While it isn’t the first dual-bay enclosure that we’ve seen, the Planex PL-35U2BS is among the first SATAII dual-bay (or “dual-core”, if you prefer) enclosures that we’ve spied. It’ll support up to 1TB of storage, by taking a pair of 500GB drives and striping ‘em with some RAID 0 action, and will connect to the PC of your choice via USB 2.0. Not enough? The aluminum casing claims to keep your hard drives both thermally and aesthetically cool. That’s right: twice the coolness.

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Gateway just unleashed a couple of new NX570 Core 2 Duo, “brushed metallic” laptops that won’t break the bank. Going extra-large is the top-end 1.83GHz XL model which delivers a 15.4-inch, 1920×1200 display and 128MB ATI Mobility RADEON x1400 graphics while the lesser NX570X model throttles back on the clock and resolution by dropping the proc to 1.6GHz while trimming the pixels to just 1280 x 800. Both models can be equipped with up 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a multi-format dual-layer DVD burner, 4/5/6.5-hour battery options, and SATA disk from 80-120GB spinning at 5400RPM or 80/120GB disks goin’ all out at 7200RPM. The wedge measures between 1.31~1.4-inches thick while weighing in at 6.32-pounds when configured with standard, 4-hour / 6-cell battery. Available now with prices starting at about $900 on up to a bit more than $2000 fully spec’d.

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We wouldn’t exactly call it a torrent of AMD-based laptops from previously Intel-faithful Dell, but it’s at least a start. The new Latitude 131L is the small-biz counterpart to the Inspiron 1501, featuring a Turion 64 X2 dual-core processor (starting at $899) or a Sempron processor (starting at $629), integrated graphics and a 15.4-inch widescreen display. Deets are otherwise slim, but we’re guessing they’ll be similar to the D820 (pictured) — we’ll know for sure tomorrow when the 131L goes live on Dell’s online store.

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If you’ve got a big budget and need a monitor that can withstand outdoor conditions ranging from firehoses to dust clouds to exhaust fumes, then Sanyo may have just the product for you. For £3,825 ($7,274) you can get Sanyo’s latest, the CE42LM4WPR, which brings 42 inches of viewing awesomeness (viewable at 178 degrees), a screen resolution of 1366 x 768, a contrast ratio of 800:1 and a panel brightness of 500cd/m². That’s $173 per waterproof inch, if you prefer to calculate it that way.

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The competition is really heating up in the 30-inch display space. Dell keeps slashing its own 3007WFP prices to ridiculous extremes (we just spotted it for $1,274 on Dell’s own site), Apple finally got its 30-incher under two grand in August, and now HP is busting out its own aggressively priced option for full pixel assault. We’ve already spent plenty of time geeking out over the LP3065′s specs, so the real news here is that HP is offering the display for $1,699, and it’s already been spotted on PC Mall for $1,629, so there seems to be some flex to that pricetag. HP is estimating a ship date of November 11th, and while there might not be much to differentiate HP’s offering from the pack — though a trio of dual-link DVI-D ports does sound intriguing — it’s good to see someone else in the US break the $2,000 barrier.

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Hot on the heels of DrewTech’s Linux-powered DashDAQ is FIC’s own piece of Linux-based hawtness, the FIC-GTA001 mobile. While the company is already familiar in the world of CDMA, this marks the firm’s first endeavor into the realm of GSM smartphones. Sporting a 2.8-inch 640 x 480 resolution touchscreen with “multi-touch gesture recognition,” GPS capabilities, dedicated “emergency paging button,” and an “iPod-quality MP3 player,” the svelte cellphone is primed for homebrew apps thanks to the inclusion of the SDK right in the box. FIC is hoping that adopters will participate in developer communities to craft new and improved applications for the limitless device, and even hopes to enable wireless uploads / downloads of completed files. The device is powered by a Samsung S3C2410 ARM9-based processor, 128MB of internal RAM, and 64MB of flash memory, but unfortunately there’s no scheduled release date or expected price for the open-source (and delightfully styled) handset.

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Cetizen provides us with a hands-on look at Samsung’s SCH-B600. In addition to its amazing 10-megapixel (3x optical/5x digital zoom) camera, the Samsung SCH-B600 sports a 2.2-inch QVGA display, Bluetooth, DMB receiver, video/music player, and a MMCmicro card slot. Available now in Korea, priced at a hefty $900.

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