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News Fennell said netbooks - a term initially promoted by Intel to identify low-cost, low-performance, ultraportable laptops, and epitomised by the Asus Eee - are "far more convenient [than laptops] when on the move and provide a full range of viewing... [08 Jul 2008]
Time finally runs out for Windows XP
News Microsoft is sticking to its plan to cease providing PC makers with XP to preload on new PCs after 30 June, as Microsoft is now letting customers know via a letter it has posted to its Windows XP and Windows Vista websites. [25 Jun 2008]
Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News As of 30 June, large PC makers will no longer be able to sell Windows XP-based PCs, at least on mainstream laptops and desktops. After June 30, if a customer already has the XP image and licence, HP also can also install that customer's image on... [16 Jun 2008]
Latest Asus Eees announced
News The latest versions of the Eee PC will become available in the UK on 1 July, Asus announced last week. Both based on Intel's low-power 1.6GHz Atom processor, the Eee 901 and 1000 should have better battery life than their predecessors, especially... [16 Jun 2008]
Photos: Five of the best mini laptops
Photo The Eee PC is arguably where the ultra-mobile, ultra-low-cost laptop craze started - although its spiritual home is the $100 laptop project proper. Another week, another ultra-mobile PC launch. HP 2133 Mini-Note PC [06 Jun 2008]
Photos: The new-look $100 laptop
Photo A low cost PC to bring computing to children in the developing world has been reborn as an ultra low-cost dual touchscreen computer. Nicholas Negroponte said in a statement: "Based on feedback from governments, educators and most important, from... [21 May 2008]
US no longer king of the PC?
News In good news for buyers, the average selling price of PCs is continuing to drop, due to the new market of low-cost PCs, like the Asus Eee PC and Everex Cloudbook. The US PC market is beginning to have less influence on the global market, according... [17 Apr 2008]
Intel's Classmate registering in Europe and US
News Asus launched its low-cost, stripped-down Linux-based Eee PC last fall specifically for the European, Japanese and US retail markets, and caused quite the stir. Intel plans on expanding the distribution of its inexpensive, school children-friendly... [20 Mar 2008]
Ministry of Education Boosts Computer Literacy With Low-Cost Computer Campaign
White Paper Microsoft, Intel, and Turk Telekom launched the My First PC campaign. Around 75,000 families across the country invested in low-cost computers with Microsoft software and free ADSL Internet connections. [29 Feb 2008]
Linux-based laptop latest OLPC rival?
News The One laptop is not the first low-cost laptop to be aimed at the educational market - the One Laptop per Child project's XO device, Asus's Eee PC and Intel's Classmate PC all fit the same bill. PC maker and services company Elonex is to launch a... [19 Feb 2008]
Enhancing Efficiency and Reducing Costs With IP Telephony
White Paper The full-featured Nortel Communication Server 1000 IP PBX to provide IP telephony services for offices and factory production lines and the Nortel IP Softphone 2050 to enable PC-based, low-cost IP telephony for employees travelling in Korea and... [10 Jan 2008]
£30m funding for "universal" broadband
News The pilot - which will also inform parents of the benefits of home computing - will cover 50 schools in Birmingham, Brent (London), Stockton and Worcestershire with involvement from Dell, Intel, PC World and RM. [09 Jan 2008]
Intel waves goodbye to OLPC
News And Intel said the OLPC also asked the chipmaker to stop working with any company that produces low-cost laptops, such as ASUS' Eee PC. According to Intel, Negroponte asked the chipmaker to stop selling its Classmate PC while it was part of the... [04 Jan 2008]
The Truth about Online Collaboration: What Vendors Don't Tell You
White Paper Find out why Citrix GoToMeeting Corporate was selected as PC Magazine's Editors' Choice over all other online collaboration products it reviewed. There is now a better way for online collaboration to increase cost savings and productivity while... [05 Nov 2007]
The greening of IT: Do it yourself
Comment Colm Feighoney, a green IT consultant with IBM Global Services, says: "Many of the organisations I come across have far more printers than they ever imagined because an individual department can nip along to PC World and buy an inkjet with no... [02 Nov 2007]
