The US Department of Transportation Security Administration - or TSA for short - has just confirmed it will be approving a range of laptop bags for airport X-Ray machines, finally meaning travellers will be able to leave their notebooks in their luggage when they pass through security.

Airport security's main concern with having laptops inside bags is that they tend to get obscured from view by chargers, discs, USB leads and all the other things that come on board the plane with you. So, the New York Times reports, the newly designed bags will either feature a fold-out section to effectively separate your laptop from the rest of your gear as it passes through the machine, or will simply be stand-alone protective sleeves with no clutter accumulating pockets to remove the X-Ray operator's view...

If you’ve been holding off buying a netbook until the dust has settled, the good news is that you can reach for your credit card now. The last of the eagerly anticipated Intel Atom-powered netbook models is now available – the MSI Wind.

Lots of people (us included) have been looking forward to the Wind the most, since it seems to offer the best combination of features for a near-laptop like experience – a large screen, large keyboard and 80Gb hard drive, all in package little bigger than the diminutive Asus Eee PC 901 or Acer Aspire One. So, was it worth the wait? Find out what we think of the MSI Wind after the cut.

Well, the build-up to the July 11 iPhone 3G launch looks like it’s begun – Apple has posted a guided tour video of its new smartphone for punters eager for the slightest scrap of information. If you don’t mind listening to the inevitable Apple hyperbole (and can stand the unending gesticulations of the host), the thirty minute video is a comprehensive guide to just about everything the iPhone 3G is capable of, though existing owners won’t see much that’s new.

With your appetite has been whetted by the Wind unboxing video, here comes the starter – a hands-on video of MSI’s new netbook. You can also see some side-by-side comparisons with the only other two Intel Atom-powered netbooks available at the moment – the Acer Aspire One and Asus Eee PC 901.

The MSI Wind is the netbook a lot of people have been holding on for, since it seems to combine all of the best features of other small, cheap ultraportables – a big screen, large keyboard, to name the two most notable.

We’ll be publishing a full review in the next day or so, so until then, you can read our first impressions after the cut.

HSDPA mobile broadband is all well and good but when it comes to sending files from phones and laptops in tends to be a tad sluggish. Now T-Mobile has turned on what it says is the first nationwide deployment of HSUPA - that's High-Speed Uplink Packet Access - to offer upload speeds of up to 1.4Mbps - or around five times current sluggish speeds.

That should make a huge difference to people who upload phone snaps or send large files on the move. The improvements also go hand in hand with upgrades to T-Mobile's download service, with HSDPA speeds set to be upped to 7.2Mbps in Greater London and then other major cities later this year.

T-Mobile UK chief executive, Jim Hyde, said: "25 per cent of new contract customers are signing up [to mobile broadband] and we expect to quadruple our user base in 2008." To help things along it's offering a £5 discount on its £15 a month tariff for the first three months for people signing up before October.

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The MSI Wind netbook arrived in the Mobile Computer office a short while ago and we’ve shot a couple of videos to tide you over until we publish the full review. The first is a riveting unboxing video that shows the Intel Atom-powered MSI Wind being carefully removed from the box it comes in. See the video after the cut...

Amid talk of delays in the US, the 10in MSI Wind UMPC has gone on sale in the UK. Richard Stewart, product marketing manager at MSI UK, confirmed to HEXUS.channel that today was the day, saying: "Initially it will be stocked by Play.com, Ebuyer and Morgan Computers."

A quick look at all three sites reveals the white, Windows XP Wind in stock at Ebuyer and Morgan Computers but Play.com, which offers the black Wind in Linux and XP versions and the pink model with XP, still stating a 31st July arrival date. Ebuyer and Play.com both quote £349.99 with free delivery. Morgan Computers pitches in at a pricier £387.74.

The Wind still isn't due to arrive in the US till next week, which makes a pleasant change on the normal run of things.

German site eeepcnews.de has what appear to be official product shots of the new Eee PC 904 and 905 we first heard news of yesterday. Other than confirming their 900 series in a 1000 series body appearance, there's not much to add to what we already knew, with no specs to accompany the photographs.

PC Retail put up a story this afternoon stating it could, "exclusively confirm that Asus is to launch a new Eee PC device" - apparently called the Eee PC 904 HD - "into the UK 'within a matter of weeks'," but then the page swiftly disappeared . The plot thickens.

The danger of Bluetooth headsets is that passers-by might not spot them and may assume you're randomly jabbering at them or worse, to yourself. Flying in the face of this danger, and at the risk of sounding like a Bodyform advert, Celleden has released a headset so discrete, even you may not notice you're wearing it.

Barely bigger than a piece of loose coinage, as the photo attests, it weighs in at a measly 6.5g. yet manages 4hrs talktime and 50hrs stand-by - all topped up by its handy charging stand.

The press release proclaims that: "users can rest assured that wearing one will not damage their street cred!" For those of us who any to damage, that is.

It's available now in black or white for £29.99 from twistedcarbon.com and 'selected' high street stores.

Last week, the online forum notebookreview.com unearthed the first details on Sony's rumoured SR and FW series - now it appears to have found confirmation. Both laptops have shown up on Circuit City's website. They were swiftly taken down, but not before several people managed to save the pages.

The 16.4in Sony VAIO FW, shown in white, is a multimedia-savvy laptop designed to replace the FZ series. Circuit City listed it as shipping with a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo T8400, 4GB DDR2 RAM and a 250GB 5400rpm hard drive for $1149.99 - that's without the optional Blu-Ray...