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Vivienne Tam is showing up everywhere. Last month we told you about the new Vivienne Tam headphones from Monster, and now the designer has teamed up with HP to introduce the new HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition netbook.

The netbook starts in weight at 2.7 pounds, is less than one inch thin and features Tam's "Butterfly Lovers" design. The HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition also comes with a Butterfly Lovers desktop theme that includes an animated butterfly start menu, custom Vivienne Tam icons and three wallpapers.

The HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition features a 10.1-inch LED widescreen display and a keyboard that is 93% of the size of a standard notebook keyboard. It includes 2GB of memory, hard-drive options up to 320 GB, automatic backup software, Windows 7 Premium and has a built-in webcam that with a click of a button, turns into a "mirror." Battery life is up to 5.5 hours on a single charge. Read more

The PMA trade show is in full swing right now, and while many digital camera makers announced new products prior to the show, one company that held off was HP. This week at PMA, HP unveiled five new point-and-shoot digital cameras and three new camcorders.

HP's CW450t and HP PW460t digital cameras feature 2.7-inch and 3-inch LCD touchscreen displays, respectively, and a touch interface for viewing photos with the swipe of a finger. Both have 4X optical zoom and support up to 32-gigabyte (GB) SD/SDHC memory.

The CW450t will be available this spring in two colors – blue and merlot – and priced at $109. The PW460t will be available in pink and charcoal gray and priced at $149. Read more

Numerous desktop PCs were announced at the recent 2010 CES trade show, but HP's new Pavilion Elite High Performance Edition (HPE) PCs were what caught our eye. Several new high performance edition models were announced at the show, with prices lower than you would expect for a high performance PC– they start at just $599 online. Retail models start at $809.

The new HP Pavilion HPE PC series is available with a choice of AMD Phenom II Quad-Core processors or future Intel Core processors, ATI Radeon or NVIDIA GeForce graphics and include Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, up to 2TB of hard drive capacity, up to 24GB DDR3 memory, a 15-in-1 memory card reader, SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe, Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n networking, optional TV tuner, and optional pocket media drive and Blu-ray drives.Read more

Best Buy announced some after-Christmas deals on computers for those of you who didn't get one under the tree this year. The end-of-season computer offers launch today (December 25) on BestBuy.com and continue in-store on December 26.

The two-day offers include:

• Lenovo 10.1" netbook featuring an Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB memory and a 160GB hard drive – all for $197 (regularly priced at $299.99).
• Dell Studio 17" notebook for $699.99 (regularly priced at $779.99) featuring an Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 processor, 4GB memory and a 500GB hard drive.
• Asus G60 16" gaming notebook for $899.99 (regularly priced at $999.99) featuring an Intel Core 2-Duo P7450 processor, 4GB memory, 320GB hard drive and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M graphics card with 1GB of dedicated graphics memory.
• A $279.98 Acer nettop computer and 20" monitor with 1GB memory, 160GB hard drive and a Nvidia Ion LE processor (regularly priced at $339.98).

Also, from Dec. 27 through Jan. 2 Best Buy will offer HP TouchSmart all-in-one computers for $799 (regularly priced at $899) and $899 (regularly priced at $999). The $799 model includes 4GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive, or for $100 more, upgrade to a 640GB hard drive and a built-in TV tuner.

Have you waited until the last minute to get a gift this holiday season? To make it easy for you (and at this late date it has to be easy, right?), HP has rounded up a selection of gifts for every lifestyle and budget.

For the tech trendsetter:

HP TouchSmart PCs have the latest touch innovations and feature a high-definition (HD)-capable or HD widescreen display. HP TouchSmart PCs offer exclusive built-for-touch applications including Hulu Desktop, Netflix, Rhapsody and Twitter. Plus, the HP TouchSmart 600 easily connects to gaming consoles. Starts at $899.

The HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web printer is the world's first web-connected home printer with one-touch, wireless, on-demand access to popular web content. The growing number of HP Print Apps on the HP App Studio includes Disney, CNET.com, Google Maps, Coupons.com, Fandango, Snapfish and DreamWorks Animation. Additionally, the printer reduces packaging waste by shipping in a reusable bag. Starts at $399.

The HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One printer is simple and intuitive to use thanks to its convenient HP TouchSmart control panel. With the sweep of a finger, you can view, edit and print lab-quality photos directly from your online albums at Snapfish.com without connecting to a PC. Starts at $199.Read more

Best Buy has announced that beginning Friday, November 27 they are offering a value-priced HP laptop for $197. Available in-store only, the HP laptop features an Intel Celeron 900 processor, 2GB memory and a 160GB hard drive.

This is the second value-priced laptop Best Buy has made available to consumers. Earlier this month, they had a $249.99 Acer laptop.

In addition to the HP $197 laptop, the company will have Best Buy-Dell Limited Edition Exclusive Netbooks, which are individually numbered and designed by world renowned artists.

Throughout the holiday season, six months of anti-virus protection will be free with the purchase of any laptop/desktop/netbook from Best Buy, and one year of Napster will be included free with any Dell computer purchase.

Get more information on Best Buy's Black Friday Doorbusters by visiting www.bestbuy.com/doorbusters2009

The release of Windows 7 is on everyone's minds this week. Because of this, Best Buy and HP have teamed up to offer a new "PC Home Makeover" package.

Quite a deal, the package consists of a HP Slimline desktop, an LCD monitor, an HP laptop, HP mini netbook, and a Netgear Wireless-G router. In-home setup by Geek Squad is included as well…all for just $1199.

The HP Slimline s5212y features a dual-core 2.5GHz Intel Pentium E5200 CPU, GMA 3100 graphics, 3GB DDR2 800MHz RAM, 320GB 7200RPM HDD, DVD burner, six-in-one card reader, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. A keyboard and mouse, as well as an 18.5" 1366x768 display with integrated 2W speakers are also included. Read more

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Lovine, Beats Electronics co-founder, have teamed up with HP on a new limited edition notebook, the HP ENVY 15.

Starting at 5.19 pounds and just 1-inch thick, the HP ENVY 15 Beats limited edition notebook PC features the Intel Core i7 mobile processor and a choice of two 15.6-inch HP BrightView LED backlit displays, including the full high-definition LED HP Ultra BrightView Widescreen Display. A Nightvision VGA webcam is optimized for low-light conditions and is standard. The notebook also includes Beats by Dr. Dre Studio High-Definition Headphones and an external optical drive. An optional Slim Fit Extended-Life Notebook Battery is available. Read more

HP iPrint Photo, a mobile printing app that lets you wirelessly print 4 x 6-inch photos from the iPhone and iPod touch, will be available for phones using the Symbian and WinMo operating systems, HP just announced.

Also, HP said they will have an "enhanced" version of the current HP iPrint Photo for iPhone and iPod touch. The new version, available from the Apple App Store, will include support for different types of paper and additional photo print sizes.

For more information on HP iPrint Photo and how to get the application, visit the HP Mobile Printing site.