How much is the word «toys» worth on the Internet? Hundreds? Thousands? Try millions of dollars. In a close bidding war, Toys ’R’ Us last week bought the domain name Toys.com at auction for $5.1 million, placing it among the top 10 most expensive domain names on record. And industry watchers say that it was probably a bargain. «Had it not been such a recession, I think it probably would have gone for a little bit more than that,» Ron Jackson, editor and publisher of the Domain Name Journal, told ABCNews.com. In better economic times, he said it might have sold in the $7 to $8 million range.

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Samsung has revealed a new ultraportable notebook, the X360, which the company is describing as “lighter than air”. They actually mean “lighter than Air”, as the X360 comes in 3oz lighter than Apple’s ultraportable. Under the hood lies a Centrino 2 ULV processor, 1GB of RAM (expandable to 4GB) and a choice of 64GB or 128GB SSD, or 5,400RPM 120GB HDD. Screen size is 13.3-inches, LED-backlit and running at 1280 x 800.