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- Apple notebooks to be fabricated from a solid "brick" of aluminum
- The term "brick" was mentioned in a 9-to-5 Mac rumor piece on 10 September 2008 when their source said that the MacBook update is "all about the Brick." 9-to-5 Mac now claims that the "brick" isn't a specific Apple product but rather a manufacturing process that uses lasers and jets...
- Tags: Brick, Apple Inc., BW, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Image Gallery: HAVA Platinum HD
- The HAVA Platinum HD lets you connect your HD source to the device and then watch your HD content on your PC, Windows Mobile device, S60 device, or Nokia Internet Tablet. You can even control your TV source just as if you were there in front of your TV/HD source....
- Tags: Device, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Operating Systems, TVs, Handhelds, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Matthew Miller, product photos, hava, slingbox, tv placeshift, s60, windows mobile, nokia tablet
- Image galleries 2008-10-07
- Test drive: First checkpoint-friendly computer bag
- Back in August TSA issued new guidelines for travelers with notebook computers that would, for the first time, allow passengers to keep them in their bags while passing through the x-ray scanner. The TSA implemented its checkpoint-friendly bag policy on 16 August 2008 and to qualify as...
- Tags: Computer, Tom Bihn, CheckPoint Flyer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Mac ready for the enterprise?
- Larry Dignan makes a spirited argument as to why Apple should be working much harder on getting Mac kit into the enterprise. I know it's a Friday afternoon for me and we've already had one false alarm earlier today that got everyone a-Twitter. Only the other day I managed to...
- Tags: Lid, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Computer, Productivity, Keyboards, Desktops, Notebooks, Corporate Governance, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptop
- Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the country's technological edge in education. LISBON--Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the...
- Tags: Software, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Computer, Portugal, School Children, Government Hope, Magellan, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Reuters, laptops, education
- News items 2008-10-03
- Video: Earnings preview: Will Apple deliver?
- ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to Editor in Chief Larry Dignan and senior editor Sam Diaz about whether recent product announcements will have a positive impact on Apple sales. Dignan and Diaz also discuss the hiccups with the iPhone 3G launch, the new Nano, and whether Apple will refresh its...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Video, Earnings, 3G, Sales Strategy, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Cellular Phones, Financial Accounting, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Finance
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Toshiba: Feel free to trade in more gadgets. Lots more.
- Can't figure out what to do with your old laptop, tablet PC, monitor, projector, camera, camcorder, server, home audio receiver, mobile phone, car audio system, home electronics device, global positioning satellite receiver, MP3 player, personal digital assistant or game system? (Whew.) Toshiba Digital Products says it now will take it...
- Tags: Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Digital Products Division, Branding, Tablets, PDAs, Projectors, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Handhelds, Components, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Eee PC's 7" version: A hot toy this year
- Toys R Us released a list of what it sees as the hottest toys this holiday season and the usual suspects were there: Hannah Montana, Legos, Star Wars figures and the Wii. And then there's the 7-inch Asus Eee PC. I heard a few folks refer to...
- Tags: Toy, Toys R Us Inc., Nintendo Wii, Eee PC, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Mea culpa. HP has pledged mercury-free notebooks, too
- Something tells me that I MUST have blogged about this before, but it deserves a reminder, since I just mentioned Dell's intentions, which technically came later than Hewlett-Packard's. In any event, the goodly PR folks at HP remind me they, too, have pledged mercury-free notebooks. Their company's...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Public Relations, Notebooks, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Earnings preview: Will Apple deliver?
- ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to Editor in Chief Larry Dignan and senior editor Sam Diaz about whether recent product announcements will have a positive impact on Apple sales. Dignan and Diaz also discuss the hiccups with the iPhone 3G launch, the new Nano, and whether Apple will refresh its...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Earnings, 3G, Sales Strategy, Notebooks, Cellular Phones, Financial Accounting, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Finance, Apple
- Videos 2008-09-30
- First reviews of Toshiba Qosmio with SpursEngine
- More than three months after Toshiba launched its first desktop replacement that makes use of the Cell processor in Japan, the Toshiba Qosmio G55-Q802 has reached U.S. shores and received its first hands-on reviews from PCMag.com and ComputerShopper.com. The Qosmio G55 series is part of a new...
- Tags: Toshiba Qosmio, Desktop, Quad-core, Desktop Replacement, Video, Toshiba Corp., PCMag.com, ComputerShopper.com, Qosmio G55, Qosmio G55 Series, Quad-Core HD Processor, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Processors, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- First Intel MID now available for $699
- There was a lot of Intel MID Mobile Internet Device news and demos at CES back in January, but we are just now starting to see them become available. Jenn from Pocketables posted that the Aigo P8860D/Gigabyte M528 MID is now shipping from Japan for US$699 with free worldwide shipping....
- Tags: Device, Intel Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Wireless LANs, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, Notebooks, Open Source, Software, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- How glucosamine seems to help
- Glucosamine tablets are a palliative, not a cure for arthritis. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Supplement, Arthritis, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Would you buy an all-screen notebook computer?
- People love to complain about the virtual keyboard found on the iPhone and iPod touch myself included but in reality it's quite good after the requisite learning period. It still needs haptic feedback but that's a topic for another blog post.If you're ok with a virtual,...
- Tags: Brick, Notebook Computer, Apple iPod Touch, Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Keyboards, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Will notebooks ever replace the desktop PC?
- Question from the Hardware 2.0 mailbag: Will notebooks replace the desktop PC? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: PC, Desktop Computer, Notebooks, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sales, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Gauging the ThinkPad: Before (IBM) and after (Lenovo)
- Has Lenovo lost whatever mojo the ThinkPad had? That simple question raised a lot of discussion at TechRepublic and it's worth pondering. The problem: Gauging Lenovo's performance depends on a lot of anecdotes with few concrete answers. As background, John Sheesley asked a simple question: Has Lenovo...
- Tags: Consumer Reports, IBM ThinkPad, Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Every little bit counts in green tech: Some data about notebook battery habits
- The numbers may be sort of self-serving (then again what research isn't these days), but they are also compelling. Boston-Power, which has come up with technology that extends the life of notebook computer batteries while making them faster to charge, has disclosed the findings of a...
- Tags: Green Technology, Battery, Notebook Battery, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-27
- Rumor Mill: Some juice on the new MBP (updated)
- According to what I hear the picture that surfaced briefly on French blog Nowhere Else (above, Tip: ValleyWag) isn't the new MacBook Pro. What's with the weird OS X dock that's Photoshopped onto the trackpad and the pixelized tapered edge? Is it supposed to be...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., MBP, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Laptop Trace (exe)
- Inspice Trace is unique software that protects your laptop and data you have got on it. Inspice Trace is a hidden program installed on your computer that simply emails you the information of the precise location of your laptop. So, if you just left it somewhere, you can come back...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, Inspice, Inspice Trace, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2008-09-26
- The mother of all notebook hard drives: Scorpio Blue
- I'm totally psyched that someone has finally released a 500GB hard drive that fits in my MacBook Pro. That someone is Western Digital. WD just announced its WD5000BEVT mobile hard drive, a.k.a. the Scorpio Blue with a huge 500GB capacity. The 500GB barrier was broken earlier this...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
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