For most people printer ink isn’t exactly dinner conversation, that is, until you come to my house. As HP’s resident Inkologist, I do my best to share the cool and complex work that goes into developing each HP ink formulation. Now, I certainly could go on and on with the formulas, bits and bytes of ink cartridge technology (it’s very interesting I assure you!), but today we’re going to take a look at the all important, and perhaps underappreciated, role of the cartridge foam. 

My niece, Sarah, is amazing.  She’s fun, smart…she likes nerdy things like video games, and she’s crazy for Star Wars …so what, exactly, am I supposed to buy for her as she graduates from college? A Death Star?  In trying to be creative and give her a gift as unique as she is, I had to do some serious online searching. Here’s what I found…

I’ve tried to pawn off the sexy, svelte laptops on my wife over the years, but she keeps passing. I figure she’d want the super-stylish stuff so that she can turn more heads. You know, with the tech. That’s just not her style, though. She wants no-compromise computing that looks cool, has a good-sized screen….but doesn’t want to “lug around a tank.” Her words…and I’m not gonna argue. So, honey, if you’re paying attention, you should probably check out the new Pavilion m6 the new Pavilion m6.

If the Spectre and Spectre^XT were some super-premium, extreme high-end Ferrari flavors of the Ultrabook, then that’d make the ENVY line the BMW…Slick in its own ways and still in a different class from what else you’ll see amongst Ultrabook devices. And then there’s the Sleekbook.  Aside from Marketingese, I was curious – what does all this even mean? Well, let’s get down to it as we take a quick look at these latest lightweight laptops: The ENVY 4 and ENVY 6The ENVY 4 and ENVY 6.

Wasn’t so long ago, we were unveiling of the ENVY 14 Spectre. Its freaky all-glass design grabbed attention – and awards – at this year’s CES as the Ultrabook to beat. Well, the Spectre^XT  is a brushed-metal eye catcher going for the same gusto: A stylish, slimmer (14.5 mm thin) and lighter(3.07 pound) Ultrabook. So I won’t be too offended if you just ogle the pictures and ignore what I write. (But you have to click through to see said pictures.)

With the latest round of HP Pavilion laptops, you now have even more choices to make when buying your PC. So, when you’re looking at buying a new dv4, dv6 or dv7 – you’re getting 3^rd generation Intel Core CPUs and the option  to amp up your graphics with either a GeForce GT 630M or GeForce GT 650M. (The later falls just below the GTX-enthusiast class line in terms of performance.)  What does this mean to you? You’re getting some pretty solid gaming performance-to-go with the 650M without breaking the bank. Keep reading for more information -- and benchmarks.

 Not that I’d expect to start scanning documents on my next cross-country flight, but during our latest press demo day, I was pretty taken with the HP Officejet 150. This petite all-in-one printer, on display in a mocked-up airplane seat, shows how a full-service printer can come with you – or just slip nice-and-easy into a tiny space in your home office. That’s the HP Officejet 150, for you.

You need to go to the Newseum. I recently spent a day playin…I mean working…as we unveiled the HP New Media Gallery. Never been? Located in Washington, D.C., the Newseum is a seven-story interactive museum of news history that explores how and why news is made. Want a behind the scenes tour? Follow me right this way.