Seen at CES: Sony’s Stylish Super Light VAIO Notebook.

Sony VAIO's late, great, uber-juicy Picturebooks (the 505, CPG, etc) are now all glitzed up and graduated into the lusciously lightweight P Series Lifestyle notebook.

I drooled over the glossy colors at CES. Since then, I've gotten questions, comments and ahhhhs from my fellow girl-geeks, all of whom are sick of lugging full-size laptops through airport security.

Here’s what Sony’s site has to say:

The world’s lightest1 8″ notebook, the 1.4-pound2 VAIO® P Series Lifestyle PC does more than you could imagine–with impeccable style. Email at the airport, IM from the park, or just show it off when you want some attention. Traveling to a new city? Turn-by-turn GPS navigation will get you there faster. Best of all, it fits right in your purse or jacket pocket.

At around $900, these machines are pricier than comparable notebooks — HP and Dell both have models out — so if you’re simply looking for scaled down size and functionality, the HP/Dells may fit your needs. Plus, my guess is that these VAIOs may suffer from the same defects my other six VAIOs — that is, oddly fragile keys and pieces-parts. Still, these glitches never stopped me. I guess I like a little fashionista along with my functionality.

The OMG! Gift for Holiday 2008: The Keyboard for Blondes

Forget all those bland, boring, brunette-centric keyboards once foisted upon us by bland, boring, brunette manufacturers. Finally, here is the Geek Chic we Blondes deserve.  

European Trends has already released their hot pink Keyboard for Blondes in the U.K. and based on a strange video now available on youtube, it’s also sparking some major Blonde Moments in Russia.

The pink keyboard swaps out standard keys with more blonde-appropriate names. The backspace key now says “Oops!” and the entire row of function keys spells out USELESS KEYS. Hit the “$” sign and you get the sound of a cash register clinking.

The Keyboard even has special keys that type out “OMG,” “ALI” (Absolutely Love It!), or “XOXO.”

The best? The Caps Lock now says: “Warning! size XXL letters.”

At $49.95, it’s compatible with Mac, Windows, Linux, and Paris Hilton.

Thanks to CNET Crave.

New From GMail Labs: Stop Sending Mail You’ll Later Regret.

We love this new Gmail feature — and only wish it was available for phones.

Monday, October 06, 2008 6:25 PM
Posted by Jon Perlow, Gmail engineer

Sometimes I send messages I shouldn’t send. Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night email to my ex-girlfriend that we should get back together. Gmail can’t always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret, but today we’re launching a new Labs feature I wrote called Mail Goggles which may help.

When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you’re in the right state of mind?

By default, Mail Goggles is only active late night on the weekend as that is the time you’re most likely to need it. Once enabled, you can adjust when it’s active in the General settings.

Everybody Manga!

If it’s Friday, it must be Manga! FaceYourManga.com introduces the perfect way to space out a Friday afternoon. Despite my attempts to be muy Manga, I have still wound up looking like post-debutante, rushing-to-Pilates, Junior League Manga.

Okay, let’s try it again. Better?

What Will Your Startup Be Worth in 3 Years? Ask YouNoodle’s Startup Predictor.

Better than the Magic 8 Ball? YouNoodle Launches The New Startup Predictor.

What will your startup be worth in 3 years? YouNoodle’s sophisticated model analyzes information on startups before they get funding to help predict their outcomes.

The scoop on YouNoodle:
YouNoodle develops innovative ways to bring together the information, people and technology that help startups succeed.

We provide a platform for so far 50 of the world’s top university entrepreneurship clubs and competitions, serving tens of thousands of members and thousands of startups. Our tools help to effectively manage business competitions, events, mailing lists and community development. If you run a group and would like to join the platform apply and we’ll get in touch.

Startup Predictor is the first in a series of decision-making tools YouNoodle plans to introduce for the startup industry. Our development team studied thousands of current and past startups, using both publicly available and proprietary data, to determine patterns of predictive factors for early-stage companies’ success. You can try the test for free. (Not surprisingly) YouNoodle is based in San Francisco, California.

Guru’s Take on YouNoodle. Throughout my seemingly endless years in dotcom land, I have learned a valuable lesson: When you hear that press-pro Susan MacTavish Best is involved in a new project, listen up. Susan always seems to be at the heart of the coolest, most intriguing ventures. YouNoodle is yet another one of them. Contact her: Susan@bestpr.net

Note: Susan’s mom lives down here in the wildfire country of Carmel. So we know where she got her smarts.