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PCWorld.com has announced details of Alienware’s upcoming All Powerful M17X gaming laptop.

This new gaming laptop is equipped with a 17-inch display with 1920 x 1200 resolution, a Core 2 Extreme quad-core CPU, a pair of 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPUs, an 8GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory, an optional 1TB of 7200-rpm hard drive or 512GB SSD, FireWire, 4 USB ports, an eSATA port, an ExpressCard slot, 802.11n WiFi, a DisplayPort, an HDMI out, a dual layer Blu-ray, an 8-in-1 media card reader and a nine-cell battery. Prices start at $1,799 when it “officially” arrives.

The Aino is the first touchscreen slider from Sony Ericsson that stores a number pad and navigation keys right under its 3-inch display.

It is also the first phone with Remote Play, so you can remotely control your PS3 and watch videos from it over Wi-Fi or anywhere through the internet.

Other features include an impressive 8.1MP camera with flash and image stabilization, 3G connectivity and assisted GPS.

The Sony Ericsson Aino will be released this Fall.
No info on pricing at this time.

Firefox 3.5 is getting closer to completion, the development leader on the project said release candidate 1 will b e good to go in two days.

RC1 will be a significant milestone for Mozilla. It was originally slated to be a minor update to Firefox 3.0 and due by the end of 2008 but was scaled up to a version 3.5 upgrade after Google’s rival open source Chrome browser surprised many when it hit the market last September.

It’s been a longer than expected haul to Firefox 3.5’s release.

The specs of the upcoming Nokia N900 internet tablet have been unveiled.
Measuring 59.7mm x 111mm x 18.2mm and weighing at 180grams, the successor to the current N810 will be featured by a 3.5-inch 800×480 (WVGA) touchscreen, OMAP3430 500/600 Mhz processor, a 1GB total virtual runtime memory, a 32GB internal storage (expandable up to 48GB via external memory), a 5.0MP Carl Zeiss camera with dual-LED flash, auto-focus and sliding cover.

Other features include Wi-Fi, HSPA, GPS, and accelerometer. However, there is no confirmation from Nokia so far.

After the guessing games of last week, it has been officially announced that Microsoft will definitely be issuing the final release candidate for Windows 7 next month.

The Windows 7 RC will go out to MSDN and TechNet professionals on 30 April and more widely on 5 May. After that, it’s almost certain that the retail version will appear in the summer, probably in July.

Although Microsoft announced a32 per cent drop in quarterly profits this week, its shares rose when it became clear that the much-anticipated operating system would get an early release.

Also, fears about backwards compatibility for older pieces of software look to have been eased after leaks suggest Windows 7 will be able to emulate Windows XP.

Experts at SuperSite for Windows say XP Mode will come as a free download for users of the Professional and Ultimate versions of Windows 7.

Reportedly, it will offer a virtual workspace running XP with Service Pack 3 inside a container that remains separate from the rest of the OS.

Microsoft says you’ll be able to get your hands on the legit Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 bits on May 5, the Windows 7 RC will be officially available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers on April 30th, and will be made publicly available on May 5th.

Two researchers at the Hack In The Box conference are claiming they found a way to gain access to any Windows 7computer undetected. Their weapon of choice is a 3kb app named VBootkit 2.0.

According to network world, the researchers said the hack is unfixable, as it loads itself into the system memory during bootup, which virus scanners will struggle to detect. The exploit then gives the CYBERTERRORIST the ability to pretty much do whatever they want on whatever computer they’re targeting. But don’t panic—this can’t be installed remotely, so they’d have to physically use your machine to pull this off.