US State Department loses a lot of laptops
It has surfaced that the US State Department can't account for up to about 1,000 laptops, perhaps as many as 400 of which belonged to the department's Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program.
View ArticleLaptops to overtake desktops in 2009
The PC microprocessor market is heading for an "inflection point" in late 2008 or early 2009, when the number of microprocessors shipping for notebooks will exceed those shipping for desktops for the...
View ArticleUltra low-cost laptops to remain niche
Ultra low-cost notebook PCs will remain niche products despite recent hype, and will not become market "blockbusters", experts predict..
View ArticleSeagate Momentus comes to Dell laptops
Dell has become the first PC manufacturer to ship systems using Seagate's Momentus 7200.3 hard drive, which the vendor claims is the industry's first 7,200rpm 320GB hard drive for mobile computing..
View ArticleAsus laptops to offer 'instant-on' Linux
An 'instant-on' version of Linux from US-based firm DeviceVM will soon appear on Asus laptops alongside Windows Vista..
View ArticleBoffins promise flexible laptops
Pioneering work to develop next-generation plastics could pave the way for electronic billboards, flexible laptops and high-definition television screens only 1cm thick.
View ArticleFeds claim right to laptops
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will continue to allow its agents to seize notebook computers and retain the devices indefinitely.
View ArticleWill new Dell laptops tempt mobile workers?
Computing giant Dell has launched a new range of Latitude and Precision laptops, designed to provide mobile business users with improved battery life, usability and durability..
View ArticleLinux netbook thieves ignore laptops
Elonex web books that are preloaded with Ubuntu Linux and currently featured at Carphone Warehouse in Bracknell, UK are apparently is such high demand that thieving opportunists stole a display model.
View ArticleDET wants thin laptops at $500 for NSW students
Just days after securing an extra $180 million from the Commonwealth for computers for schools, the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) has called for tenders to deliver 200,000 laptops to...
View ArticleOpen source USB key to $2bn school laptop plan
The Rudd Government’s promise of a laptop for every child could fail without at least $2 billion in public funding, but an alternative USB ‘computer’ system pioneered in France may be its saviour.
View Article$42 billion stimulus package doesn’t impress ACS
Overnight approval of the Federal government’s latest economic stimulus package has failed to win Australian Computer Society (ACS) support with the peak body accusing the government of “failing to...
View ArticleMicrosoft pushes Vista for school laptops
Microsoft is backing Vista as its platform of choice for the Federal Government’s student laptop project, despite XP’s dominance in the netbook market.
View ArticleHP offers remote wipe service for laptops
HP has introduced a tracking and recovery service on selected laptops, enabling business customers to locate lost or stolen laptops and remotely delete data.
View ArticleTelstra and Acer launch Next G embedded laptops
Superfast broadband bundled into laptops.
View ArticleMicrosoft puts Windows 8 in developer hands
Free test version on Samsung hardware given away.
View ArticleHudson shifts ANZ users to virtual desktops
Joint CIO-CFO spearheads regional IT project.
View ArticleCES wrap-up: Five tech trends for 2013
Touch GUI's, fat smartphones and electric cars on the horizon.
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