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Samsung Rebrands All of its Laptops, Launches Two New Ones

By Sean Patterson April 26, 2013 | 1 Comment

While the U.S. braces for the imminent launch of the Galaxy S4, Samsung has also quietly been selling its laptops. The Korean electronics manufacturer this week announced that it has rebranded its entire Windows PC lineup to fit under the …

Google Makes Chromebook Pixel Official, Costs $1,299
By Zach Walton · February 21, 2013
Last month, a leaked video teased that Google was working on something called Chromebook Pixel. It was reportedly a high-powered Chromebook with a 2560×1700 display that would rival Apple’s own retina display MacBooks. Now Google has made it officially known …
Google Has A New Cheap Chromebook For Your Consideration
HP Announces New Windows 8 “Sleekbooks”
Bill Moggridge Dies at 69, First Laptop Designer

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1366x768 Now Number One Screen Resolution
By Zach Walton · April 19, 2012 · 1 Comment

There’s something to be said about having a great screen resolution. I use a 16:10 monitor at 1680×1050 with my PC. Not exactly the enthusiast golden standard of 1920×1080 but it serves me well and looks great to boot. That’s …

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Is Wi-Fi Damaging Your Sperm?
By Josh Wolford · November 29, 2011 · 7 Comments

How many men out there like to stretch out on the couch, crack open a beer and do a little internet browsing? Ladies, do you know any guys who fit this description? When they do, where do they place their …

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Netbooks Set To Overtake Laptops And PCs
By Mike Sachoff · January 4, 2011 · 3 Comments

Purchase rates for personal computers and mobile phones (not including smartphones) will decrease by 39 percent and 56 percent this year compared with last year, respectively, according to a new survey from Accenture.

By contrast, buying rates of 3DTVs (three-dimensional TVs) are expected to rise 500 percent; tablet computers 160 percent; ebook readers 133 percent; and smartphones 26 percent.

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Wireless Internet Access Becoming More Widespread
By Mike Sachoff · July 7, 2010 · 1 Comment

Cell phone and wireless laptop Internet use have each grown more widespread over the last year, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Nearly half of all adults (47%) go online with a laptop using a Wi-Fi connection or mobile broadband card (up from the 39% who did so as of April 2009) while 40% of adults use the Internet, email or instant messaging on a mobile phone (up from the 32% of Americans who did this in 2009)

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5 Reasons Why The iPad Fails To Impress
By Jeremy Muncy · February 1, 2010 · 153 Comments

On January 27th Steve Jobs unveiled Apples latest “it” product, the iPad. Essentially the iPad “fills the gap” in between smartphones and laptops. One question remains to be answered, is there a need for a device to bridge the gap in between the two technologies? We’re not sure yet, but there is one thing we know, the iPad has some issues… below are 5 of the most glaring.

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1.4 lb. Sony VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC Introduced at CES
By Chris Crum · January 14, 2009 · 7 Comments

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sony introduced its new convenient and lightweight laptop computer the VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC. This looks like the perfect device for business travel.

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Companies Come Together To Promote Mobile Broadband
By Mike Sachoff · September 30, 2008

A group of 16 major IT and mobile companies have united behind a GSMA-led initiative to promote mobile broadband.

The companies include Dell, Ericsson, Lenovo, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Toshiba and Vodafone. The group’s goal is to help people easily identify laptops that have built in access to the Internet via high-speed networks. The marketing initiative is worth more than $1 billion over the next year.

The group will label laptop computers that meet their standards for mobile broadband access with a badge that identifies the laptops as ready for mobile broadband connections.

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New Application Helps Recover Lost Laptops
By Savio Rodrigues · July 15, 2008

Very cool OSS project for tracking and recovering your lost or stolen laptop. It’s a project from the University of Washington. This app sounds like a great way to address the 12,000 laptops lost per week at US airports.

The UW website states:

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Laptops Being Searched At Borders
By Dan Morrill · April 23, 2008

Well it was bound to happen at some point, and has serious ramifications for laptops and other

Samsung Rebrands All of its Laptops, Launches Two New Ones

Google Makes Chromebook Pixel Official, Costs $1,299

Google Has A New Cheap Chromebook For Your Consideration

HP Announces New Windows 8 “Sleekbooks”

Bill Moggridge Dies at 69, First Laptop Designer

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