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Security Solution Helps Solicitors Access Client Data Securely From Any Location
White Papers Biggart Baillie required a security solution that: eliminated the need to install security software on portable computers. The 130 solicitors can now securely access client information from their portable computers.
[November 12, 2008, 0:01]
HP notebooks built for battle
News Hewlett-Packard is building tougher portable computers. Rugged portable computers occupy a small yet important niche in the pantheon of portable computers. The machines, which are made to stand up to extreme temperatures, dust, water and shock from...
[March 19, 2004, 10:50]
Toshiba unveils new optical drives
News Toshiba on Tuesday announced new optical drives for mobile computers and portable projectors with updated features. In a separate product launch, the company's computer systems group announced two new portable projectors that are targeted at the...
[August 27, 2003, 12:20]
Microsoft Improves Security Policy Compliance With Network Access Protection
White Papers The company deployed Network Access Protection (NAP), a feature of the Windows Server 2008 operating system, to improve the security policy compliance of its desktop computers, roaming portable computers, visiting portable computers, and unmanaged...
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Gamers face jail in Greece
News The Greek government has banned all electronic games across Greece, including those in home computers, Game Boy-style portable consoles, and on mobile phones. Thousands of British tourists in Greece are unknowingly facing heavy fines or long terms...
[September 3, 2002, 12:55]
Smartcard home banking may be on way to UK
News A spokesperson for the Association for Payment of Credit Services (ASPC) in Britain says that the introduction of portable bankcard readers for personal computers would certainly be a step in the right direction as far as British banking is...
[November 17, 1999, 9:00]
Via unveils mini notebook and motherboards
News Mini notebooks and portable computers currently only occupy a small niche. The mini notebook and mobile-phone motherboard — which are being shown at the Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan, this week — are part of Via's strategy to eke out market...
[June 6, 2007, 10:04]
Toshiba fires up methanol fuel cell
News The Japanese electronics company, which ranks among the top notebook makers, said it would present direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) technology for portable computers that can provide about five hours of power with a single cartridge of fuel.
[March 6, 2003, 8:39]
Intel powers faster, thinner notebooks
News The new Pentium 4-M chip is designed for full-size notebooks, or portable computers typically weighing between 2Kg and 3.5Kg with either a 14-inch or 15-inch screen. These chips are geared for "thin and light" notebooks -- typically smaller than...
[September 17, 2002, 8:04]
IBM plots next PowerPC chips
News According to sources, the company will mark the 10th anniversary of its PowerPC alliance with Motorola and Apple by refreshing three of its PowerPC chip families for several market categories, ranging from portable computers and Internet...
[May 25, 2000, 14:25]
Dell: Netbooks won't change shape of PC market
News If you look at screen sizes for portable computers, 85 percent of portable computers that run advanced operating systems are in the 14- to 15-inch screen space. For every dollar spent on computers, companies then spend $2 to $3 on infrastructure...
[September 25, 2008, 13:06]
Apple set to announce video iPod plans
News These are full-fledged portable computers complete with handwriting recognition and handwriting input. Apple Computer on Tuesday is expected to unveil a new portable product aimed at bolstering the company's strategy to make itself into a major...
[January 6, 2003, 10:19]
Transmeta shares drop as lock-up ends
News Transmeta makes chips that claim to nearly match normal Intel processor speeds while consuming far less power, targeting them at portable devices and notebook computers. While Transmeta has shaken up the microprocessor industry, its chips are used...
[May 8, 2001, 12:02]
Toshiba turbocharges tiny drive
News The 1.8-inch drive, which has been used in products such as portable music players, is very similar to 2.5-inch hard drives found in notebook computers, but at about the size of a credit card is thinner and lighter.
[November 5, 2003, 15:55]
Methanol fuel cells 'smaller and more powerful'
News On Monday, MTI MicroFuel Cells unveiled prototypes of its Mobion power packs, which promise to last longer in portable devices than conventional batteries and to be easier to manufacture than rival fuel cells.
[June 22, 2004, 12:40]
Tablet PCs won't come cheap
News The Toshiba tablet is one of a number of new portable computers that use a specialised version of Microsoft's Windows XP that offers handwriting recognition, among other features. Microsoft has been working on its conception of tablet PCs for more...
[November 1, 2002, 7:46]
A DC-based culture is growing.
Blog Batteries allow the devices to be portable, because they are not connected to the "power grid", so they give the user of the device freedom of locomotion while doing useful work: cellphones and portable computers, for example.
[July 9, 2007, 1:02]
Gates on geekery and gadgets
News Before XP came along, portables were a very small percentage of what people did, so as we put the wireless capability in there, the standard stack in there, we did some things that let Wi-Fi really take off in a big way, which let portable...
[January 9, 2007, 9:10]
Seagate to unveil pocket-sized storage devices
News At the Consumer Electronics Show next week, the Scotts Valley, California-based hard-drive maker will show off a new line of pocket-size portable storage devices called FreeAgent. Maxtor had begun to branch out into portable storage and internet...
[January 5, 2007, 8:59]
PC Expo: Clash of the PDA standards
News Major portable announcements at PC Expo included a coming-out party for the Sony Palm OS-based handheld computer, an expandable platform for future Palm-branded handhelds (called SD), and even more cool Springboard expansion modules for the...
[July 3, 2000, 8:50]
