact the laptops come with Windows Vista Home. They cost £394.50.

Friends, men and cats come and go, but you're going to have a laptop for at least two years, so you should pay attention when you're getting one. It may not be the most important thing in your life, but the bond between a girl and her laptop is always a special one.

Even if you've got a snazzy bells-and-whistles desktop computer, you'll probably want something to watch a DVD on while sitting in bed, or just something that can move.

So of course it's worth getting a laptop that suits you, and that doesn't necessarily mean the most expensive one. Work out what you need and don't pay for things you aren't that fussed about.

We cast a beady eye over Seven Things to Take into Consideration when buying a laptop.

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Mouse mats are one of those items you don't tend to give much thought to. Generally you either use the rubbish Windows one that came free with your computer, or a novelty football one that you got as a joke Christmas/Secret Santa present. Well I've just discovered some rather adorable designs from My favourite Mirror. There's something a little bit edgy about all the designs, and the one pictured just happens to be the one that appeals to me most, but there are LOADS to browse through, They measure in a 7.5 inches wide and would really brighten up your workspace.

$15 from My favourite Mirror [via Domestic Sluttery]

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The problem with gaming on a laptop rather than a desktop tends to be the slow processing speeds, and the fact that your lappie isn't always equipped to handle graphic heavy programmes that use a lot of RAM. Well the next gen of gamers laptops are about to appear, and they're in the Alienware family, famous for already producing cutting edge computers for gamers in the know.

They're describing the M17x rather optimistically as the 'Most-Powerful 17" Laptop in Universe', but when you look at the specs it seems they may be telling the truth.

How do you sell a computer to women? Give them a pinikified website with a female friendly name and they'll be like, totally all over it. Umm yeah. That seemed to be the genius behind the marketing campaign from Dell, who were looking to get women interested in the Dell netbooks.

Feedback on the site hasn't been as positive as Dell would have hoped (think angry jeering from women who know what a netbook is), and they just re-branded their site AGAIN with slightly less pink graphics (see old version below).

If you're a peripheral person you'll be pleased to hear about the latest creation in Movea's mouse range, the Air Mouse GO Plus. This expands of the features of their previous offering buy giving consumers the option of three assignable buttons to customize their experience.

The mouse lets you work wireless with your computer within a 30 meter radius of clear vision, and the buttons lets you programme features into your device. You can set up specialized buttons for opining applications and playing media, as well as utilizing the gyroscopic features by flicking your wrist to change the volume.

At CES MSI told us about its ultra light laptop the X320, that would rival the MacBook Air for weight and design, and existed in a spectrum of beauty so pure that eyes would weep at its glossy finish and ultra refined keyboard layout.

Well times have moved on, and now not only is the ultra lovely X320 available to purchase, it has already been outdone by it's younger but spec heavier brother, the X340.

Another day, another new netbook hits the market, but this one is looking rather tasty.

The latest offering from Toshiba offers consumers a 10.1 inch LCD screen, which has a great backlit display to reduce strain on the eyes. It includes an extra large touchpad and a keypad that's almost full size.

The NB200 comes with integrated broadband and wireless LAN, and features the Intel graphic 945GSE chipset. You can also choose the processor power you require, from the N270 Intel Atom, or the more powerful Intel N280 which should makes internet browsing a breeze.

LG has just released details of the latest monitor in its range, and as well as the usual HD capabilities, it's also optimized to reduce strain on the eyes. If you ever end the day with itchy watery eyes, this could be a lifesaver as they've fitted it with an Auto Brightness feature that optimises the picture settings and screen brightness based on surrounding light sources.

This means that your eyes will never have to strain to make out text and the screen should always be the correct resolution. The computer also includes a timer that reminds you to take breaks from your computer at regular intervals- a great excuse to go get that KitKat!

The HP dv2 notebook was on show at CES 2009, but with all the chaos going on we didn't pay it much attention. Today we got to glimpse its sleek shiny curves just before it goes on sale, and are pretty impressed.

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