items tagged with Notebooks
OLPC days numbered as recession bites
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-01-12 17:01:53
The One Laptop Per Child organisation (OLPC), looks to have conceded that its "$100 laptop" has been a gigantic lapflop as the global recession bites deeper. Recent reports indicate that OLPC has suffered a massive sales downturn of its XO computer, resulting in equally massive staff layoffs and budget slashing.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-01-12 17:01:53
The One Laptop Per Child organisation (OLPC), looks to have conceded that its "$100 laptop" has been a gigantic lapflop as the global recession bites deeper. Recent reports indicate that OLPC has suffered a massive sales downturn of its XO computer, resulting in equally massive staff layoffs and budget slashing.
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Apple unveils 17in MacBook Pro with fixed battery
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-06 15:51:11
Rumours that Apple's new 17 in MacBook Pro would feature a fixed battery have proved correct.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-06 15:51:11
Rumours that Apple's new 17 in MacBook Pro would feature a fixed battery have proved correct.
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New MacBook Pro, Mac mini coming on Tuesday?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-05 00:05:57
Macworld Expo opens in San Francisco on Tuesday, and Apple's being tipped to announce a 17in 'unibody' MacBook Pro and a revised Mac mini.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-05 00:05:57
Macworld Expo opens in San Francisco on Tuesday, and Apple's being tipped to announce a 17in 'unibody' MacBook Pro and a revised Mac mini.
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Ericsson and Intel to “stop” laptop theft – in 2009
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-11 20:58:17
Need some protection against the theft of your future 3.5G enabled laptop computer? Then the fact that Ericsson’s “Mobile Broadband Modules” now work with Intel’s “Anti-Theft PC Protection Technology” aims to give you some peace of mind.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-11 20:58:17
Need some protection against the theft of your future 3.5G enabled laptop computer? Then the fact that Ericsson’s “Mobile Broadband Modules” now work with Intel’s “Anti-Theft PC Protection Technology” aims to give you some peace of mind.
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Dell to sell through The Good Guys
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-12-04 17:35:55
Dell is continuing its push into the Australian retail market, announcing a deal with The Good Guys to sell its consumer range of PCs and notebooks through the 87-store chain.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-12-04 17:35:55
Dell is continuing its push into the Australian retail market, announcing a deal with The Good Guys to sell its consumer range of PCs and notebooks through the 87-store chain.
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Dell’s Inspiron Mini 12 “netbook” arrives at last
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-30 22:07:05
Dell’s 12-inch netbook is finally available in Australia, but with a hardware limit of 1GB and only Windows Vista Basic on offer (unlike in the US, where Ubuntu is also available), is the Inspiron Mini 12 worth it?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-30 22:07:05
Dell’s 12-inch netbook is finally available in Australia, but with a hardware limit of 1GB and only Windows Vista Basic on offer (unlike in the US, where Ubuntu is also available), is the Inspiron Mini 12 worth it?
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ASUS brings Bamboo casings to life in notebook
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-13 00:59:11
Previewed a while ago at trade shows, the largely (but not entirely) bamboo clad Asus notebook doesn’t come cheap, but shows off your environmental cred and ability to afford it. As a Core 2 Duo notebook, it’s no mere netbook, and is guaranteed to get attention.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-13 00:59:11
Previewed a while ago at trade shows, the largely (but not entirely) bamboo clad Asus notebook doesn’t come cheap, but shows off your environmental cred and ability to afford it. As a Core 2 Duo notebook, it’s no mere netbook, and is guaranteed to get attention.
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Netbooks: spoilt for choice?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-11-12 23:58:44
Decisions, decisions... You can't go too far wrong when buying a desktop PC, and any minor mistakes can usually be corrected by swapping a component or adding a peripheral. But picking a netbook is getting harder rather than easier.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-11-12 23:58:44
Decisions, decisions... You can't go too far wrong when buying a desktop PC, and any minor mistakes can usually be corrected by swapping a component or adding a peripheral. But picking a netbook is getting harder rather than easier.
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Dell sees (RED) and Microsoft sees red
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-11-12 00:15:38
There's red and there's (RED). Microsoft and Dell both announced red products today, but for one it's just a colour.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-11-12 00:15:38
There's red and there's (RED). Microsoft and Dell both announced red products today, but for one it's just a colour.
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New MacBook Pro gets bent
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-11-09 22:48:04
Much has been made of the stiffness of the 'unibody' MacBook and MacBook Pro cases, but one owner has reported that picking up a MacBook Pro one-handed resulted in a slightly bent chassis.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-11-09 22:48:04
Much has been made of the stiffness of the 'unibody' MacBook and MacBook Pro cases, but one owner has reported that picking up a MacBook Pro one-handed resulted in a slightly bent chassis.
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HP recalls tens of thousands of notebook batteries
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-11-09 21:27:49
In yet another notebook battery recall, HP has issued a worldwide recall for tens of thousands of batteries sold with some of its most popular models. HP has recalled some 32,000 batteries that were supplied with various notebooks manufactured between December 2004 and June 2006, and two vendors have also joined the recall.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-11-09 21:27:49
In yet another notebook battery recall, HP has issued a worldwide recall for tens of thousands of batteries sold with some of its most popular models. HP has recalled some 32,000 batteries that were supplied with various notebooks manufactured between December 2004 and June 2006, and two vendors have also joined the recall.
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Windows 7 pre-beta: it really rocks!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-03 06:52:40
The buzz over Windows 7 is everything Microsoft clearly wished for Vista, with illegal downloads racing across the Internet as curious computer users want to see if all the Windows 7 reports match up to reality.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-03 06:52:40
The buzz over Windows 7 is everything Microsoft clearly wished for Vista, with illegal downloads racing across the Internet as curious computer users want to see if all the Windows 7 reports match up to reality.
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Asus delivers “world first” Quad Core gaming notebook
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-27 04:25:12
Although high powered notebooks have been available for some time from the likes of Toshiba, Alienware, Dell and others, Asus says its quad core G Series gaming notebook is a "world first".
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-27 04:25:12
Although high powered notebooks have been available for some time from the likes of Toshiba, Alienware, Dell and others, Asus says its quad core G Series gaming notebook is a "world first".
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Why did Apple put out the FireWire?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-20 20:18:04
Although the death of FireWire was long ago telegraphed when Apple stopped supporting it on the iPod, the untimely death of FireWire on the new MacBook has really fired up users who have lots of FireWire based equipment and want a MacBook – not a MacBook Pro.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-20 20:18:04
Although the death of FireWire was long ago telegraphed when Apple stopped supporting it on the iPod, the untimely death of FireWire on the new MacBook has really fired up users who have lots of FireWire based equipment and want a MacBook – not a MacBook Pro.
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Netbook explosion takes Acer to number 1, Asus to number 4 in EMEA
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-10-17 06:42:33
Netbook sales in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) have literally exploded in the third quarter of 2008, making Acer the top ranking PC vendor for the first time ever, while propelling Asus up the ladder into fourth place. IDC figures show that growth in notebooks overall has been strong, but the take-up of netbooks has been staggering.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-10-17 06:42:33
Netbook sales in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) have literally exploded in the third quarter of 2008, making Acer the top ranking PC vendor for the first time ever, while propelling Asus up the ladder into fourth place. IDC figures show that growth in notebooks overall has been strong, but the take-up of netbooks has been staggering.
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New 17-inch MacBook Pro due next year, not by Macworld?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-16 22:39:43
An online report suggests the reason why the 17-inch MacBook Pro (MBP) didn't get the swish new aluminium cases of the new 13-inch MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro was because of issues in "ramping up production", thus "delaying them by a few months". In short, if you want to upgrade your existing 17-inch MBP, why bother doing it now?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-16 22:39:43
An online report suggests the reason why the 17-inch MacBook Pro (MBP) didn't get the swish new aluminium cases of the new 13-inch MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro was because of issues in "ramping up production", thus "delaying them by a few months". In short, if you want to upgrade your existing 17-inch MBP, why bother doing it now?
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The notebook is dead, long live the netbook!
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-10-15 04:36:42
News flash to Apple, announcements about expensive, oversized aluminium clad futuristic looking notebook computers are just so yesteryear. If you want to grab people's attention these days give them something they can afford and just as importantly something they can use - give them a netbook.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-10-15 04:36:42
News flash to Apple, announcements about expensive, oversized aluminium clad futuristic looking notebook computers are just so yesteryear. If you want to grab people's attention these days give them something they can afford and just as importantly something they can use - give them a netbook.
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New MacBooks, new 24” screen but no $800 netbook - meh
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-15 00:20:38
Apple has launched upgraded new models of its MacBook and MacBook Pro models, as well as a super-expensive 24” screen, but the much rumoured $800 Mac “netbook” was a no-show. Is it all a load of “meh”?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-15 00:20:38
Apple has launched upgraded new models of its MacBook and MacBook Pro models, as well as a super-expensive 24” screen, but the much rumoured $800 Mac “netbook” was a no-show. Is it all a load of “meh”?
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A Netbook-style clamshell for the iPhone is coming!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-12 08:08:46
OLO – it’s the name of what looks like a notebook or netbook computer, but in place of the trackpad, you slot in your iPhone – and use its screen as a trackpad instead! Genius of an idea – or as dumb as the Palm Foleo that never was?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-12 08:08:46
OLO – it’s the name of what looks like a notebook or netbook computer, but in place of the trackpad, you slot in your iPhone – and use its screen as a trackpad instead! Genius of an idea – or as dumb as the Palm Foleo that never was?
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Apple’s notebook invitation – new MacBook design at last?!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-09 22:17:44
The rumours of an Apple event to release new MacBooks on October 14 have turned out to be true, after all, following Apple’s invitation that shows a titanium notebook with glowing Apple logo, and the tagline: “The spotlight turns to notebooks”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-09 22:17:44
The rumours of an Apple event to release new MacBooks on October 14 have turned out to be true, after all, following Apple’s invitation that shows a titanium notebook with glowing Apple logo, and the tagline: “The spotlight turns to notebooks”.
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