See notebook computer.
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- HP unveils multi-touch consumer laptop
- Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday launched its first multi-touch notebook for consumers. The TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC was modeled after HP's desktop version of the same name (statement, Techmeme). The move ups the ante in the notebook race--assuming you think multi-touch is important. The laptop also...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Will Microsoft apply 'Vista-Capable' lessons to Win 7 netbooks?
- As the e-mail trail in the "Vista-capable" class-action suit continues to unfold, I can't help but wonder whether Microsoft will apply some of the lessons it hopefully learned about working with OEMs to Windows 7 -- especially in the netbook space. The original suit, filed in March...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- News to know: Intel, Adobe; Kindle economics; OLPC
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: New update of Microsoft codename tracker available now Larry Dignan: Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying? Paul Murphy: How Intel's Nehalem...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Why glare is a bad thing on a notebook
- PC Magazine Labs decided to install Windows 7 (build 6801) on a new MacBook Pro and although it installed ok, things quickly went down hill after that. When I watched their video I couldn't get past how bad the glare is on these new machines, even indoors....
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Are MacBooks starting to look like HPs?
- Separated at birth? Steve Urkel sent me the following email: I was at a relatives house and someone saw my MacBook and said "Hey, I've got that HP also." He was halfway joking, but his comment did point out a few things: PowerBooks...
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Netbooks, mini-notebooks, ultraportables and semantic fun with AMD
- AMD is targeting what Intel calls the netbook market, but not completely. Here's a tale of semantic fun on Friday night. When I read Brooke Crothers report on how AMD wasn't entering the netbook market I was shocked. After all, I was one of those people that...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- AMD's Extreme Makeover: What the new roadmaps reveal
- Lost in all of the inaccurate commotion yesterday about AMD entering the netbook market were much broader changes in the company's product plans as it struggles to regain profitability and keep up with a deep-pocketed Intel. In the past year, AMD has announced plans to spin-off manufacturing, abandoned efforts to...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Ubuntu to run on ARM-based netbooks
- Canonical and the chip designer are to collaborate on a version of Ubuntu tailored to ARM's architecture, with a focus on low-cost subnotebooks. Canonical has announced it will be developing a version of its Ubuntu Linux desktop operating system specifically for ARM's Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9 processor architectures. ...
- News items 2008-11-14
- Micro projector connects to iPhone
- The new DLP Pico projector from Texas Instruments is being billed as the world's smallest/lightest projector. Its dimensions are a svelte (51 × 105 × 17-mm / 120g) but what's even cooler is that it can be connected to an iPhone possibly cementing it as a true notebook killer. Just...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- To heck with the Kindle: Sony Reader PRS-700 reviewed
- Up 'till now, the Amazon Kindle has garnered everyone's attention because, like the iPhone, there wasn't much like it when it was released. That's changing. MobileTechReview just posted a review of the Sony Reader PRS-700, their flagship eBook-reading device yearning for eyeballs literally. The...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- 4 signs that it's time to restore your iPhone
- Does your iPhone exhibit any of the following symptoms?: Laggy access to the Text/SMS application Longer that five second delay to get a live image in the Camera application Long pause before being able to scroll in Contacts Delay when clicking on the letter...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Real-world iPhone tethering
- Yesterday I had a scheduled appointment at my local auto dealership to have an iPod interface installed in our Prius more on that later. Knowing that I'd have to wait and estimated hour and a half for my car, I took the opportunity to test iPhone tethering to my MacBook...
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Yes, we can go paperless...so what's the cost/benefit?
- Regular readers know that not only am I something of a tree-hugger, but I've recently become convinced that social media (not MySpace and Facebook, but the wide variety of Web 2.0, collaboration, and communication tools available to us on the Web) can have a very important place in education. ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Official tethering coming soon to the iPhone
- At Web 2.0 AT&T Mobility President and CEO Ralph De La Vega announced that AT&T is working with Apple to officially release iPhone tethering "soon." Tethering allows another computer (i.e. a notebook) to piggyback on a phone's 3G Internet connection. It will be interesting to see what...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- My favorite Windows Vista gadgets
- When I first began using Windows Vista, I dismissed the Sidebar as a gimmick. It didn't help that the default gadgets Microsoft offered were of limited utility and that some early gadgets caused performance problems. Over time, though, I've become a Sidebar convert. I haven't encountered a...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- News to know: Cisco's outlook; Web 2.0 Summit; WinHEC; Google-Yahoo
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Cisco's Chambers breaks out economic downturn playbook; Eyes cost cuts as demand dries up Sam Diaz: Web 2.0 Summit: Focus on solving problems, not overnight...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Now hear this: Toshiba's new TLP-X200U projector is first with voice guidance
- A small but strong niche has built up around using projectors either of the LCD or DLP variety as the cornerstone of home theater setups instead of an HDTV. For those thinking about making the switch, Toshiba is attempting to idiot-proof the move with its new TLP-X200U projector, which comes...
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Gateway MC series: The best deal on a 16-inch notebook?
- Gateway MC series: The best deal on a 16-inch notebook?Great looking laptops, but......4 out of 5 come with Vista Home Premium 64-bit.This is a very bad idea, what with there still being a lack of 64-bit support for far too many pieces of legacy hardware, not too mention applications.We run...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- Remote buffer overflow bug bites Linux Kernel
- Remote buffer overflow bug bites Linux KernelSo it ISN'T a kernel bugit's a kernel DRIVER bug. That's akin to a bad video driver in Windows.This is not a Linux problem, it's an NDISWRAPPER problem.You should correct the first line of this article, which reads: "A remote buffer overflow vulnerability...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- Gateway MC series: The best deal on a 16-inch notebook?
- Gateway announced its MC series notebook in late October, but so far it has received little coverage aside from Laptop Magazine's review. The MC series is one of several recent laptops with 16-inch widescreen displays geared toward entertainment. Like other Gateway notebooks and desktops, the MC series...
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
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