250 GB Xbox 360, Kindle Eco-Friendly?, Dell Profits Shrink, Apple Table To Have 3 Sizes?: Daily Roundup

250GB Xbox 360 revealed in South African ad: the “Super Elite”

Confirming what we saw yesterday on Amazon.de, there is indeed a new 250GB model of the Xbox 360 called, disappointingly, the “Super Elite,” unless that’s just what this particular South African retailer decided to go with. Forza 3, two controllers, no HDMI cable. Seriously? at this point, I should be getting HDMI cables in my Multi-Grain Cheerios…CrunchGear

Study finds Kindle more eco-friendly than actual books, maybe

A mass-produced piece of plastic and electronics more environmentally-friendly than a simple book? Possibly, at least according to a new study released by the Cleantech Group. While the group found that the Kindle’s upfront environmental impact was indeed fairly significant, they also found that the numbers can change dramatically over the course of the device’s lifecycle — depending largely on the users’ reading habits, of course…Engadget

Dell’s Profits Dive, Stock Climbs

Sluggish desktop and laptop sales continue to drag on Dell’s profits, but improved margins and increased server and storage sales give investors hope…Businessweek

Horrendously Ugly Notebook Has Performance at Heart

One hates to judge too harshly, but someone at Toshiba didn’t get the memo that with a thin and light computer, the operative descriptors are both “thin” and “light.”…Wired

Apple Tablet To Have 3 Screen Sizes and Run Full OS X ?: Rumor

Oh Goody, more Apple Tablet rumors! This one comes from a Gizmodo source “that has always been 100% reliable.” The source tells Gizmodo that Apple may be working on a 13 and 15-inch tablet models, along with the long rumored 10-inch model, and run the full version of OS X 10.5. Here’s more from Gizmodo… Ziggytek