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Sharp’s really been stepping up the e-dictionary game of late — what with the MID-looking RD-PM10 . It’s latest offering — the Brain PW-AC900, however, is a little less exciting. It’s very similar to its predecessors in the PW line — PW-TC930 physically, but has a host of new features, including a simple text editor, multi-lingual dictionary, pronunciation, and vocabulary drills.

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You know, at one point chrome accents and glossy plastics were novel additions to previously staid consumer electronics — now they make us want to punch a hole in the nearest smarmy LCD display. While HP has tried its best to be the worst offender in its consumer line, Toshiba is really giving it a shot with the M500 and U500 series laptops — the U500 is pretty outlandish, but at least it offers a ribbed, almost-desirable matte surface of sorts, while the M500 (pictured) makes everything else look tame in comparison, and has the plentiful finger smudges to prove it. Both of the laptops offer chrome trim, overdone speaker grills and light-up accents

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