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The HP 'people's notebook' runs Linux
News Hewlett-Packard is selling a low-cost "people's notebook" running Linux, believed to be the first time that the US IT giant has sold a consumer computer with the open-source operating system installed.
[May 12, 2003, 8:40]
Power to the people: ZDNet's guide to notebook batteries
Talkback i thought i've read about this "fuel-cell" thing in Le Monde a couple of years ago.can you provide a link to the original news source? i'd be very much interested in following its latest development.thanks
[April 17, 2004, 22:16]
Power to the people: ZDNet's guide to notebook batteries review
Reviews Methanol, or methyl alcohol, is NEC's fuel of choice, and Kubo has created a prototype notebook that can run for five hours on about a pint of 10 percent fuel. Even though the CPU consumes about half the notebook's total power, recent advances in...
[April 14, 2004, 10:00]
IBM: A wearable world beyond your clamshell
News Armonk, NY-based computer maker IBM is working to redefine what people view as a notebook computer by moving away from traditional clamshell forms to exotic but more functional designs. The notebook is enclosed in a portfolio, transmits notes...
[February 8, 2001, 10:11]
Dell struggles with PC shipment delays
News Dell has been struggling to get its top consumer systems -- the Dimension 8100 desktop PC and Inspiron 8000 notebook -- to customers, with some people reporting six-week delays on orders placed in November.
[December 19, 2000, 10:28]
Virtual Keyboard allows typing anywhere
News The company's Virtual Keyboard is designed for anyone who's become frustrated with trying to put information into a handheld but doesn't want to carry a notebook computer around. Handheld makers, he said, will have to make it easier to enter data...
[May 15, 2002, 10:31]
Criminals hunted down by... software?
News The AFP also uses Analyst's Notebook, which charts the links between different entities. The AFP has used Analyst's Notebook for more than two years as both a standalone product and a plug-in to Promis.
[August 18, 2000, 9:50]
IBM's pen-based notebook runs dry
News See ZDNet UK's Mobile Technology News Section for the latest news, reviews and price checks on mobile phones, PDAs, notebook computers and anything else you can take away. On Monday, an IBM representative confirmed that the company has stopped...
[February 5, 2002, 9:51]
IBM floats new ThinkPad prototypes
News What we sought to do was to study the area of ergonomics and ease of use associated with notebook computers," said David Hill, director of PC design for IBM's personal systems group. What's different, though, is it gives a choice of using it like a...
[September 16, 2003, 10:35]
Tracking down the laptop thieves
News Looking to stem that problem -- and to gain some badly needed revenue -- leading notebook makers IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Dell are offering software with their new notebooks that's the PC industry's equivalent of the LoJack stolen car tracking...
[August 23, 2002, 8:40]
Mobiles to push PCs aside at TechX
News Compaq and Toshiba will announce a variety of systems based on Intel's Pentium III chip, and HP will officially launch a new Pavilion notebook using Advanced Micro Devices' 1GHz Athlon 4 notebook chip.
[June 22, 2001, 16:15]
Big Blue introduces no-tech notebook
News IBM says that the design of the new notebook computer will be the first in a series of such devices that address some of the more basic ways people record information on the go, such as the basic practice of taking notes on paper.
[January 12, 2001, 9:48]
Logitech pen aims to have the write stuff
News Cross' CrossPad and IBM's ThinkPad TransNote, a laptop computer with a digital pen and notebook attached. Microsoft is also chiming in; the company is taking another swing at improving the pen-driven user interface and handwriting recognition for...
[September 19, 2002, 9:30]
Intel pushes Centrino to consumers
News Despite Centrino's stated benefits -- which also include long notebook battery life -- Intel may find the task of changing consumers' taste to be difficult. Still, manufacturers say that some people, often second- or third-time notebook buyers and...
[February 23, 2004, 9:05]
Dell moves to the mobile beat
News So with these new networks, you've got your notebook and it's got this high-speed connection from the mobile network, and it's got a high-definition camera. If the notebook breaks, you get another one, and all the data is backed up in the cloud.
[October 22, 2009, 16:46]
Intel: Sub-$1000 notebooks possible
News We're thinking that by the holiday season next year, there could be a switch in what you're seeing for notebook prices, versus desktops. And notebook vendors Gateway and Dell Wednesday announced new systems with the Celeron chips, starting around...
[September 16, 1999, 8:55]
Think before you type review
Reviews Change the MAC address for your notebook, hide your router's SSID, turn on encryption such as WPA2 to make it much harder for a neighbour or passer-by to gain a free ride on your Internet service. If so, your notebook may form what's called an 'ad...
[September 18, 2006, 10:15]
Dell to recall 4.1m laptop batteries
News Dell and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission plan to recall 4.1 million notebook batteries on Tuesday, a company representative confirmed on Monday. If they have one of the affected units, consumers are advised to eject the battery from the...
[August 15, 2006, 8:35]
Will buyers write off new tablet PCs?
News We'll probably wait until we see an opportunity for this to become mainstream or where we can add value and jump in," said Tony Bonadero, director of product marketing for Dell's Latitude notebook line.
[November 7, 2002, 7:57]
Tablet PCs won't come cheap
News That premium would put most devices based on Microsoft's Tablet PC software into the $2,000-and-above range, whereas the average selling price of a consumer notebook is about $1,475, with the most popular models running between $1,200 and $1,500.
[November 1, 2002, 7:46]
