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Less than an OS, less than free
Blog Comment "I have personally been told by the CEO of every netbook manufacturer on the entire planet that returns of Linux netbooks have been running at about 10.736% of the return rate of Windows notebooks," But 10.7% for Linux is far more substantial...
[November 25, 2009, 19:42]
Less than an OS, less than free
Blog Talking of who's doing the work, I've seen some speculation about whether hardware OEMs will want to make low-end Chrome notebooks. What's an OS for? Thanks to Rupert Murdoch, Google has spent most of the time it probably wanted to be talking about...
[November 25, 2009, 9:23]
Less than an OS, less than free
Blog Comment Third, I have personally been told by the CEO of every netbook manufacturer on the entire planet that returns of Linux netbooks have been running at about 10.736% of the return rate of Windows notebooks, but unfortunately they also requested that...
[November 25, 2009, 8:40]
Less than an OS, less than free
Blog Comment Notice how many notebooks come with Splashtop or another Linux quick-start environment that can run Firefox and Skype and a few other app-like things - and how few people use that instead of booting into Windows?
[November 25, 2009, 7:12]
ARM opens resource centre for Android devs
News Conversely, ARM's latest Cortex A-series designs are set to make the leap from smartphones into netbooks or, as ARM calls cheap notebooks based on its architecture, 'smartbooks'. ARM has launched a resource centre for companies developing ARM...
[November 17, 2009, 11:03]
Size matters - or choose your phone according to your pocket
Blog We see it in notebooks - those with huge screens aren’t exactly portable, those with teeny screens are very portable but not always easy to use. I’ve just posted a First Take story on the HTC HD2. It’s a superb device.
[November 9, 2009, 11:44]
HP ProBook 4310s review
Reviews Design Like many consumer notebooks, but thankfully few business models, the outer lid of the ProBook 4310s is black and shiny. Despite its 13.3in.screen, the 4310s isn't the most compact or lightweight of notebooks: it's quite thick at 2.73cm...
[November 9, 2009, 10:01]
Using Windows Is Like...
Blog Comment I have several notebooks and netbooks which dual boot Vista and a variety of Linuxes. The one thing you have to watch out for is that when Vista is installed, it copies its own bootloader to the first MB or so of the disk.
[November 8, 2009, 19:38]
Sony VAIO X review
Reviews The standard Sony VAIO keyboard layout, with its flat-topped and widely spaced keys, works well on larger notebooks. Adding 2GB of RAM and Windows 7 helps, and the system is slightly faster than other Atom-powered notebooks we've tested, but the...
[November 5, 2009, 11:28]
Intel's 2010 roadmap review
Reviews Stickers on the new notebooks will only mention Core i7. Desktops with the Clarkdale chip and the first notebooks with Arrandale will probably appear early in the first quarter of 2010. Clarksfield — officially called Core i7 — brings Intel's...
[November 4, 2009, 10:20]
Circus Ponies NoteBook
Downloads Create electronic notebooks, with sections and subsections, to hold it all. Then share your Notebooks as PDF, or publish as websites via your MobileMe account. Are you drowning in stickies? Is your desktop cluttered with files?
[November 3, 2009, 15:45]
Zittergie's Coin Catalog
Downloads Zittergie's Coin Catalog is a software catalog and Manager for coins that runs on Linux, Windows and MAC OS 10.5 It is meant to be used on portable devices, so it is optimized for really small notebooks like the ASUS EEE PC, but it runs just...
[November 1, 2009, 16:38]
Panasonic CF-T8
Blog Panasonic’s Toughbooks are well known as super-rugged notebooks for specialised use. But there is a little more to the range than that, and the ‘business ruggedised’ line includes a number of machines aimed at the besuited business traveller who...
[October 28, 2009, 6:48]
Dell moves to the mobile beat
News You've said the netbook experience can be disappointing for a business user, but beyond the bigger screen size, what really matters for notebooks in business terms? As desktop sales continue to fall in Europe, PC maker Dell has said it will launch...
[October 22, 2009, 16:46]
Photos: new Windows 7 notebooks review
Reviews Look out for full reviews of some of these new-generation notebooks in the coming weeks, and keep checking back to this gallery as we update it with new announcements. Businesses that held off migrating from XP to Vista are now likely to consider...
[October 22, 2009, 15:59]
ZDNet UK launches its Service and Reliability survey
News The survey covers 11 areas of enterprise IT: desktop PCs, notebooks, smartphones, mobile network operators, servers, network infrastructure, peripherals, business applications, unified communications, network security and cloud services.
[October 19, 2009, 16:27]
Acer shows off Android netbook, smartphone
News Acer, being a sponsor of the upcoming 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and the 2012 Olympic Games in London, is bringing out special Olympic editions of its Aspire 4810T and 1410 notebooks. On Wednesday, Acer showed off some of its latest PCs...
[October 14, 2009, 15:09]
Mandriva One 2010 RC2
Blog I set about installing the new Mandriva One 2010.0 RC2 distribution today, on all of the various netbooks and notebooks around here. It has taken significantly longer than I expected it to, because I have run into a couple of problems.
[October 14, 2009, 14:12]
Dell-Customized Mobility Solutions
White Papers From notebooks, netbooks, and handheld computers to WiFi, smartphones, and mobile broadband, there really is no end to the number of devices now available for a wide variety of business applications. In this TechRepublic Resource Guide on...
[October 9, 2009, 0:00]
Digital Signatures for the Pharmaceutical Industry
White Papers Typical examples of digital signature use within the pharmaceutical industry include systems and processes such as electronic submissions, RA/QA, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), clinical operations, manufacturing instructions, electronic...
[October 2, 2009, 1:23]
