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Displaying items by tag: Netbook
Tuesday, 16 February 2010 19:04
Samsung's LTE netbook isn't LaTE, it's way early
Although Samsung has announced a netbook with an inbuilt LTE modem at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Samsung's notebook and netbook announcements last week in Australia were far more significant: a netbook with built-in quad-band 3.5G (HSPA) modem module, and an admission that a Chrome OS powered netbook is in the works!
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Mobility
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Monday, 15 February 2010 12:10
Samsung 4G netbook ready to go, in the UK at least
A 4G netbook from South Korean giant Samsung will be revealed tomorrow at Mobile World Congress, the company has said. The creatively named Samsung N150 will pack LTE technology, a world first.
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Mobility
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Friday, 29 January 2010 09:56
Is the iPad for you?
Who exactly is Apple thinking will be attracted to the new iPad device? Some believe the device will revolutionise portable computing, others are less impressed.
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Radioactive IT
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 07:23
iPad features iDon't want to see
Hype and rumour abound as to the nature, price and design of the highly-expected Apple tablet - or iPad or iSlate. I won't add to the false predictions but I'll certainly tell you what I hope it isn't.
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The Linux Distillery
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 06:56
Asus redefines netbook category with Eee PC 1201N
Is it just me, or are netbooks becoming as expensive as notebooks? The "high performance" Eee PC 1201N is a case in point.
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Core Dump
Friday, 08 January 2010 08:37
MSI netbook ships with Suse Moblin OS
For those people keen to follow the way of Novell, MSI has announced the availability of the Suse Moblin-based MSI U135 netbook.
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Open Source
Friday, 18 December 2009 08:46
PC market returns to growth; better times ahead
PC shipments have finally returned to growth, according to figures from IDC. And Apple is outperforming the market.
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Home Tech
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009 06:11
Seagate's skinny hard drive
A new hard drive from Seagate is just 7mm high. It's also relatively cheap.
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Business Telecommunications
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Thursday, 10 December 2009 04:31
Take two for Vodafone's Dell Mini bundle
Vodafone's offering a special version of the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 with built-in mobile broadband. And there's a sweetener of cut price access for the first six months.
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Home Tech
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Monday, 30 November 2009 07:29
Chromium OS tweaked for Dell Mini
A Dell employee has released a version of Google's Chromium OS that he has customised for the Dell Mini 10v.
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Open Source
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009 07:16
Lenovo IdeaPad S12: netbook or not?
Small cars tend to get larger with successive models, with the result that manufacturers end up introducing new model names to recapture the vacated space. Does Lenovo's 12in IdeaPad SA12 suggest a similar process is happening with netbooks?
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Home Tech
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Friday, 20 November 2009 07:00
Falling in love: the ViewSonic VNB101 netbook
Viewsonic's attention to design and aesthetics is strongly reminiscent of a certain 'fruit' company. I love it.
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Computers & peripherals
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 12:25
Another Mac OS X 10.6.2 developer build: Atom support returns
Hackintosh lovers rest easy: the removal of Atom support from Mac OS X 10.6.2 may just have been a temporary glitch. And there's news of more fixes that apply to the rest of us.
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Core Dump
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 04:33
No Mac OS X 10.6.2 for Atom netbooks
Rumours are circulating that the forthcoming Mac OS X 10.6.2 update will prevent the use of Apple's operating system on hardware based on Intel's Atom processors.
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Core Dump
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Sunday, 01 November 2009 13:12
NSW high school laptops put to use for games and MSN Messenger
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd came to power on top of a raft of election promises, one of which included laptops for high school students. While the deployment was not without controversy thousands upon thousands have now been distributed in NSW. Yet, forum postings reveal students are using them for game playing and online chat right in front of oblivious teachers.
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Education
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Monday, 26 October 2009 05:55
Eeebuntu eeevolves with Debian Linux
The team behind Eeebuntu, an ASUS Eee netbook-optimised version of Ubuntu Linux, has announced that compatibility issues with Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala – has led them to abandon Ubuntu and build their work upon Debian Linux from now on.
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The Linux Distillery
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Tuesday, 20 October 2009 11:32
Kogan sponsors motor sport series
Low-price IT and CE retailer Kogan Technologies is entering the motor sport world by sponsoring the 2009 and 2010 Super X series. Super X is the Australasian supercross championship.
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Strategy
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Friday, 16 October 2009 10:16
Ubuntu sucks says Eeebuntu developer
The popular Ubuntu Linux distribution has received criticism from an unexpected corner and its ASUS Eee netbook users are likely to be left with an unworkable system when Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala hits the Internet later this month.
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The Linux Distillery
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Friday, 16 October 2009 04:55
PC sales growing again - Apple beats the industry
Industry analysts are predicting Apple is about report higher quarterly sales than previously expected, usefully beating the industry average. But at least the rest of the industry is growing again.
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Market
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Thursday, 24 September 2009 19:44
Intel seeks total domination of mobile market
Thinking of buying a really fast new laptop computer? Some retailers in
the US (and soon around the world) are now offering notebooks that
finally sport the mobile version of Intel’s fastest and smartest
processor, the Core i7, while the latest developments at Intel’s
twice-yearly developer conference are also proving very newsworthy!
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Fuzzy Logic
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