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RSS laptopPack a punch - win a Packard Bell laptop
News Simply click on the link below, answer the three questions correctly and you could walk away from the ring with an Easy Note Sc 3700 laptop. Have a jab - it really couldn't be easier. This knockout competition will run... [29 Mar 2001]
Crusoe on tablets after run-in with Microsoft
News Transmeta has said Crusoe is particularly suitable for laptop devices because it allows lighter CPUs to be built. The Crusoe 600MHZ TM5600 processor claims to be faster and lower in power consumption than its competitors. [27 Mar 2001]
Dell goes giga with latest laptop
News The Inspiron notebook pairs the chip with a 15 inch screen and a starting price of under $2,500, with Dell targeting it squarely at users running games, music, digital photography and multimedia websites. [20 Mar 2001]
Intel unveils 1GHz to go
News The new chip runs on Intel's SpeedStep technology, meaning the processor runs at a lower voltage - so an unplugged laptop can survive three hours on battery power. The 1,000MHz processor for mobile computers is launched... [19 Mar 2001]
silicon.com gives you the chance to win a Gateway laptop
News Just imagine, with a top of the range Gateway laptop not only can you tune into silicon.com for your daily dose of breaking ebusiness news, but you can also work anytime, any place, anywhere. Entering is easy. [14 Feb 2001]
Students hit back at laptop lunacy, telco plans in tatters and O'Brien eyes Eircom
News The obvious concern for the Union is that the charge for a three year loan of a laptop - proposed as £1,250 over the duration of a three year course - is little more than a top up fee. The University has already... [08 Feb 2001]
Going bananas in pyjamas: Teleworkers do overtime
News The research, sponsored by laptop-maker Toshiba, looked at the effects of mobile technology on work patterns in the UK. Ursula Huws, associate fellow at the IES, said that according to ongoing research, one in 10... [07 Feb 2001]
Wireless market laps up Bluetooth technology
News An industry survey conducted by UK publishing house Visiongain claims wireless LAN technology will be embraced most markedly in the laptop sector. The research also predicts 40,000 US cellular handsets will contain... [07 Feb 2001]
Orange lowers its expectations and students face e-top-up fees
News Other news in the FT reports that students are facing further hardship, with Warwick University insisting all students have a laptop computer by 2003. Students will have to hire the laptops from the University at a... [07 Feb 2001]
PC sales growth halved as CFOs cut desktop budgets
News While PC sales may be going off the boil, Context sees 2001 as the year for price wars in the server, laptop and notebook computer markets - particularly as Dell has started its strong push into servers. [22 Jan 2001]
ASP brings WAP to the workers
News In principle this is something we would use but it wouldn't replace the laptop. Users will be able to access emails, contacts and calendars held on their NetStore Microsoft Exchange 2000 service via WAP phones and devices. [19 Jan 2001]
Transatlantic Cable: Something in the air
Comment For the more business minded, they do provide a good way to keep in touch with the office, and many of the companies are gunning for business people who want email but don't want to lug around a laptop. [14 Nov 2000]
Transmeta confident ahead of IPO
News Although IBM has rejected the Crusoe chip, Fujitsu, Hitachi and Sony have all signed up to use it in laptop and wireless appliances. The flotation could also bring an end to the tech stock slump that has hit Wall Street... [06 Nov 2000]
Qualcomm chief loses "secret" laptop
News Irwin Jacobs left his laptop unattended for 20 minutes in the ballroom of a Californian hotel. Only minutes before, he had told an audience of US business reporters that the computer contained information which may be of... [18 Sep 2000]
Crusoe gets on board with Sony laptop launch
News The power saving Crusoe chip manufactured by Transmeta will feature in the latest ultra-slim laptop from Sony, which will be released next month. Having decided to drop Intel and go with the hyped microprocessor, the... [06 Sep 2000]
