Dell just unleashed seven new Latitude business botebooks yesterday and definately didn’t hold back on the improvements. Although the accompanying options for each of the notebooks vary, here are some of the new features you can expect from all of them:

• Extended battery life- up to 19 hours!

• Connectivity- Wi-Fi, mobile broadband, WWAN, Ultra-wideband, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, WiMax

• Security- Fingerprint readers, hardware-based encryption, ControlVault, Smart Card

• Control- Centralized control, via Dell’s ControlPoint software

• Design- Full-frame magnesium alloy construction, and all metal hinges.

For more info head over to Direct2Dell

Like most other music fans out there I own a ipod, but oddly enough I hardly ever use it, mostly on account that I always forget to charge it. I have never wanted to dish out the dough for a ipod dock or speaker system, and thus have always relied on charging it through my computer, which is annoying for two reasons. First, if you completely deplete the battery, the ipod can’t even begin to charge until after being connected to my laptop for quite some time, since the usb port doesn’t have enough power to get past some type of “charge threshold” (as explained by one of the fellas at apple’s genius bar). Secondly, my laptop actually has to be on in order to be able to charge the dam thing, which can be annoying when I don’t want to actually use the laptop.

Well luckily computer manufacturers are finally catching on to this obvious fix-it..well only one at this point, but I’m sure many will follow. Toshiba recently unveiled a new line of laptops with a feature called the “sleep and charge”, which does exactly what the name signals; the ability to charge your favorite usb powered gadgets without the need for the computer to be on. It’s definitely not enough to make me buy one, but I’m hopeful Apple catches on soon.

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