The magic price point for many seems to be $1,000, and thus, following an earlier price cut to the sleek and sexy Dell Adamo, Dell has lowered the price still further, at least for an “entry-level” model. The Dell Adamo Aspire sneaks in under $1,000 for a $999 starting price.

Of course, that’s the starting price. The Dell Adamo Desire comes in at $1,799 to start. What do you get for those prices?

Admire:

• 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with Centrino technology
• Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
• 2GB 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory
• 128GB3 solid state drive

Desire:

• 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with Centrino technology
• Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
• 4GB 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory
• 256GB3 solid state drive
• Mobile Broadband

Shared:

• Super-thin 13.4-inch 16:9 (High Definition; 720p) WLED display
• Full-size keyboard with back-lighting and scalloped, metallic key cap design
• Integrated 1.3 megapixel camera and integrated digital microphone
• IO: Display Port, USBx3 (1 eSATA combination), Audio Out and integrated RJ-45 port
• Communications: Gigabit LOM, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11n (3×3)
• 5+ hr battery life using Li-Polymer cells; 40 Whr

To be clear, none of those prices include the Dell Adamo external DVD-RW drive.

Unlike many of their models, the Adamo isn’t all that customizable in its various forms. Usually you can up the RAM, or the CPU, or whatever on a Dell laptop pretty easily. There’s no way to start with an Admire and add just RAM, and keep the CPU, or vice versa. Want more RAM added to your order, and you have to go to the Admire, instead.

The magic price point for many seems to be $1,000, and thus, following an earlier price cut to the sleek and sexy Dell Adamo, Dell has lowered the price still further, at least for an “entry-level” model. The Dell Adamo Aspire sneaks in under $1,000 for a $999 starting price.

Of course, that’s the starting price. The Dell Adamo Desire comes in at $1,799 to start. What do you get for those prices?

Admire:

• 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with Centrino technology
• Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
• 2GB 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory
• 128GB3 solid state drive

Desire:

• 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with Centrino technology
• Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
• 4GB 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory
• 256GB3 solid state drive
• Mobile Broadband

Shared:

• Super-thin 13.4-inch 16:9 (High Definition; 720p) WLED display
• Full-size keyboard with back-lighting and scalloped, metallic key cap design
• Integrated 1.3 megapixel camera and integrated digital microphone
• IO: Display Port, USBx3 (1 eSATA combination), Audio Out and integrated RJ-45 port
• Communications: Gigabit LOM, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11n (3×3)
• 5+ hr battery life using Li-Polymer cells; 40 Whr

To be clear, none of those prices include the Dell Adamo external DVD-RW drive.

Unlike many of their models, the Adamo isn’t all that customizable in its various forms. Usually you can up the RAM, or the CPU, or whatever on a Dell laptop pretty easily. There’s no way to start with an Admire and add just RAM, and keep the CPU, or vice versa. Want more RAM added to your order, and you have to go to the Admire, instead.

It’s almost about a year or more that techy geeks are waiting that rumors about Apple’s new gadget is real. Apple Inc. unveiled a tablet-style iPad starting at $499, a price tag almost 50% far below what most people are expecting. Other basic iPad models will cost around $599 and $699, depending on the storage capacity, when it comes out in the worldwide market this March. The Apple i-Pad is quite larger than Apple’s popular iPhone, but with similar design.

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It’s almost about a year or more that techy geeks are waiting that rumors about Apple’s new gadget is real. Apple Inc. unveiled a tablet-style iPad starting at $499, a price tag almost 50% far below what most people are expecting. Other basic iPad models will cost around $599 and $699, depending on the storage capacity, when it comes out in the worldwide market this March. The Apple i-Pad is quite larger than Apple’s popular iPhone, but with similar design.

Here’s the Apple iPad prices with…

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This is what happens when you are “in on” some secret Apple information, and you reveal it, even less than a day before the announcement. Tipsters tell VentureBeat that after Terry McGraw, McGraw-Hill’s CEO drooled over the iPad during a CNBC interview on Tuesday, Apple cut the company from their iBook publishing slide (above, via Gizmodo).

Yes, it’s somewhat vindictive, but it’s not surprising and it serves as a warning to others who might want to work with Apple. If it’s something that Apple has under wraps, don’t talk about it until after Steve Jobs has finished his spiel.

Update: McGraw-Hill has responded by saying that it was never part of the iPad announcement anyway, and that it didn’t have any inside information, either. While it’s true that it doesn’t seem Terry McGraw really revealed anything all that sensitive, it’s hard to believe they wouldn’t have been included as part of that slide or as part of the publishers ready to go on the iPad.

This is what happens when you are “in on” some secret Apple information, and you reveal it, even less than a day before the announcement. Tipsters tell VentureBeat that after Terry McGraw, McGraw-Hill’s CEO drooled over the iPad during a CNBC interview on Tuesday, Apple cut the company from their iBook publishing slide (above, via Gizmodo).

Yes, it’s somewhat vindictive, but it’s not surprising and it serves as a warning to others who might want to work with Apple. If it’s something that Apple has under wraps, don’t talk about it until after Steve Jobs has finished his spiel.

Update: McGraw-Hill has responded by saying that it was never part of the iPad announcement anyway, and that it didn’t have any inside information, either. While it’s true that it doesn’t seem Terry McGraw really revealed anything all that sensitive, it’s hard to believe they wouldn’t have been included as part of that slide or as part of the publishers ready to go on the iPad.

Chico, CA: January 27, 2010—Lares® Research and Fotona announced today that they have received FDA 510(k) clearance to market the PowerLase® AT Er:YAG laser for the removal of subgingival calculus in periodontal pockets with periodontitis. The new indication for use is an important element of the Lares Research laser treatment protocol for periodontal disease: Wavelength-optimized Periodontal Therapy™ or WPT™. WPT™ optimizes the use of both Er:YAG and Nd:YAG laser wavelengths from the dual-wavelength PowerLase AT to treat both the hard and soft tissue sides of the diseased pocket.

WPT™ is a minimally invasive procedure to treat periodontal disease without scalpels or sutures in a general or specialty practice. Lares Research provides a full two-day advanced training course dedicated to laser treatment of periodontal disease using WPT™. Live patient video of WPT™ and subgingival calculus removal can be viewed on the Lares Research website at www.laresdental.com.

Chico, CA: January 27, 2010—Lares® Research and Fotona announced today that they have received FDA 510(k) clearance to market the PowerLase® AT Er:YAG laser for the removal of subgingival calculus in periodontal pockets with periodontitis. The new indication for use is an important element of the Lares Research laser treatment protocol for periodontal disease: Wavelength-optimized Periodontal Therapy™ or WPT™. WPT™ optimizes the use of both Er:YAG and Nd:YAG laser wavelengths from the dual-wavelength PowerLase AT to treat both the hard and soft tissue sides of the diseased pocket.

WPT™ is a minimally invasive procedure to treat periodontal disease without scalpels or sutures in a general or specialty practice. Lares Research provides a full two-day advanced training course dedicated to laser treatment of periodontal disease using WPT™. Live patient video of WPT™ and subgingival calculus removal can be viewed on the Lares Research website at www.laresdental.com.