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- ASUS R700t
- While best known for its computer components and motherboards, Asus is branching out to all sorts of consumer electronics, including GPS. The Asus R700t is one of its first portable navigation devices, and we must admit we're pleasantly surprised. The slim device is easy to use and features some great...
- Tags: Keyboards, GPS, Media players, display, ASUS R700t, ASUS
- Product reviews 2008-06-04
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- Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solid
- Last week, I bought a Dell Mini 9 preloaded with Ubuntu. The idea: Check out a netbook and take Ubuntu for a spin. The early reaction: Netbooks can be handy, but they can also cramp your hands with those dinky keyboards. And aside from some early problems with connecting to...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., WEP, Operating System, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Security, Security, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook business
- This crappy photo-edit of a fairly standard netbook design illustrates the power of Apple branding. ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan recently picked up a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Ubuntu Netbook and pinged me for tech support questions regarding his new toy --...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple iPod, Operating System, Apple Inc., Wireless, Android, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Top 5 Netbooks
- The biggest surprise of 2008 was the arrival of netbooks. Asus was the first in the pool with its Eee PC, and after some initial hesitation, the big guys were forced to jump in as well. Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo are all among a long...
- Tags: ASUS, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Battery, Memory, Acer Inc., Intel Atom, Intel Corp., Dell Inspiron, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan: With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Asus launches 'world's fastest' smartphone
- Yes, you read correctly: Asus has unveiled its latest smartphone, which, it claims is the "fastest business PDA phone in the world." Them's big words coming from a mobile underdog. That's because the juice behind the shell of the Asus P565 is an 800MHz...
- Tags: ASUS, Phone, Smart Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- OLPC's 'Give 1 Get 1': What a difference a year makes
- The One Laptop Per Child OLPC program on Monday launched this year's 'Give 1 Get 1' program and it's simply stunning how the environment has changed. I did the Give 1 Get 1 program last year and my daughter found the XO an interesting tool that has...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Christopher Dawson, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- $400 XOs and recessions
- The OLPC XO goes on sale through Amazon Monday via a redux of their Give One Get One (G1G1) program that turned into such a debacle last year. It's no secret that, despite my utter willingness to give props to OLPC for spurring an entire market of...
- Tags: Recession, Amazon.com Inc., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, OLPC XO, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Asus X83VM-X1 - Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26 GHz, 14.1-inch TFT
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.With its brown lid with a woven gold graphics pattern, the Asus X83VM-X1 might be mistaken for some sort of Gucci-branded laptop. (Hey, it...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, TFT, Asus X83VM-X1, ASUS, laptop computer, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Product reviews 2008-11-07
- Dell S1535-143B
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.Dell's Studio line of laptops is an attractive middle ground between the inexpensive Inspiron line and the high-end XPS line, incorporating some of the...
- Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Dell S1535-143B, Intel Core 2 Duo, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-11-07
- More notebooks using two, and now three, GPUs
- More notebooks using two, and now three, GPUsI see this going the way of the razor bladeSingle blade razors worked well. Then came the 2 blade razors and yeah, I thought that was an improvement. Then came the 3 blade razors and I started joking about how soon they would...
- Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, notebook, blade razor, blade, GPU
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition)
- As it often does, Falcon Northwest has provided with an ultra-high-end PC as a showcase for Intel's latest high-end desktop CPU. This $8,028 Mach V comes with the latest and greatest of everything and provides a useful benchmark of the performance we can expect to see from boutique gaming PCs...
- Tags: Desktops, Games, Intel Core Microarchitecture, Falcon Northwest, PC, Intel Corp., hard drive, Mach V, game
- Product reviews 2008-11-06
- Microsoft to discourage hybrid graphics systems for Windows 7
- Microsoft to discourage hybrid graphics systems for Windows 7Why should we use hybrid graphics?IMO the graphic card manufactures should do something like what the CPUs manufactures do, dynamic adjustment. When in a lower power battery setting the GPU could adjust to a lower clock speed and or voltage, etc.That is...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Hybrid Graphics, graphics, GPU, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, graphics system, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- Should the Mac Mini die?
- Should the Mac Mini die?Most everyone who owns one appears to really like it.Performance wise you're the first person I've seen who had anything less than favorable to say about it.RE: Should the Mac Mini die?I have a spare 19" LCD at home that is just waiting for the new...
- Tags: Desktops, Processors, Consumer electronics, current MacBook, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Micro-Mac, motherboard
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- Gallery: Intel Classmate Netvertible CTL 2go Tablet
- CTL is giving first looks the 2go Tablet - it's second generation Intel Classmate touch-screen netbook device that runs on both Celeron and Atom chips. It's expect to compete with upcoming ASUS netbook devices. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Intel Corp., CTL, Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals, Andy Smith, Intel Classmate, CTL 2go, Intel
- Image galleries 2008-11-06
- The Intel Classmate Netvertible appears for preliminary evaluation
- Joanna Stern is usually the first person to get a look at the new netbook devices and writes some fantastic reviews that I personally read before making purchase decisions. She continues this practice with an article that takes a first look at the CTL 2go Tablet aka Intel Classmate Netvertible....
- Tags: Touch Screen, Device, Intel Corp., Intel Classmate Netvertible, Joanna Stern, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Tablets, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller, Device Specification, Notebooks
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Asus X83VB-X1
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.We have tested and reviewed five retail laptops in the $800 to $1,000 range, and the Asus X83VB-X1 is the cheapest and most powerful...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Asus X83VB-X1, ASUS
- Product reviews 2008-11-05
- WinHEC: Microsoft shows off Windows 7 fundamentals
- WinHEC: Microsoft shows off Windows 7 fundamentalsWhy the obsession over boot times?I shudder to think how many millions of dollars are being spent to shave seconds off something I do MAYBE once a month and I'm sure I'm not alone in my reboot frequency. Microsoft made the default power button...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, applet, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7 fundamental, Microsoft Windows Vista, WinHEC, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!
- Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!Everyone Should Know ThisANY Microsoft OS you are gambling with your life to do an upgrade....98, ME, XP, Vista...all of them ground the system to a halt...Fresh install no problems!Why is there still a 32 bit version?If I am off-base, please correct...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, clean install, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-11-04
- Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition
- In the last few months you may have seen previews and news stories regarding Intel's new Core i7 desktop processor family, formerly known as Nehalem. Today, we're able to publish our impressions of Intel's new chip and ultimately its new platform. We've selected the flagship, $999 Core i7-965 Extreme Edition...
- Tags: Chipsets, Corporate governance, Processors, Semiconductors, Intel Core Microarchitecture, Intel Corp., CPU, motherboard
- Product reviews 2008-11-03
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