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Rare Book

It really is the Sony Way. Take a product that’s been around for a while, soup it up, throw in every possible feature imaginable, and make it smaller and lighter than everyone else’s machine.

Then double the price.

Ask Engadget: best desktop OS for kids?

We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is coming to us from Ryan, who can't wait to get his kid fixated on the wonderful world of computers.

Switched On: Desktop divergence

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

Lenovo U1 tablet arrives at FCC, finally

Well, hello there little guy. Did you get lost on your way to production? Many, many moons since we got our first hands-on with the thing it looks like the Lenovo U1 has found the way to retail reality, making a stop by at the FCC to ensure that it can, some day, be released -- somewhere.

Budget-Conscious All-in-One Desktop Cuts Too Many Corners

MSI has long been one of the more innovative hardware manufacturers in town — an honorific I bestow upon them solely based on their ability to cleverly mimic Apple hardware while undercutting Apple’s pricing by about half.

Watch Windows 8's new Metro login while this creepy guy watches you (video)

Remember that leaked build of Windows 8 that hit the torrents just a few days back? Already old hat. That was build 7850.

Microsoft and ASUS show off all the stylish stylus action you can have on an Eee Slate (video)

It's the year 2011, but it might as well be 2001.

Ask Engadget: best PC alternative to 13-inch MacBook Air?

We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Sheikh Adnan Abdullah, who seems to need a MacBook Air not made by Apple (or a KIRF counterpart).