Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2095 technology Laptop and Notebook Computers en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:28:05 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2095 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100209/bs_nf/71574 nf/20100209/71574 NewsFactor business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:28:05 GMT NewsFactor - Nvidia took the wraps off a new notebook technology Tuesday that chooses the best graphics processor for running any given application and then automatically routes the workload to either a Nvidia discrete graphics processor unit (GPU) or an integrated graphics processor (IGP) offering from Intel. Called Optimus, the technology will soon be available on several next-generation ASUS notebook PCs, Nvidia said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/nvidiaunveilsoptimusswitchablegraphicstechnology pcworld/20100209/nvidiaunveilsoptimusswitchablegraphicstechnology PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:01:00 GMT PC World - Does your laptop have switchable graphics? You know, both an integrated graphics chip that sips energy and gives you long battery life along with a discrete GPU (graphics processing unit) that offers better 3D graphics and video performance? Notebooks with switchable graphics have been shipping for years, but they haven't lived up to user expectations. Nvidia hopes to change that with their new Optimus technology. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100205/tc_pcworld/delllosesappealindefectivelaptopslawsuit pcworld/20100205/delllosesappealindefectivelaptopslawsuit PC World technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:00:19 GMT PC World - A class-action lawsuit in which Dell was accused of shipping defective laptops will go back to trial after a ruling was reversed by a federal appeals court on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/bs_nm/us_dell_lawsuit nm/20100205/us_dell_lawsuit Reuters business Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:36:21 GMT Reuters - A federal appeals court reinstated on Friday a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Dell Inc of selling defective notebook computers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100203/tc_pcworld/windows7tarnishedbynotebookbatteryissues pcworld/20100203/windows7tarnishedbynotebookbatteryissues PC World technology Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:39:00 GMT PC World - Microsoft is investigating reported issues with Windows 7 and notebook battery life. The issue seems sporadic, but fairly widespread. It is unclear whether affected systems are simply misreporting the battery life, or if the battery capacity is actually being permanently affected. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100203/tc_zd/248100 zd/20100203/248100 PC Magazine technology Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:30:44 GMT PC Magazine - Despite a major Windows 7 design goal of improved laptop battery life, some users are reporting a battery-related error. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100202/tc_zd/248078 zd/20100202/248078 PC Magazine technology Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:16:11 GMT PC Magazine - What if your monitor could be plugged into your phone? What if you really didn't need a laptop, since your phone's CPU could power most applications, and draw data from the cloud? Meet the "nirvana phone," from Citrix and OK Labs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100202/tc_pcworld/touchinputrumoredforgooglesupcomingchromeos pcworld/20100202/touchinputrumoredforgooglesupcomingchromeos PC World technology Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:57:00 GMT PC World - Google has been focusing development on the netbook and tablet markets for some time now, using Android OS as a stepping stone into the sub-laptop operating system market. The first tablets featuring the Android OS have already arrived, with more on the way for 2010, which that begs the question: What of Google's other mobile software project, Chrome OS? Will it make its way onto tablets too? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_hi_te/us_fea_lifestyles_gadget_overload ap/20100129/us_fea_lifestyles_gadget_overload AP technology Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:35:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_hi_te/us_fea_lifestyles_gadget_overload"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100127/capt.6bfd935f71784cfd98ba9a824c6e347c.apple_caps120.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=uHBpk7_AhRiiLVjMGfdraw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the new iPad during an event in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kira Marchenese works in online communications, and so she arrived on a business trip to New York earlier this week equipped with all the gadgets you might expect: personal smart phone, work smart phone, laptop, iPod touch.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_hi_te/us_fea_lifestyles_gadget_overload"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100127/capt.6bfd935f71784cfd98ba9a824c6e347c.apple_caps120.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=uHBpk7_AhRiiLVjMGfdraw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the new iPad during an event in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100129/tc_pcworld/howdoestheipadcomparetonetbooks pcworld/20100129/howdoestheipadcomparetonetbooks PC World technology Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:30:19 GMT PC World - In launching the new Apple iPad this week, CEO Steve Jobs took a stand against the popular netbook category, which he dismissed as a poor fit into the space between laptops and smartphones. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100129/tc_pcworld/nethumoristspitipadagainsttraditionaltools pcworld/20100129/nethumoristspitipadagainsttraditionaltools PC World technology Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:12:00 GMT PC World - Within minutes of the iPad's announcement, fans and critics alike were playing a hypothetical comparison game, stacking the not-yet-released device against a host of competitors, from the Kindle DX to the Sony PSP Go, from netbooks to full-size laptops, and everything in between. The comedians of the Net were taking a different tack, comparing Apple's latest with more-traditional alternatives. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100128/wr_nm/us_apple_tablet nm/20100128/us_apple_tablet Reuters technology Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:09:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100128/wr_nm/us_apple_tablet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/net/20100127/capt.66d0bc8b78a6ff2a6286cb72cf66b8a8.jpeg?x=79&y=130&q=85&sig=_vT7TJkHzCD9wEnf8SdFcA--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Drumroll, please: CEO Steve Jobs introduces Apple's new tablet in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. It's called &#x2014; you guessed it &#x2014; the iPad. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a sleek tablet that it called the iPad, pitching the new gadget at a surprisingly low price to bridge the gap between smartphones and laptops.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100128/wr_nm/us_apple_tablet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/net/20100127/capt.66d0bc8b78a6ff2a6286cb72cf66b8a8.jpeg?x=79&y=130&q=85&sig=_vT7TJkHzCD9wEnf8SdFcA--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="photo" title="Drumroll, please: CEO Steve Jobs introduces Apple's new tablet in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. It's called &#x2014; you guessed it &#x2014; the iPad. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100128/tc_zd/247900 zd/20100128/247900 PC Magazine technology Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:51:55 GMT PC Magazine - Is there room for a third device,something between the phone and the laptop? That's a question that many of us have wondered about ever since e-readers, tablets, and "mobile internet devices" first hit the scene. Here's how I've evaluated it, using Apple's own metrics. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple ap/20100128/us_tec_apple AP technology Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:01:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100127/capt.4b4f13b33d3d4829bb253bfb522ab2b1.apple_caps107.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=OWYgUD5GbtoCR_YzYaZYXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows off the new iPad during an event in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the company's much-anticipated iPad tablet computer Wednesday, calling it a new third category of mobile device that is neither smart phone nor laptop, but something in between.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100127/capt.4b4f13b33d3d4829bb253bfb522ab2b1.apple_caps107.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=OWYgUD5GbtoCR_YzYaZYXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows off the new iPad during an event in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100127/tc_afp/usitcompanycomputermediainternetapple afp/20100127/usitcompanycomputermediainternetapple AFP technology Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:59:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100127/tc_afp/usitcompanycomputermediainternetapple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100128/capt.photo_1264616820706-12-0.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=Koz8CYjgKP8tVD8v0Vdx6g--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs holds up the new iPad as he speaks during an Apple Special Event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. Apple introduced its latest creation, the iPad, a mobile tablet browsing device that is a cross between the iPhone and a MacBook laptop.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Wednesday revealed the culture-changing company's latest must-have device, a touchscreen tablet computer annointed the "iPad."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100127/tc_afp/usitcompanycomputermediainternetapple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100128/capt.photo_1264616820706-12-0.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=Koz8CYjgKP8tVD8v0Vdx6g--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs holds up the new iPad as he speaks during an Apple Special Event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. Apple introduced its latest creation, the iPad, a mobile tablet browsing device that is a cross between the iPhone and a MacBook laptop.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100126/tc_pcworld/appletabletjustsomethingelsetocarry pcworld/20100126/appletabletjustsomethingelsetocarry PC World technology Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:06:00 GMT PC World - For business users, if a new Apple tablet won't replace a notebook computer, what good is it? Besides being something else to carry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100122/tc_pcworld/innovativelaptopstabletsandphonesonpcworldpodcast62 pcworld/20100122/innovativelaptopstabletsandphonesonpcworldpodcast62 PC World technology Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:11:00 GMT PC World - 2010 is primed to be an exciting year for mobile technology, with a flood of smartphones, laptops, netbooks, and tablets slated for stores. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100122/tc_pcworld/windows7hackplayingwithgodmode pcworld/20100122/windows7hackplayingwithgodmode PC World technology Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:48:00 GMT PC World - Have you ever wondered what else lies under the hood of that new Windows 7 laptop you got recently? The clever folks at CNET have found a simple hack that will grant access to all of those options in one easy-to-set-up shortcut. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100121/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_airport_incident ap/20100121/eu_germany_airport_incident AP business Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:34:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100121/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_airport_incident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100120/i/r974120240.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=rh1NIoKWRTXE0lKYBMmFUA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Passengers queue in front of the security control of Terminal 2 at Munich's international airport January 20, 2010. A section of the airport was shut down on Wednesday after a passenger fled from a security check when a laptop computer set off an explosives detector, police said. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY - Tags: TRANSPORT CRIME LAW MILITARY)" border="0" /></a>AP - German authorities were searching Thursday for a roughly 50-year-old man who left a screening area with his laptop after it had triggered an alert for possible explosives.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100121/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_airport_incident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100120/i/r974120240.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=rh1NIoKWRTXE0lKYBMmFUA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Passengers queue in front of the security control of Terminal 2 at Munich's international airport January 20, 2010. A section of the airport was shut down on Wednesday after a passenger fled from a security check when a laptop computer set off an explosives detector, police said. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY - Tags: TRANSPORT CRIME LAW MILITARY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100120/tc_pcworld/intelswimaxchipsetprovespowerhungry pcworld/20100120/intelswimaxchipsetprovespowerhungry PC World technology Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:00:14 GMT PC World - Mobile broadband comes in different flavors, and the options are growing. Users can connect to the Internet through 3G networks, but now WiMax capabilities are being added to many laptops. WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a wireless technology that provides fast data-transfer rates over a wider area than Wi-Fi.