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That $20 (or $10, or $30) laptop
Blog There has been much vaunting on the interweb these past couple of days concerning India's '$20 laptop'. For a start, it doesn't appear to be a laptop at all, if the picture relayed by Gizmodo today is anything to go by.
[February 4, 2009, 14:28]
Laptop Review - Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog I have been using this new laptop for about a week now, and I am very pleased with it. I've read a couple of times that Fujitsu "squeezed" in a 14.1" display instead of the 13.3" in previous S-series models, but in comparing the size of this new...
[December 27, 2007, 12:15]
Laptop swiped at security show
News The laptop of a security firm salesman was stolen yesterday at a major IT security conference in London. The laptop bag was later discovered with all its contents except for the laptop. In a previous article on ZDNet UK, Girard gave these five...
[September 22, 2004, 12:15]
Laptop-shooting tops computer mishaps poll
Talkback My wife came home drunk one night and lied down on the couch next to my new laptop. A few minutes later she complained of feeling a little unwell and promptly vomited all over my laptop. I had to go around to my friends house who is a hardware...
[October 14, 2003, 8:33]
That $20 (or $10, or $30) laptop
Blog Comment I suspect that it is concievable if Sakshat refers to a 'laptop' in the same way that in some parts of india a 'car' is created utilising scrap. What would it take for those innovative Indians to create a concept "Sakshat" which (may)mean...
[February 6, 2009, 8:19]
Laptop Theft - Individual & Small Biz Concern Too
Talkback It seems these days everyone’s head turns when big companies like Marks’ & Spencer and Nationwide loose a laptop or the TSA loses an external hard-drive http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/050407_statement.shtm
[May 21, 2007, 19:20]
Laptop Security Best Practices
White Papers Given the realities of an increasingly mobile workforce and the growing regulatory obligations of organizations, IT security professionals need to craft, communicate, and enforce more specific laptop security policies to prevent company and...
[November 18, 2008, 0:00]
Laptop stolen from Citizens Advice
News A laptop containing client information has been stolen from the car of an employee of Citizens Advice in Northern Ireland. The theft of this laptop is highly regrettable, but given that the potential always exists for the theft of data, we have...
[December 10, 2007, 14:24]
Laptop-shooting tops computer mishaps poll
Talkback I had a user who brought her laptop in to me after she had a car accident. The laptop flew out a rear window and landed in the water. She stated that she wasn't able to get it started. When I opened the lid, I noticed sand and it smelled of sea water.
[October 14, 2003, 14:17]
Laptop Battery Monitor
Downloads Laptop Battery Monitor, is an intelligent laptop battery monitoring software. Features are display remaining time until the battery is fully discharged (when running on batteries), display remaining time until the battery is fully charged (when the...
[October 19, 2005, 19:01]
Laptop PSUs
Talkback Forcing and Acer PSU into an RM laptop breaks the connector on the PSU. We also had some Samsungs a couple of years ago, and had several made useless by damage to the connector on the laptop - very expensive.
[September 28, 2007, 13:40]
Laptop-shooting tops computer mishaps poll
News An American who became so frustrated with his laptop that he shot it with a gun before realising there was important data saved on the computer has topped a list of most bizarre computer mishaps. This man may have failed to stay one step ahead of...
[October 13, 2003, 17:05]
Laptop makers push pre-standard wireless
News Lenovo, which acquired IBM's laptop business in 2005, will offer an 802.11n radio within its 3000 series notebooks. Nevertheless, laptop suppliers have been keen to offer models with 802.11n built into the chipsets.
[November 10, 2006, 13:56]
Lost laptop data needs P45-level protection
Leader Laptop theft, like the poor and Windows security patches, will be with us always. If the laptop is stolen and the information compromised, then that machine becomes just as expensive as your data centre.
[November 22, 2006, 16:52]
OLPC laptop drops AMD for Via
News The One Laptop per Child project's XO laptop will switch to a Via processor as part of a general hardware refresh. Generation 1.5 of the XO machine will have the same industrial design as the original model, but will use a Via C7-M processor, John...
[April 20, 2009, 13:26]
HP: First laptop with Athlon chip coming
News With its processors for servers and workstations, the company hopes to bust into the corporate market and a growing share of the laptop segment. The laptop will sell for $2,199 (about £1,560), according to information leaked by retailer Best Buy.
[June 21, 2001, 9:18]
Best Laptop
Member Review My Z series laptop (Z11VN) is quite simply the best laptop I have ever used, brilliant performance, superb screen, good battery life. It simply does everything it should do well and the build quality is fantastic.
[January 29, 2009, 8:49]
$100 laptop 'will boost desktop Linux'
News The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project will make Linux as popular on the desktop as it is on the server today, according to Nicholas Negroponte, head of the project and founder of MIT's media lab. The One Laptop per Child project aims to develop a...
[June 2, 2006, 17:10]
Laptop fund for four-year olds
News Children as young as four could have access to a laptop by 2006 under an initiative launched by the newly established eLearning foundation Tuesday, which focuses on bridging the digital divide in Britain.
[February 28, 2001, 11:00]
Sony could be preparing new laptop, maybe
Blog As sneak advertisement for a new laptop briefly appeared on the Sony site earlier this week before vanishing. The next Sony Vaio then could be another Vaio as we know them today, ranging from the standard laptop to the super-sophisticated...
[December 23, 2008, 11:02]
