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Mobile computing keeping PC shipments afloat
News The better-than-anticipated demand is being driven mostly by laptops and netbooks in China and the US, according to Gartner research director George Shiffler. While Gartner finds netbook sales are continuing to chug... [24 Sep 2009]
More of a whimper than a bang: Whitehall's green tech drive
News For PCs and laptops The government has trimmed the carbon footprint of its technology infrastructure - but questions remain about its plans to make its IT systems carbon-neutral by 2012. According to an announcement by... [16 Sep 2009]
Battery life: Windows 7 leaves Vista for dust
News At a demo on Tuesday, Microsoft showed two identical laptops playing the same DVD, with the Windows 7-equipped laptop getting 20 per cent better battery life than one running Windows Vista. Upgrading a newer machine from... [02 Sep 2009]
Sony Vaio laptops to come with Google Chrome attached
News Consumers snapping up a new Vaio will get a choice of browsers with their laptop, after Sony announced a deal with Google to put Chrome on Vaio-branded machines. Currently, however, the Chrome-browser Vaios are only available in the US... [01 Sep 2009]
Google Chrome getting on better with Apple's Snow Leopard
News However, it's now installed as the default browser on some Sony laptops. Google released an update for Chrome to fix compatibility problems with Snow Leopard on Monday, which along with other fixes shows the gradually... [01 Sep 2009]
Apple readying lightweight MacBook?
News The company's laptops were responsible for that surge: MacBook and MacBook Pro shipments were up 13 per cent. Apple is getting ready to introduce a slimmer, lighter MacBook, according to an Apple blog citing unnamed... [26 Aug 2009]
Lenovo laptops losing juice to get battery replacement
News Lenovo on Friday said it will replace batteries on several of its ThinkPad laptops that show error messages. Some users are reporting batteries are displaying error messages that read "Irreparable damage" or "Battery... [17 Aug 2009]
The A to Z of wireless
News The tech has been around for more than a decade and is used in a multitude of consumer electronics, including mobile phones, laptops, hands-free headsets, games consoles and even printers. XO laptops... [11 Aug 2009]
Windows 7: It's time for you to embrace 64-bit
News Nonetheless, together with Windows 7, the 64-bit platform will definitely be taking over desktops and high-performance laptops, leaving the 32-bit primarily for Netbooks and low-power, low-performance applications. [11 Aug 2009]
Weak PC sales take its toll on Microsoft
News Revenue from Windows on desktops and laptops has been dropping. Microsoft on Thursday reported weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue and again declined to offer a forecast for the current quarter. The software maker... [24 Jul 2009]
Macs and iPhones Apple of its eye as profits rise
News The company's laptops were responsible for that surge: MacBook and MacBook Pro shipments were up 13 per cent. Apple confirmed that much of that came late in the quarter after it transitioned to calling all of its unibody... [22 Jul 2009]
Hardware-hungry techies pack more than five PCs each
News Asked how many PCs - including laptops, desktops and netbooks - they own, 45 per cent of silicon.com readers who responded admitted to having between three and five. Despite a PC market in freefall, it seems silicon.com... [21 Jul 2009]
Buying a netbook? Should you go faster or cheaper?
News The CULV will be positioned right between netbooks on the low end, and traditional laptops on the high end. The best way to help consumers understand the difference between computer models is to arrange them at retail by... [17 Jul 2009]
Google Chrome: Do PC makers really want another OS?
News Google specifically noted in its announcement that its operating system would be lightweight enough to work on netbooks, low-cost mini laptops that almost all PC makers have flocked to in the past year. [09 Jul 2009]
Windows 7: Will touch ever take off?
News We'll see it in all-in-ones and we'll see it in some laptops and you will see it across the different PC markets. Its technology is employed in HP and Dell laptops, and N-Trig has also received funding... [02 Jul 2009]
