Today’s deal features a big screen for a little price. Thanks to LogicBUY, this 15.6-inch widescreen display Dell Inspiron 15 (1545) is available for$379.99, or about the cost of a high-end netbook. The system includes an 8x CD/DVD burner making it a great system to watch DVDs or create them on.

For $379, the system comes in Jet Black, but can be upgraded to colors ranging from Promise Pink to Alpine White to Ice Blue for $40. You can also upgrade the processor to an Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2 GHz processor for $115 or add a webcam for $25.

Base Specs: Intel Celeron 900 2.2GHz processor, integrated Intel X4500HD graphics, 250GB 5400RPM The storage device that holds your OS, programs, and data.
Learn Morehard drive, 2GB RAM, 8x DVD+/-R dual layer drive, 802.11g wireless, 15.6-inch WLED glossy widescreen display (1366×768), and Windows 7 Home Premium.

Dell Inspiron 15 (1545) for $379.99 through LogicBUY.

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Engadget has just caught an early look at Dell’s 4.1 inch Android handset. Specs of the device supposedly include a 800×480 OLED display, 8 megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording and a removable battery. The device they got their hands on seems to be running plain old Android, though we expect Dell will cover up Google’s interface with their own custom skin. Engadget also notes that now that there’s an actual product matching one we heard leaked earlier in the year, we can expect the other products leaked with it, ie: Dell’s Lightning handset and their Looking Glass Tablet, among others, to see the light of day in the coming months. Between this device, the Streak and the multitude of other devices on the forecast, there seems to be a storm a-brewin’ at Dell lately.

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Dell definitely gets a prize for most improved ultraportable with the Inspiron M101z, an update on the uninspiring 11z. Looking like a shrunken Inspiron 14R, this 11.6-inch system has an AMD processor and ATI graphics, so it runs circles around netbooks. The powerful speakers, improved keyboard and more traditional touchpad all add to its appeal. The catch? The $579 price tag.

Click here to read our full review of the Dell Inspiron M101z and tell us if you think its’ worth the dough.

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Today we’ve got a sweet deal on an Intel Core i7 quad-core Dell Studio 15 for $860 through LogicBUY. That’s 38% off of the retail price of $1389.99 on this sweet rig that’s also packing discrete ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics and a 9-cell battery.

We recently reviewed a Core i5 incarnation of the Studio 15 and praised its very comfortable keyboard, fingerprint-resistant finish, excellent webcam, and long battery life. It’s a solid multimedia machine and today is available with a killer quad-core processor at a great price, so snatch up this deal while you can.

Base Specs: Intel Core i7-740QM 1.73 GHz quad core processor, 500 GB 7200 rpm The storage device that holds your OS, programs, and data.
Learn Morehard drive, 4GB DDR3 RAM, discrete ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 graphics with 1 GB video memory, 802.11n Wi-fi, 15.6-inch 720p display, 8x DVD+/- R optical drive, and Windows 7 Home Premium.

Core i7 Dell Studio 15 for $859.99 through LogicBUY.

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In today’s edition of “How Not to Sexually Harass the Ladies,” a California woman claims that a Dell technician who was remotely working on her laptop downloaded nude photos of her to his computer, and then created a website to post them. Later, she says, he used her credit card number to buy things for another woman (also a Dell customer, by the by).

Unable to find what she euphemistically calls “personal photos” on her The storage device that holds your OS, programs, and data.
Learn Morehard drive, she enlisted the help of a Dell support technician. The agent, Riyaz Shaiki of Mumbai, found the pics, and then the woman watched as he downloaded them to his computer. The photos disappeared from her computer, but soon reappeared on a website, dedicated, apparently, to displaying these shots.

Bizarrely, though, the woman decided not to call a lawyer, but to keep working with Dell’s shady tech support. The same agent convinced her to send him a new laptop so that he could “work on her case” from home. Meanwhile, Shaikh apparently became infatuated with another customer, a woman in Tennessee. Shaikh used the nude California woman’s credit card info to buy $800 worth of computer equipment for his new lady friend. He later admitted this in an e-mail, writing, “You’re my true friend. I am sorry accidentally I charged your Dell account but I will pay. I don’t want to lose my job. It was a mistake which happened with me.”

It was then that she decided cooperating with Dell’s technical support perhaps wasn’t a good idea, after all. She says that so far Dell has been unresponsive, and is considering taking legal action.

Funnily enough, this isn’t even the first time a tech support worker has been accused of tampering with a client’s stuff. Years ago, Consumerist ran a sting on Geek Squad workers, catching one stealing porn (others have been accused of lifting music files). At the time, Best Buy promised it would launch an internal investigation immediately, but Consumerist refused to name that particular agent, arguing the incident wasn’t a fluke, but evidence of a systemic problem.

Updated: Dell representative Amy Bivin gave us the company’s official response:

Meeting our customers’ needs and delivering quality customer service is our primary goal at Dell. Our service is based on a foundation of personal and professional integrity, and at Dell, we never compromise these standards.When Ms. Fitzgerald contacted Dell about this incident last year, we investigated the issue, which involved a technical representative at one of Dell’s vendors. We contacted the vendor about the allegation, and can confirm that the representative no longer handles Dell calls. We’ve been in contact with Ms. Fitzgerald regarding this issue and continue to investigate her claims to best assist with a resolution.

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