Different uses for laptops
Thursday 30th September at 02:04 pm by Allie Finnie | View/edit commentsHere at The Laptop Specialist we see laptops that have had lots of different uses, from candle holders, to plates, to coasters for drinks - none of these would be something we would suggest though. But I was definitely surprised to read a story today about a man who used his laptop as a shield against a tornado! He was sitting in a chair in his mobile home using his laptop when the tornado struck. The ceiling came crashing down so Jack Woolley held his laptop over his head to protect himself. Not much was salvaged from his home once the tornado had ripped through it, but luckily both Jack and his laptop came out of the ordeal okay, with the laptop still running.
Lets hope none of us have to put our laptop up against the tornado test!
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Pixel Qi have released a second screen for your laptop. The entire module can be plugged into a laptop or phones via USB and it creates an additional screen.
I saw this great laptop stand today and felt that after our blog post at the begining of August highlighting some health tips for laptop use, it was worth posting up here. Its light, thin and ultra portable and will help with your sitting position while working on your laptop. Its an American website but they have worldwide shipping. 
Samsung have developed an eight gigabyte memory stick for laptops. They claim it uses about half as much power as two 4GB DDR3 modules. They haven’t confirmed pricing or release date as yet but have announced it will be available as an add-on for Dell’s Precision M6500 laptop, so chances are it should be available to the public in the near future.
Police have issued a warning over a laptop scam. At the moment it seems to be occurring only in Leicester, but I felt it would be a good opportunity to remind you all to stay vigilant. The victims have been shown a laptop and when they hand over the cash they are given a bag that contains bottles or cardboard and the men then take off at high speed! 
Fujitsu is hoping that new research could help remove some power cords like Bluetooth keyboards removed many of the cables we have at home or at work. 
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This is one for the ladies - or indeed any of you guys out there who would like to spoil your other half.
Intel will be highlighting the benefits of its next-generation Core chip at its conference next week. The new chip - Sandy Bridge - is hoped to bring significant improvements to both the graphics and applications for both pc’s and laptops. 
Do you find your laptop bag being weigh down by an adapter the size of a brick? Well Cooler Master has brought out the 
Here's a nifty new invention especially designed for the business traveler. If you often find yourself in an airport departure lounge with nowhere comfortable or convenient to set up your laptop then have a look at this.
How many of you have experienced the joy of buying a new laptop, eagerly waiting for it to be delivered, finally receiving and un-boxing it, finally getting your sleek looking machine in your hands, only to open the laptop and find your lovely new machine plastered with advertising stickers telling you what it has inside! What use are these stickers if you've already bought the machine, surely you would have found out before buying it what the laptop contained? And then you have the time consuming task of trying to scrape off the stickers with out ruining the machine. Well luckily for us AMD feel the same way about the stickers and are giving the manufactures the option of whether they want to apply them or not. And if the decision is to have the stickers then AMD has developed easy peel one! At last someone who is listening to the consumer, lets hope now that the other companies follow suit.
Well it seems to be Toshiba's turn to have a massive recall due to a burn hazard. The overheating is affecting the Toshiba Satelite T135, Satelite T135D and Satelite Pro T130 notebook models. 41,000 were sold worldwide from August 2009 through to August 2010. For more information and to find out how to proceed if you have one of the affected models 
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