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- Lapworks Futura laptop desk
- Laptops are designed, theoretically, to sit comfortably on a lap, a desk, a coffee table, or any place we need easy access to a computer. In reality, we're often at the mercy of overheated systems, non-ergonomic angles, and wobbly knees. This leads people to use a variety of methods to...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop desk, laptop computer, LapWorks, Futura
- Product reviews 2008-05-06
- Lapwork's latest laptop desk
- "Deputy Product Tester" gives away lap desksZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind tries out Lapwork's third-generation laptop desk. The Futura fits between the bottom of a laptop computer and a person's thighs and provides large open ventilation slots to channel the heat away from under the laptop.
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, laptop desk
- Videos 2007-07-25
- Two Lapworks' Futura laptop desks go to the ZDNet readers who....
- Two Lapworks' Futura Laptop Desks go to the ZDNet readers who....I need a laptop deskI currently own a PowerBook and spend a considerable though variable number of hours programming with my computer on my lap. Currently I use a sofa cushion to prevent my legs from toasting, and so I...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, laptop desk
- Discussion threads 2007-07-23
- Two Lapworks' Futura laptop desks go to the ZDNet readers who....
- ZDNet's Deputy Tester of the Week Program has officially been going on so long that we've lost count of what week this is. We were out-of-business last week due to a camera failure. For more information on how the program works and how you can participate, see the announcement...
- Tags: Video, Product Giveaways, Personal Technology, Mobile, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- LapWorks laptop desk UltraLite
- Laptop users are often at the mercy of their machines, enduring singed legs and overheated laps as computer temperatures creep ever higher. There are a wide variety of laptop desks on the market designed to provide a portable work surface and shield users from sizzling systems. The $29.99 LapWorks Laptop...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, LapWorks, LapWorks Laptop Desk UltraLite, laptop desk
- Product reviews 2007-02-16
- Lapworks: For when big, bulky, and ugly simply won't do
- Lapworks: For when big, bulky, and ugly simply won't doProtection from LapTop Desk is limitedI have one of those Laptop Desks myself; it looks like your picture. I have found, though, that depending on how hot your laptop runs, the heat will radiate through the plastic material the Laptop...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop desk, laptop computer, LapWorks
- Discussion threads 2007-02-05
- Mobile computing in comfort
- Working on a notebook computer while on the go is fraught with peril. Balancing a notebook on your lap, coping with heat and ventilation issues, and working comfortably in a hotel or meeting room are three big issues facing mobile PC users. Oh... and if you're male, there's that whole...
- Tags: PC, tablet, tablet PC
- Blog posts 2006-04-12
Additional Resources
- XP on XO: Negroponte has lost his bearings
- At ZD's Hardware 2.0 blog, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes cites this quote from former OLPC developer Ivan Krstic about Nicholas Negroponte's rapidly shifting mission statement: In fact, I quit when Nicholas told me — and not just me — that learning was never part of the mission....
- Tags: Education, Team, Microsoft Windows XP, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Nicholas Negroponte, Team Management, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- XP meets XO: Will Linux get an equal shot?
- Updated: The One Laptop Per Child program will put XP on its XO laptop and children in the developing world will have a choice between Windows and Linux. On the surface, a little choice isn't going to kill anybody. In fact, choice is good. And if some...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, XP Screen, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- WinXP on XO laptops OK as long as Linux runs, too
- Microsoft's agreement to offer Windows XP on OLPC's XO laptop is appropriate and long overdue. It was pure hypocrasy for Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates to publicly decry the so-called "Digital Divide" while privately refusing to support the XO simply because Linux was a supported operating system. ...
- Tags: Operating System, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Gates Foundation, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Sugar-free Windows, as predicted
- As Ivan Krstić predicted in his May 13th blog post (see "Intense and really thoughtful ranting from the OLPC front"), the OLPC XO will start shipping with Windows XP, minus the Sugar interface and open source tools that allow full implementation of the XO hardware (e.g., mesh networking). ...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO
- Microsoft's participation in the One Laptop Per Child OLPC initiative has been fraught with mystery and disinformation from the get-go. But on May 15, Microsoft officials finally gave the OLPC project Redmond's official blessing. Up to this point, OLPC Chief Nicholas Negroponte preannounced Microsoft's every move on...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Exclusive: First look at the FastMac U-Charge (updated)
- Here's an exclusive sneak peak of FastMac's newest product: U-Charge. U-Charge is a portable, standalone charger that connects directly to the battery's terminals to recharge the battery quickly and efficiently. It's compatible with over nine years of Apple laptop batteries as well as after-market/third party replacements like...
- Tags: Apple PowerBook, Apple MacBook, Battery, FastMac U-Charge, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- A stick and personal care for those who can afford it
- Lorne Stitsky has a dream. It's the comfortable life internists enjoyed generations ago. A small number of patients, whom he can know intimately and who will depend on him as families did way back when. You can almost hear Randy Newman's Dayton Ohio 1903 playing in the...
- Tags: Patient, Dr., Lorne Stitsky, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Britain releases its X-Files
- The truth may be out there, but so far it's not in the government files. The British government posted the first batch of its X-Files to a website today in a project that will eventually see the Ministry of Defence turn over to the National Archives 160 files on UFO...
- Tags: Officer, Britain, Alien, Missile, UFO, Government, Vertical Industries, Aerospace & Defense, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Hardware, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Photos: Where the building is the network
- The San Jose, Calif., headquarters of Echelon, maker of technologies for smart buildings, model the company's energy management systems.Behind the scenes of "smart" buildings, including the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Sears Tower in Chicago, lies technology from Echelon. The company doesn''t call its embedded control technologies "green,"...
- Tags: Network, Echelon, Photograph, Building, It', Echelon', That', Networking, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-14
- Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lost
- Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lostStuff and nonsense>From day one, the purpose of Philly’s network is to increase digital inclusion and economic development. The measure of their success should be how lives and businesses are being helped in disadvantaged communities.The city to stick to...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless Philly, wireless, EarthLink Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Can you see yourself running Windows Vista in 2014?
- Can you see yourself running Windows Vista in 2014?I view it as a vote againstLinux. The fact that so many people are saying that they are holding out on Vista to wait until Windows 7 is odd, as you would think the response would have been that they are going...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Fedora Project, Fedora 9
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Dell Inspiron desktop now $300
- Dell has cut the price of its budget Inspiron 530 by $140. The $300 configuration includes a 2.0GHz Pentium E2180 dual-core processor, 1GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, Intel GMA 3100 graphics, and Windows XP. The deal is part of a Dell tax rebate marketing gambit...
- Tags: Desktop, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista, Rebate, Graphics, Dell Inspiron, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Frequent open source miles
- Matt Asay's piece on "open source free- riders" got my goat this morning because we're on opposite sides of the market. Matt's a vendor, a high-ranking executive with Alfresco who by his own testimony spends a heavy chunk of his life in hotels and airports. ...
- Tags: Matt, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
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