3 Excellent Laptops under $750

Acer Aspire Timeline
The slim, 13-in. Acer Aspire Timeline claims an 8-hour battery life, just one element defining the Timeline as a razor-thin road warrior. The Timeline offers mostly business-class components for a consumer-minded price: 13.3-in. LED backlit widescreen HD display (1366 x 768), 4GB RAM, 320 GB HDD, 1.3 GHz Intel Pentium SU2700 processor, Intel GMA 4500MHD, 802.11a/b/g/n wireless, a 5-in-1 memory card reader, HDMI, a webcam and a multi-gesture touchpad — all for $599.
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HP Pavilion dv3t
Offering an eye-catching modern look, the entertainment-focused HP Pavilion DV4-1227US notebook PC makes it easy to enjoy your favorite music and videos while on the go, as well as keep you productive with a speedy dual-core processor and 64-bit Windows Home Vista Premium operating system. The 14.1-inch high-definition BrightView display looks good even in direct sunlight, and you'll enjoy movies or music in seconds with the external DVD or music buttons to launch HP QuickPlay (which bypasses the boot process). Control playback settings from up to 10 feet away with the included HP remote, then store it conveniently in the Express card slot. Turn your next instant message into a live video chat with the integrated webcam and omni-directional microphone. Optimized for low-light environments, it's great for capturing short videos to share on your favorite social networking site.
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HP G70t
It’s not easy to find an inexpensive 17-in. desktop replacement, but the HP G70t manages to make it happen. For $704, you get an Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 processor, 3GB DDR2 memory, a 250GB hard drive, Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics, a SuperMulti 8x DVD-RW, webcam, microphone, wireless-N and that 17-inch, WXGA+ HD (1440 x 900) widescreen display.
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Palm sells 300,000 iPhone killers in June

Palm sold more than 300,000 Palm Pre handsets in June, the company announced today.
This compares to one million new iPhones sold in the first weekend of sales and Samsung's claim of two million pre orders for its Jet phone.
The Palm Pre smartphone went on sale on 6 June. It is up against tough competition from the iPhone 3G S, which is expected to launch next week, the Samsung Jet and the Nokia N97.

Firefox 3.5 Is Live and Downloadable

by Michael Muchmore, pcmag
After four beta versions and three release candidates, Firefox 3.5 has finally been released into the world as the latest version of the second most popular Web browser on the planet. The new version brings a private browsing mode, faster JavaScript performance, and support for emerging HTML 5 standards such as plug-in-free video and audio playing.
Users can download the new version of Firefox for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux in more than 70 languages from www.getfirefox.com.
"So much is happening on the Web right now, it's a great time for browsers. Firefox 3.5 brings together the most innovative Web technologies and delivers them in the most complete and powerful modern browser," said John Lilly, chief executive of Mozilla, in a statement.
Mozilla's Mike Beltzner, who leads the Firefox team, expects the new release to bring the total number of Firefox downloads over 1 billion for all versions.
The browser also includes new technology that will allow users to tell sites their location, which will let sites deliver relevant information, for example, about nearby eateries and businesses. The features uses Google Location Services, which obtains your whereabouts using a database of WiFi access points and other known IP addresses.

Microsoft's Bing search wins share from Google

LONDON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's new Bing search engine gained U.S. market share in its first month in operation but still trails dominant rival Google Inc, according to data released on Wednesday.
Bing, launched on June 3 but available to some users a few days earlier, took 8.23 percent of U.S. Web searches in June, up from 7.81 percent for Microsoft search just prior to its rollout and 7.21 percent in April, said Internet data firm StatCounter.
Google lost share slightly, dipping to 78.48 percent from 78.72 percent before Bing. Yahoo Inc, the perennial No. 2 in the market, rose to 11.04 percent from 10.99 percent.
Bing's share peaked in the first week of June at 9.21 percent, falling away in the middle two weeks before coming back at 8.45 percent in the last week of June.
The results may give heart to Microsoft, which is investing heavily in its loss-making online services business and is refusing to cede the market to Google.
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