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- Sony Vaio X (VPC-X115KX/N Signature Collection, gold)
- Sony has thus far taken a position just adjacent to Apple's when it comes to the question of Netbooks. Rather than embracing these low-cost, low-power systems that have become incredibly popular with bargain-hunting consumers, Sony stayed out of the market initially. Its subsequent entries have skirted the outer edges of...
- Tags: Desktops, Sony Vaio, Vaio X, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-11-02
- Liquids from methane could be better than mere gas(oline)
- American researchers have developed a method of converting methane from gas into useful liquids. What the research discovered: efficient methods for turning methane into methanol or other liquids that are easily transported and used. Methane and methanol burn much cleaner than more complex organic fuels. It can...
- Tags: Liquid, Methane, Methanol, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Can a laptop ever be too thin?
- Ralph Lauren is on the receiving end of a blogosphere backlash today over an apparent Photoshop job gone awry. It turns out there is such a thing as too thin. I mention this because yesterday both Dell and Sony introduced new laptops that give new meaning to ultra-thin. The trend...
- Tags: Apple MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, Dell Adamo, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Sony, Nokia plan premium netbooks
- Good dealWell, they need a better display for sure!:)RE: Sony, Nokia plan premium netbooksWhen Sony do something like release notebooks with a chiclet keyboard or release an ultra thin model it's often refered to as emulating some mac or other product but just to keep in mind this is a...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Nokia N900, Maemo, netbook, Sony Corp., Nokia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Sony, Nokia plan premium netbooks
- One way to wean customers off of cheap netbooks is to offer a better alternative. Many computer makers are now offering ULV-based laptops. Another is to raise the price of netbooks. Both Sony and Nokia are planning to give this strategy a go. I've written about this before, and it...
- Tags: IBM xSeries, Sony Corp., Nokia Corp., Laptop Computer, Intel Atom, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-09-04
- Sony announces 11.1" VAIO X ultraportable: Intel Atom, 1.5 lbs.
- Well...if someone copied the design and sold it for about half of four digits, I might be seriously interested. But if the price guess is correct, Sony can keep it.And I'd forgo the carbon fiber. They cold add an eighth of a inch to the thickness and a few ounces...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Notebooks, Intel Corp., Sony Corp., Intel Atom, Sony Vaio
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- Sony announces 11.1" VAIO X ultraportable: Intel Atom, 1.5 lbs.
- Sony just announced the VAIO X at IFA 2009 in Berlin, Germany, a half-inch thin, 11.1-inch ultraportable notebook with an all-day battery that "will set the new standard for stamina," reports Engadget. The system is reportedly built of carbon fiber, weighing only 1.5...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Notebook, Sony Vaio, Intel Atom, Netbook, Intel Corp., VAIO X, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Bing, Wolfram Alpha agree on licensing deal
- On Microsoft-Wolfram DealI think we are gradually seeing web dominance shifting from Google. Facebook now have bing search on their site, Microsoft has a search deal with Yahoo and now Wolfram. Rather than a dominante force that Microsoft once imparted on the Windows, peharps we would see a number of...
- Tags: SEARCH, Bing, Wolfram Alpha, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., licensing deal
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Building high-performance, luxury computers in a recession
- When the world is caught in a global economic downturn, exactly how does one build a business around the fabrication of high-performance, luxury computers? I spoke with Chris Morley, chief technical officer of Maingear Computers, to find out. When it comes to external...
- Tags: Desktop, PC, Recession, High-performance, Gaming PC, Laptop Computer, Computer, ZD, Games, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Even ViewSonic is jumping into netbook game
- Is there anyone NOT making netbooks these days? ViewSonic, best known for making monitors, digital picture frames and projectors, has hopped into the netbook game, launching the VieBook. It also unveiled an all-in-one PC called the VPC 100 ViePC and an attachable PC dubbed the LinkPC. The...
- Tags: Game, ViewSonic Corp., PC, Netbook, VieBook, LinkPC, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- What a difference one atom makes
- A new study by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science shows exactly how important a single atom can be in a complex molecule. Reporting in the Nov. 26 edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Yang Yang, a professor of materials science...
- Tags: University Of California At Los Angeles, Solar Cell, Polymer, Solarmer Energy Inc., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PC
- The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PCThe cost of the OS is the issueWhen I bought my current system, 5 years ago, it was cheaper to buy a prebuilt system then build it myself if I wanted Windows.If I had wanted Linux, then it would have...
- Tags: Desktops, Memory, Operating systems, PC, RAM, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Looking at single atoms of hydrogen
- As you probably know, graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms packed in a dense two-dimensional honeycomb lattice. And it recently became very popular recently as a basis for ultra-fast transistors. Now, according to Science News, U.S. researchers are using graphene to image individual hydrogen atoms via a standard...
- Tags: Atom, Researcher, Hydrogen, Carbon, Here, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-07-19
- Go Green With Home Agents: How a Virtual Contact Center Can Be Good for Profitability, Competitiveness, and the Environment
- The carbon atom. It's too small to be visible to the naked eye, but it's causing a shift in global business that's hard to ignore. That shift probably is visible in one's business. Perhaps one's company's leaders are committed to doing their part to leave a clean, cool planet for...
- Tags: Agent, Environment, Contact Center, Avaya Inc., Call Centers, Real Estate, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Leadership, It Operations, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- White papers 2008-03-01
- A crystal as beautiful as a diamond
- A crystal as beautiful as a diamondSynthetic diamondIf the K4 were synthesized by constructing it with carbon atoms, how would that differ from simply being a synthetic diamond, which already exists? Carbon is capable of bonding in that formation because of its atomic structure. Theoretically, any atom with the same...
- Tags: Gender and diversity, flaw, carbon, diamond, crystal
- Discussion threads 2008-01-05
- Rice re-engineers Gleevec for Novartis
- Ariel Fernandez, an Argentine native and a professor of bioengineering at Rice, has led a group of scientists in re-engineering Gleevec, the Novartis anti-cancer drug, to avoid a rare heart-related side effect. Fernandez is among those given credit for the dehydron, a hydrogen bond with a propensity...
- Tags: Novartis AG, Molecule, Fernandez, Productivity, Investment, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- Can baking soda curb global warming?
- Can baking soda curb global warming?Baking Soda..Because of the acid rain and leaves that get in my pool, I use a lot of baking soda in my pool or bath to soften the water.Great stuff why store it? Sell it to pool companies and others. I am sure...
- Tags: sunlight, soda, carbon dioxide, global warming
- Discussion threads 2007-11-27
- The most powerful microscope in the world
- A new microscope developed by the TEAM Project (Transmission Electron Aberration-corrected Microscope), supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, has recorded the highest-resolution images ever seen (0.05 nanometer and below). This is equivalent to a quarter of the diameter of a carbon atom. This microscope will be delivered to the...
- Tags: Team, Microscope, TEAM Project, TEAM Microscope, TEAM Instrument, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
- A nanosensor to predict asthma attacks
- Asthma is a common illness which affects at least 300 million people worldwide and which is responsible for about 200,000 deaths every year. But asthma attacks could be detected up to 3 weeks before they happen by testing regularly the breath of asthmatics. If the levels of nitric oxide increase,...
- Tags: Nanotube, Handheld, Sensor, Breath, University Of Pittsburgh, Attack, Asthma, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-08-24
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