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Dell Inspiron Duo

Dell Inspiron Duo

...playback, useful ports and holds the system upright for use as an internet appliance. Thanks to a middling battery, however, it doesn't meet our... Read more

9 February, 2011 by Dan Ackerman
Back to the future with internet appliances

Back to the future with internet appliances

Gateway's entry into the internet appliance segment was done in conjunction with internet service provider AOL. The... Read more

8 July, 2010 by Ina Fried

PC heavyweights bet on Net appliances

Get ready for Internet appliance 2.0. But this time the cadre of startups seeking to... Read more

21 August, 2000 by John G.Spooner and Richard Shim

I-Opener no longer a $99 Linux PC

Buyers of the I-Opener Internet appliance, hoping to get what amounts to a full-fledged personal computer... Read more

6 April, 2000 by John G.Spooner

Wearable PC nears commercial launch

...the wearable PC from Hitachi, which calls it the WIA-100NB Wearable Internet Appliance. Hitachi is expected to target business users. Xybernaut, which will target... Read more

18 January, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Gateway turning off Net appliances?

...two current products "are allowing us to keep a hand in the Internet appliance space, and they're selling...But we really think that, for... Read more

6 March, 2001 by Ian Fried

Hitachi rolls out Transmeta-based Net appliance

Hitachi has begun shipping an Internet appliance in Japan that contains a Crusoe processor from Transmeta that will... Read more

7 December, 2000 by Michael Kanellos

S3 relaunches: New name, new focus

...focusing on digital media and information appliances. It recently spun off its Internet appliance division, frontpath, while still containing a controlling interest -- and it has... Read more

2 November, 2000 by Richard Shim

3Com's Audrey - no place like home

3Com joined the growing list of companies exploring the Internet appliance market when it launched the first device in its Ergo line... Read more

18 October, 2000 by Richard Shim

Has Transmeta's chip finally come in?

...says its eye-opening deal to supply Gateway and America Online with Internet-appliance chips is just the start of things to come. Five-month... Read more

31 May, 2000 by John G.Spooner

Virgin trades gadgets for your privacy

...Virgin affinity and interest in electronic commerce," said Audrey Parma, president of Internet Appliance Networks, a closely held New York startup that designed the Web... Read more

10 April, 2000 by ZDNet

Gateway 'could have had it all'

...to the PC," said Peter Askhin, Gateway's CTO. The first two Internet appliance devices to ship from AOL will be the countertop appliance and... Read more

6 April, 2000 by John G.Spooner and Mary Jo Foley

eMachines prices at $9 a share

...to meet its goals. eMachines will try to position itself as an Internet appliance company, but nearly all of the company's revenue comes from... Read more

24 March, 2000 by Larry Dignan

BeOS to take the Linux road?

Will making the BeOS free open up the operating system to new developers? Or just dry up Be's revenues? Read more

19 January, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Internet fridges: Virus magnets?

Internet fridges, washing machines and other wired appliances are likely to be popular targets for virus writers, say some antivirus experts. But it may just be a load of spin Read more

12 July, 2002 by Matt Loney

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