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| Snow Leopard – the Only OS to Properly Use Intel's New Quad Cores |  | Sujan Kamran, regional marketing manager for client platforms at Intel in Singapore, has confirmed the company's intentions to bring quad-core to laptops in August. According to an InfoWorld report covering the topic, "getting a quad-core processor into a laptop is more about bragging rights than a genuine boost in performance." Is that really so?
What about Snow Leopard? Dennis Sellers of MacsimumNews points o ... [read more >>] | | 24 July 2008, 03:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Dual-Touchscreen Notebook Might Overshadow MacBook Air |  | Forget about Apple's MacBook Air, Asus' Eee PC or even Voodoo PC's Envy because, in just two years, these notebooks will no longer be considered cool. In fact, over this period of time, notebooks will change so much that you will not even require a keyboard. And that is because, according to an Italian industrial design agency, future portable computers will sport a dual-LCD design and no standard keyboard.
The name of th ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 08:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Australian PC Maker Leaks Details on Intel's Quad-core Laptop Chip |  | If you happen to find yourself somewhere near "the land down under" and you are looking to acquire a new high-end notebook, then you should check out the offer of PC maker Pioneer Computers. The Australian manufacturer is now taking preorders for laptops equipped with the yet unreleased Intel quad-core mobile processors. According to Pioneer Computers, the new CPUs will soon be made available.
The exact date for when that migh ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 06:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 12,000 Laptops Lost Weekly in US Airports |  | A recently published study entitled "Airport Insecurity: The Case of Lost Laptops" conducted by Dell and the Ponemon Institute brought to light the fact that about 12,000 laptops are lost in airports on a weekly basis, in America alone. The study gathered information from 106 major airports in the US. Out of all those missing laptops about 70% are recovered while the remaining 30% are never found.
It is worth mentio ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 09:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Introducing Qosimo G55, More than a Desktop Replacement |  | Imagine a computer system that would let you interact with your private content or various applications you might need on it, in a way that no other computer can. Picture what it would be like not needing a mouse, keyboard or any other wireless controller, because all you’d have to do would be just to move your arms a bit. Imagine that this product we are talking about comes in the form of a 18.4-inch notebook that is excellent as a deskto ... [read more >>] | | 16 June 2008, 03:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fujitsu-Siemens Launches Black and White Amilo 3000 |  | One of the biggest computer system manufacturers, Fujitsu Siemens, has just unveiled its new Amilo 3000 range of laptops. The company has built this new product using a straightforward black and white design which, although simple, promises to bring a lot of innovative features.
The company's new Amilo 3000 product range comes with a unique monochrome design that enhances the PC's functionality. Apparently, the new b ... [read more >>] | | 29 May 2008, 11:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Eee PC 1000 at Computex |  | The Computex Show, which will be held between June 3 and June 7, is going to bring a lot of highly expected products. ASUSTeK, which will be attending the computer show in Taiwan, is expected to globally launch its new Eee PC 901 notebook. On top of that, it appears that the company will also release the Eee PC 1000 series, a product that wasn't expected by any of the Eee PC fans.
ASUSTeK might be releasing the 10-inch ... [read more >>] | | 28 May 2008, 11:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Details about the XO2 $100 Laptop |  | Details about the $100 laptop, the product that looks like a laptop but is not a fully-fledged one, has a price tag under $100, and is created by the OLPC project, have surfaced on the Internet. The new device looks like an eBook reader which also provides some of the features of a laptop. It is believed that it will be shipped to children in 2010 under the name of XO2.
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) founder, Nicholas Negroponte, ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2008, 06:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Plans to Enter the Laptop Market |  | Samsung, one of the largest manufacturers of consumer electronics, has unveiled the prototype of what looks like the company's first notebook. A picture showing the new product and some details regarding its technical specifications have been made public through the Korean Samsung official web page. At a first glance, the notebook appears to be using an OLED technology.
Unlike Sony, which is the company's biggest com ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 08:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Experts Forget Their Advice, Leave Laptops Unprotected |  | All security experts out there advise people to keep their laptops and computers protected and, when attending meetings and conferences, to avoid leaving their notebooks unprotected. Unfortunately, it seems like these experts are ignoring even their own advice as most of them left their computers open at Infosec Europe 2008 without any noticeable security measure, Vnunet ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 09:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| There Are One Hundred Security Breaches in UK... |  | The HMRC data loss is surely a case which should be mentioned in the IT security books because at that time, there were no less than 25 million victims who saw their details lost in the unknown. However, it's sad to see more and more similar cases although the HMRC case obviously underlined the need for more and better security measures, the ICO officials mentioned in a press release published today. According to the report, ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 17:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Apple IIGS Laptop by (Who Else) Ben Heck |  | Still trying to recover from Ben Heck's PS3 laptop? So were these guys when reporting the Apple IIGS laptop. Ben Heck has indeed outdone even himself with his latest mod based off an original IIGS motherboard. Click on the image to the left to have a ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 16:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| NetworkLocation 2.3 Adds MacBook Air Support |  | Centrix has released NetworkLocation 2.3 for Mac OS X. The system utility can help you set up different network locations for at home, at work and even for when you're on the go. Download this here demo and you too may find switching between locations ... [read more >>] | | 14 April 2008, 10:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple's MacBook Air - the Perfect Secondary Computer |  | Browsing the web I came across this piece entitled "Apple's MacBook Air love affair." Eric Benderoff believes the MacBook Air is perfect as a secondary computing machine, because of its lacking storage space, optical drive and the only USB port avail ... [read more >>] | | 14 April 2008, 05:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Li-ion Battery Stores 30% More Energy |  | Lithium-ion batteries have the bad 'habit' of quickly losing energy storing capacity or even of lighting up on fire when damaged or over-charged. However, Argonne National Laboratory researchers say that they can make these problems go away and increase the storing capacity of Li-ion batteries by up to 30 percent, just by modifying the chemistry of the Li-ion electrode.
The license for the fabrication technology was sold to t ... [read more >>] | | 10 April 2008, 11:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Laptop Screaming for Help Sends Thieves to Prison |  | Nowadays, thieves steal laptops. It's like an unwritten rule, but adopted by lots of thieves out there. Just think that many people were seriously affected after laptops containing their private information were stolen from officials who were working on them. And these are only the reported cases, there are probably thousands of similar thefts which remained anonymous due to the fact that they were considered to be ordinary ... [read more >>] | | 04 April 2008, 04:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Maximize Your MacBook's Battery Life |  | People usually tend to buy MacBooks because they look much sleeker than the usual desktop Macs (although the recent iMacs might make them change their minds). But the thing is that after buying a MacBook, they will quickly understand why people who own a laptop – Apple branded or not – always complain about the fact that their battery never seems to last as long as they need it to.
If you are used to your desktop Mac, you definitely ha ... [read more >>] | | 31 March 2008, 07:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| And They Call It Security… Yet Another Laptop Got Stolen! |  | It happened in the past and it happens again: a laptop containing information about approximately 2500 patients of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute based in Bethesda, Maryland, got stolen and nobody knows for sure if the thief intends to use the details or not. The data stored on the hard-drives includes names, birth date, hospital medical record number, diagnoses and MRI reports. However, no social security numbers, ... [read more >>] | | 26 March 2008, 07:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 'Light' Competition for Apple's MacBook Air |  | Word on the street is that Apple's MacBook Air has to face yet more competition, following debates concerning which between Apple's laptop and Lenovo's ThinkPad X300 is a better computer. ... [read more >>] | | 14 March 2008, 11:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Potato Laptop for Student |  | Buying a laptop cheaper than its market price is something most people only dream of, but it only happens to the lucky ones that are in the right place in the right time. You have to weigh you options very carefully and then know when to step in to make the kill, any bidding done too early might jeopardize the entire situation that was this far clearly in your favor. Those must have been the thoughts of the Portsmouth 27-year old ... [read more >>] | | 11 March 2008, 17:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Data-Leakage in Airport Wireless Networks |  | 14 airports all over the world have been visited by experts and researchers from AirTight Networks, in an attempt to determine the awareness level of business travelers. The conclusions they reached are unnerving at best, downright unsettling: "We found that only three percent of all mobile users were using virtual private networks (VPNs), so most of their data was free and clear to anyone who could sniff the airwaves," ... [read more >>] | | 04 March 2008, 12:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 4 Episodes of Friends, Downloaded for $22,000 |  | Machines connecting to wireless networks and costing their owners tons of money aren’t breaking news, as a matter of fact they’re old history. Except for the fact that it is a continuous nuisance, the fact could go unnoticed by anybody else, except for those paying the bills. But, when the bottom figure shows close to $22,000, it’s something to voice over.
The Telegraph tells the story of a couple being faced with this very pr ... [read more >>] | | 04 March 2008, 09:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Confidential Government Data on eBay Auctioned Laptop |  | Loosing laptops containing vital information is more than a trend in the past years, it’s growing to be a real fashion. Lately, the most reported cases had medical files and the computers they were on being front and center, but some bank blueprints and some government information being misplaced can’t have their importance diminished because of that. Usually the data found, in case it isn’t immediately hidden back by the respect ... [read more >>] | | 28 February 2008, 16:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Lost Laptop Worth $54 Million |  | Losing a laptop must be painful, but when somebody else goes through the trouble of loving you it must be nearly insupportable. Raelyn Campbell one day sent hers to the shop for one defection, while under warranty and never saw it back. Her repeated phone calls for details on when it would be ready went on for about four months before somebody had the heart to tell her it was lost.
After talking to a pleiad of employees over the May – A ... [read more >>] | | 13 February 2008, 13:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Gartner Analysts: Laptops Will Become Obsolete Until 2012 |  | Laptop PCs are nowadays extremely popular with computer users, especially because they offer the necessary mobility and a performance ratio that can easily compete with the desktop counterparts. Things are about to change, however, in the following next years, and laptop PCs will become what the cassette walkman is now for the portable MP3 player.
According to Gartner market research analysts, the next five years will bring tr ... [read more >>] | | 11 February 2008, 08:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Children in Danger Due to Nine Stolen Laptops |  | Approximately 63 children have been exposed to identity theft after nine laptops belonging to workers of the Middlesbrough Council got stolen a few days ago. All the affected individuals will be contacted in the next few days in order to remain up-to-date with the latest details of the investigation, BBC informed today.
"The laptops were used by child workers and contained case files on children and their families," ... [read more >>] | | 18 January 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yet Another Stolen Laptop Puts 60,000 People at Risk |  | Oh, God, here we go again. Another stolen laptop puts at risk the information of about 60,000 people, who requested an advice from the Citizens Advice Bureau. A public statement, published on the official page of Citizens Advice in Northern Ireland, informs the users that only the people around the Belfast area have been affected, as the laptop contained names, address, date of birth and national insurance number. In addition, s ... [read more >>] | | 11 December 2007, 10:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Filmed Laptop Theft Gets 268,000 Users in Danger |  | Laptop. Theft. Lost data. Thousands of people affected. These are surely the most popular terms this season, as several officials lost their laptops containing private information about numerous persons. What the heck, man? Protect your laptops for God's sake? How hard can it be to keep an eye on a laptop, especially when you know that it contains details of hundreds, maybe thousands of people? OK, enough with this temper, ... [read more >>] | | 10 December 2007, 05:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How Often Do Your Lose Your Laptop? |  | The computer security is not all about antiviruses, antispyware technologies or any other software solution being installed on the system. It also refers to users' negligence that often boosts the attacks, data loss or any other leakage concerning private information. According to a research conducted by the Ponemon Institute, 39 percent of the employees included in the questionnaire said they had lost their PDA, their mobil ... [read more >>] | | 07 December 2007, 05:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| One Laptop Per Child Extends the Give One Get One Program |  | The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization is a non profit agency that designs, manufactures and distributes laptop computers that would qualify for $100.
OLPC's Give One Get One program, initially limited to two weeks has been announced to continue until the end of this year in USA and Canada only. The Give One Get One program has been first launched on November 12 for individuals in the USA and Canada to support the O ... [read more >>] | | 22 November 2007, 11:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| BenQ's Joybook, the Urban Laptop |  | People's need for mobility has written many success stories among the notebook producers. BenQ is not an exception to the case – the Joybook family has grown larger with the advent of the new R43 model.
The laptop itself looks simple, given the fact that the deep black case is carved in classical shapes. What makes it special at the first look is the pop-art graphics imprinted on the lid that try to render stylish skyscra ... [read more >>] | | 20 November 2007, 11:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Kid’s First Word: Google. |  | Yesterday morning on CNN the special guest, Nicholas Negroponte was demonstrating the One Laptop Per Child Program. As usual, the anchor asked about the success the program has had and the answer – apart from being the usual pitch/sales line "It was very well received", followed by the commercial part – totally blew my mind. "Many of the young kids in Rwanda using the laptop – their first word is Google."
O ... [read more >>] | | 20 November 2007, 02:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Doctors Shocked: Stolen Laptop Equals a £5,000 Fine |  | Richard Thomas, an Information Commissioner, tries to convince the House of Lords that doctors who lose their laptops and obviously, patients’ information should pay a consistent fine, The Times reported today. Mr. Thomas even added that some of the doctors should be forced to pay no less than £5,000 if they lose their notebooks because this is only negligence which can’t be accepted when talking about the patients’ details. &quo ... [read more >>] | | 16 November 2007, 04:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Pedal Your Laptop! |  | If you want to use your laptop without plugging it in, power it yourself, with your own energy! This is probably the best way to lose some calories while you are checking your mail. The project created by MIT students consists of an exercise bicycle that uses "pedaling power" to charge a laptop computer. It all started as a class assignment for Course 1.102, Introduction to Civil and Enviromenta Engineering Design, when students ... [read more >>] | | 09 November 2007, 04:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| So, This Is How Geeks Work Out! |  | Yes I know, there is never enough time for you to work out your abs, still there is one way in which you can do both, meaning you can mind your office businesses while running on a treadmill to straighten your butt. The Net Runner is a great invention which allows its users to surf the net, watch a movie and exercise at the same time.
The system is not an alien or sick device, but just a cool and innovative laptop holder to a ... [read more >>] | | 08 November 2007, 05:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Gateway Launches Laptop Bonanza |  | Gateway has announced the launch of two new mobile computer systems that will soon be available through the retail channel for purchase and which are aimed at users desiring a personal computer for use as an entertainment device that can deliver a reasonable level of computing performance at a medium price level.
The two new Gateway notebooks will soon be available under the P-6301 and P-6822 commercial designations and they w ... [read more >>] | | 15 October 2007, 10:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asustek Expanding Its Notebook Business |  | Asustek is the company behind the well known and appreciated brands Asus, on the high end market, and Asrock, on the entry level market segment. While the two Asustek brands are mostly known and liked for their mainboards, they are also producing many other computer related parts like cases, coolers, video cards, LCD monitors and even portable computer systems.
According to the news site ... [read more >>] | | 15 October 2007, 06:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Contract Notebook Manufacturer Compal Hits a New Record |  | The mobile computing market is rising fast, even faster than the desktop segment and this means that computer hardware manufacturing companies that are producing laptop and notebook parts are now having a field day as they register high demands and equally high revenues. As most high-end notebook and laptop producers are having limited production facilities, they are using a number of contract manufacturing companies like Compal Electronic ... [read more >>] | | 11 October 2007, 04:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Record Revenues in September from Mobile Computing |  | After the slow moving summer months it looks like the entire mobile computing market segment is back in business and two of the most important laptop and notebook contract manufacturing companies, Quanta Computer and Wistron, just announced that they enjoyed a very good September, financially speaking.
Both of these companies saw record revenues during the previous month and notebook shipments from Quanta Computer registered a ... [read more >>] | | 09 October 2007, 05:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| One More Dell XPS Coming, The XPS M1530 |  | After the much awaited buzz and fuzz launch of the Dell XPS M1330 mobile computer systems, it looks like the manufacturing company is already thinking to replace its top of the line offering with a more powerful machine that will be available under the commercial name of XPS M1530.
The new laptop will come equipped with a 15.4 widescreen display that will be available in two distinct configurations according to the news site & ... [read more >>] | | 08 October 2007, 09:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Intel Gets The Boot: XO Beats The Classmate PC |  | The One Laptop Per Child, OLPC for short, has been mulling over its super cheap, uber cool laptop for a number of years now and after a number of setbacks and near total failures alongside with many price tag boosts and other problems, things are finally looking brighter for the outfit led by Nicholas Negromponte.
Their program to allow customers from the United States and Europe to buy OLPC XO laptops at a double price in or ... [read more >>] | | 06 October 2007, 08:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Rock Xtreme 770 Laptop Comes With HD DVD |  | While most of the high-end desktop computer systems are now coming nowadays with HD DVD features, this is not the case on the mobile computing market as only a handful of products from several companies are able to field such claims. Such a product that comes with a HD DVD unit as a standard is the Xtreme 770 laptop built by the Rock company to be the ultimate gaming and multimedia supporting machine.
The Rock Xtreme 770 mobil ... [read more >>] | | 06 October 2007, 07:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Lenovo Goes For Cheap Laptops |  | The mobile computing industry is currently on an ascending path and more and more computer users are seeking to get rid of their desktop systems and switch over to notebooks and laptops. Traditionally, the mobile side of the computer industry was accessible with only some serious spending as some time ago a modest level laptop or notebook came with a price tag that was at least double when compared with a similarly equipped deskt ... [read more >>] | | 04 October 2007, 10:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Rock Notebook Featuring HD DVD Capabilities |  | As the mobile computer market segment is getting bigger and bigger, more hardware manufacturing companies and system integrators are readying themselves to step up and bring at least one notebook or laptop to consumers. One of the relatively small companies that are now thriving on the mobile computer market expansion is Rock, a laptop and notebook manufacturing outfit that now brings a line of product offerings that boast the latest in co ... [read more >>] | | 04 October 2007, 08:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| A New Line of Toshiba Laptops to Be Launched |  | Toshiba just announced the launch of a new line of mobile computer systems and the three new laptops are now available under the Satellite U305 commercial designation. The new mobile computer systems from Toshiba are aimed at providing users with plenty of computing power as well as mobility.
The new line of Toshiba Satellite U305 starts with the U305-S7477 model that is bringing the Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium operat ... [read more >>] | | 02 October 2007, 12:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Toshiba Launches The Satellite M205 Notebook |  | Toshiba announced the launch of a new mobile computer system that comes as an addition to the companies already existing series of Satellite M205 notebooks. The new product is now available under the designation of Satellite M205-S7452 and it comes as a thin and lightweight machine that is aimed at delivering a high level of performance even on a limited budget.
The new Toshiba Satellite M205-S7452 notebook comes equipped with ... [read more >>] | | 01 October 2007, 11:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asus Intros Four New Laptops |  | Asus announced four brand new mobile computer systems that are aimed not at providing the very best and latest the hardware industry has to offer but rather to deliver a significant increase in portability and style. These new Asus mobile computing devices range from the fully fledged notebook systems to an ultra portable device.
The first of the new line of Asus made products is the U6S that comes with a 12.1 widescreen displ ... [read more >>] | | 01 October 2007, 07:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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