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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]
European Vs. U.S. Laptop
Forum What are the differences in laptop computers designed for the European Market vs.the U.S. Market? Relocating to Central Europe and would prefer to use U.S.model unless I am giving up functionality. Thanks in advance for assistance.
[March 16, 2006, 2:46]
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
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]
Laptop PC Power Sources: An Update
White Papers This presentation provides guidelines for achieving 8 or more hours of laptop battery life. It also provides developments and roadmap for high capacity batteries and fuel cell technologies.
[November 3, 2006, 23:00]
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 Power Jack Problem Or Loose Dc Socket.
Forum Do you have to fiddle with the power plug on your Laptop to get it to switch on? Then in the middle of your work it switched off losing all of your work ïŒ for some years now this has provided me with a fair income and a lot of new and happy friends.
[October 26, 2007, 20:41]
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 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]
Laptop Wont Boot Up
Forum I have a Dell Lattitude laptop and it has the following problem. After I press the power on butten, the verticle lights come on and the computer whirrs for abou ten seconds, then cuts out. The screen does not light up.
[June 23, 2006, 21:15]
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, 13:45]
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]
Vista On OLPC = $1000 Laptop
Talkback No surprise that they aren't trying to port Vista onto the OLPC - they would have to call it the $1000 laptop if that happened! Negroponte, the man behind OLPC, made a real song and dance about how clunky and unyieldy WIndows was and why it wouldn...
[October 26, 2007, 11:33]
Excellent Laptop, Does Everything I Need
Member Review I've had this laptop for 2 years and I travelled around Europe with it. It is robust (It survived a 2metre fall onto concrete without breaking! Lots of addons to buy for it, easy to service. The only problem I've had is the metal right-hand screen...
[January 26, 2004, 16:09]
Microsoft Quashes Rumours Of Dual-boot XO Laptop
News Software giant Microsoft has said it rejected plans to develop a dual-boot iteration of Windows XP to run on One Laptop per Child XO machines, and instead is developing a version of XP specifically for the XO.
[January 11, 2008, 13:04]
No Escape From Lugging A Laptop
Talkback well, till the day where super PDA gets bigger more powerful , the mini-notebook gets smaller and more powerful, we'll continue to lug the laptop around.
[April 12, 2006, 5:10]
$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]
HP Patches 'critical' Flaw In 100 Laptop Models
News HP has released a patch which disables its Info Center shortcut tool, used in 100 different HP laptop models, in an attempt to work around a design flaw. For the flaw to be exploited, the user of an affected laptop would need to visit a specially...
[December 18, 2007, 12:30]
Patient Details Lost After NHS Laptop Theft
News Patient records which link to images of individuals' retinas were held on a laptop stolen from a GP's surgery in Wales. Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust has admitted that a laptop computer was stolen from St Julian's GP surgery in Newport, Wales on 5...
[December 17, 2007, 15:25]
