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Dell Shops Its Made-to-order Factories - Wired
dell is looking to sell its factories in a bid to lower costs as it tries to become a more nimble purveyor of laptop computers. the wall street journal reports that the plan is driven in part by dell's inability to adjust quickly enough to from the ...
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Amazon To Sell Olpc Xo Laptop Over The Holidays
netbooks are the new hotness in portable computing, and every company out there is jumping on the netbook bandwagon, but we must not forget the device that started it all. some might say the eee pc ushered in the netbook era, but i think the xo laptop just did that when it was introduced a couple of years ago. the one laptop per child foundation developed the xo laptop for children in the ...
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Chinese Pc Vendor Reveals S1 Imini Laptop Series
chinese pc vendor tsinghua tongfang announced its new s1 imini laptop series, a family of netbooks with 10.2-inch screens that have a microsoft windows vista home basic os or a linux os.
www.itworld.com

Dell Launches Low-cost ‘netbook’ Laptop - Financial Times
dell on thursday became the latest company to enter the “netbook” market with the launch of a small, stripped-down laptop designed to appeal to customers looking for a low-cost, internet-ready computer. the world’s second-biggest personal ...
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Sony Recalls About 438,000 Vaio Laptops - Cnet News
updated 8:13 am ptd: added the number of recalled laptops worldwide. sony is recalling about 438,000 vaio tz-series notebooks worldwide that may overheat and cause burns, the company said thursday. the number of recalled laptops sold in the united ...
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Internet Phone Fits In Laptop
there are dozens of internet phone services these days. these services use a technology known as voice over internet protocol, or more commonly "voip."
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Asus's F6v Laptop Tries To Appeal To Your Senses By Having A Scent [scented Pc]
a laptop that smells good: yep—that's the new idea asus has had to try to delineate its products in the marketplace. and i don't mean that "mmmmm... new plastic gadget" sensation either, this...
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Review: Miniature Laptop That Makes Sense - Pc World
to me, the ultrasmall, ultralightweight computer remains the holy grail. unfortunately, you still pay a premium for miniaturization. the $399 asus eee pc 4g (available november 1, and referred to as the eee pc 701 prior to its official launch ...
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Sony Shares Hit 3-yr Low After Vaio Laptop Recall - Forbes
tokyo, sept 5 (reuters) - sony corp (nyse: sne - news - people ) shares fell more than 4 percent to hit the lowest in almost three years on friday after the electronics maker announced a recall of 438,000 vaio portable computers due to possible ...
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The Linux Laptop Goes To School
this is not a pc you load with additional hardware, or much additional software. this is more like a cell phone, something you toss in your backpack and use on-the-run. by dana blankenhorn
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Review: Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag Simplifies Security Process
if you read my post on "checkpoint friendly" bags back in july you may be wondering what is going on with this program. starting on 16 august, the tsa announced they were ready allow compliant "checkpoint friendly" bags through the x-ray machines while remaining in the bags. the tsa always...
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Jerry Seinfeld To Sex Up Microsoft With Teaser Ads - Video - Monsters And Critics
jerry seinfeld's new ads for microsoft are meant to sex up the giant pc software and operating systems conglomerate to compete against the growing hordes of apple laptop users. jerry seinfeld arrive to promote 'bee movie' of steve hickner and simon j ...
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The Linux Laptop Goes To School - Zdnet Blogs
someone else, in this case, is my daughter robin (right). she did her first review for me when she was 3. i sat her on my lap in front of a huge pc and she checked out some learning software. she has gotten bigger, and the computers have gotten ...
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Usb Adapter Wirelessly Steams Pc Content To Larger Screens.
by enabling hd video streaming between pc and tv or projector up to 720p, wireless usb to vga kit lets users view spreadsheets and other pc content on larger screens. mobile solution consists of one wireless usb adapter that connects to laptop/desktop and one wireless vga adapter that plugs into vga display. effective up to 30 ft away, kit eliminates cable clutter and utilizes host adapter to ...
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Ou Among America’s Most Wired
in a recent ranking compiled by pc magazine and the princeton review, ou came in at no. 10 among “america’s top wired colleges.” ou was one of only two big 12 schools ranked in the top 20. kansas state university was ahead of ou by eight spots at no. 2.
www.oudaily.com

Olpc Pushes The Xo Laptop In An Already Saturated Market - Toms Hardware
following a certain lag in government sales, the olpc foundation has decided to revive its give one, get one (aka g1g1 program) in cooperation with amazon. the olpc g1g1 was initially launched last year and there was an overwhelming demand for the xo ...
www.tomshardware.com

Update 2-sony Shares Hit 3-yr Low After Vaio Laptop Recall - Reuters
tokyo, sept 5 (reuters) - sony corp (6758.t: quote , profile , research , stock buzz ) shares fell more than 4 percent to hit the lowest in almost three years on friday after the electronics maker announced a recall of 438,000 vaio portable computers ...
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Texas Pc Recycling Law Takes Effect
texas has begun enforcing a new law that requires all computer manufacturers in the state to offer a free recycling program for most of their systems. called the computer equipment recycling program, the plan mandates that pc makers offering same-brand computers, displays, and input let customers easily ship out or take in computers to have them processed regardless of whether or not the bundle ...
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Laptop Add-ons: Taking The Taste Test
there was a time when buying a laptop wasn't necessarily as complicated as buying a car. now, laptop buyers must often wade through lists of options long enough to rival those on ford broncos. freelance writer alan cohen passes judgment on three of the most popular add-ons.
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Olpc To Launch Touchscreen Xo-2 Laptop In Q1 2010 - Australian Pc World
google heaps praise on the iphone, chrome and their cloud potential at the office 2.0 conference. a google executive thursday heaped praise on apple's iphone, even with his company set to challenge apple in this same space with its android mobile ...
www.pcworld.idg.com.au