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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2095 technology Laptop and Notebook Computers en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:57:37 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2095 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20090702/bs_ibd_ibd/20090702tech01 ibd/20090702/20090702tech01 Investor's Business Daily business Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:57:37 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Once the most popular form of personal computer, the desktop PC, has faded as more users choose notebook PCs instead. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090701/tc_macworld/macallyintroswirelessinputdevicesandecofriendlylaptopstands macworld/20090701/macallyintroswirelessinputdevicesandecofriendlylaptopstands Macworld.com technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:58:00 GMT Macworld.com - Accessory vendor Macally on Wednesday announced a number of new products for the Mac, including several wireless input devices and two "eco-conscious" laptop stands. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090630/tc_macworld/maineexpandsmacbookprogramtohighschools macworld/20090630/maineexpandsmacbookprogramtohighschools Macworld.com technology Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:22:00 GMT Macworld.com - The Maine Department of Education on Tuesday announced that it has expanded its student laptop program to include high school students. It’s a huge win for Apple, because the state will be acquiring another 64,000 MacBook laptops, with up to 7,000 additional MacBooks possibly ordered in the coming weeks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090629/tc_macworld/quickyjriiusbantennatripleslaptoprange macworld/20090629/quickyjriiusbantennatripleslaptoprange Macworld.com technology Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:10:00 GMT Macworld.com - QuickerTek has introduced the Quicky Jr. II, a device purported to triple the wireless networking range of any Mac laptop equipped with USB. It costs $90. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090629/tc_infoworld/80990 infoworld/20090629/80990 InfoWorld technology Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:30:00 GMT InfoWorld - When Apple introduced its new MacBooks recently, it touted a doubled battery life -- but noted that the laptops' batteries were sealed into the case, not user-swappable as is the norm on laptops. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090626/tc_zd/241799 zd/20090626/241799 PC Magazine technology Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:24:55 GMT PC Magazine - There's been a lot of debate, mostly influenced by AMD, about how Bapco's MobileMark 2007 unjustly represents battery life on laptops. But is that debate justified? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_evolving_keyboards ap/20090625/us_tec_evolving_keyboards AP technology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:35:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_evolving_keyboards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090625/capt.f4c7ef0d4d2842a2bdb85c45280f3dbf.evolving_keyboards_nybz190.jpg?x=130&y=67&q=85&sig=MZ7NxwV_C_aUTLnEBn2KTA--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="In this product image released by Lenovo, the Lenovo Thinkpad T400S Laptop keyboard, is shown. (AP Photo/Lenovo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lenovo put nearly a year of research into two design changes that debuted on an updated ThinkPad laptop this week. No, not the thinner, lighter form or the textured touchpad — rather, the extra-large "Delete" and "Escape" keys.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_evolving_keyboards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090625/capt.f4c7ef0d4d2842a2bdb85c45280f3dbf.evolving_keyboards_nybz190.jpg?x=130&y=67&q=85&sig=MZ7NxwV_C_aUTLnEBn2KTA--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this product image released by Lenovo, the Lenovo Thinkpad T400S Laptop keyboard, is shown. (AP Photo/Lenovo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090624/bs_nf/67373 nf/20090624/67373 NewsFactor business Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:11:16 GMT NewsFactor - Apple's iPhone 3GS is much faster than Apple has claimed, according to testing by Medialets, a mobile analytics company. In tests using JavaScript, the iPhone 3GS proved nearly three times faster than its predecessor, the iPhone 3G -- not twice as fast, as Apple has boasted. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090624/bs_nf/67359 nf/20090624/67359 NewsFactor business Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:38:44 GMT NewsFactor - Hewlett-Packard is previewing a new netbook designed with mobile professionals in mind. HP, which claimed the number-one spot in U.S. PC sales during the first quarter due to solid demand for its consumer notebook products, is taking its netbook strategy one step further by specifically targeting enterprise customers with the new Mini 5101. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090624/tc_zd/241683 zd/20090624/241683 PC Magazine technology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:03:16 GMT PC Magazine - What to do when your navigation product costs almost as much as a cheap portable navigation device but requires a laptop for use in the car? Bring out a version with a simpler, USB key GPS module. That's Microsoft Streets & Trips 2009 with GPS Locator. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090622/tc_zd/241612 zd/20090622/241612 PC Magazine technology Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:26:37 GMT PC Magazine - Acer announced three low-to-middle end laptops on Monday, adding to its Gemstone Blue series of sleek multimedia notebooks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090622/tc_pcworld/acerbargainlaptopsincludebluray pcworld/20090622/acerbargainlaptopsincludebluray PC World technology Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT PC World - Late last week, Sony dropped news of its "affordable" entertainment notebooks ($880 isn't too shabby for a notebook sporting a Blu-Ray drive, but still . . .). Of course, it didn't take Acer long to fire back with bargain deal of its own. Acer's new line of budget-friendly Aspires promise full-size performance, but in a netbook's price range. And a $749 all-purpose all-star that offers a Blu-ray drive. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090622/tc_pcworld/fraudsterstrytoscamsecurityexpertonebay pcworld/20090622/fraudsterstrytoscamsecurityexpertonebay PC World technology Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:40:00 GMT PC World - When security expert Bruce Schneier tried to sell a used laptop on eBay, he thought it would be easy. Instead, a sale was aborted twice -- first by a scammer using a hacked eBay account and then by a buyer who tried to trick Schneier into sending her the laptop after she cancelled payment. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090620/tc_pcworld/applefindssilverlininginverdictongreenclaims pcworld/20090620/applefindssilverlininginverdictongreenclaims PC World technology Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:20:10 GMT PC World - Apple on Friday claimed victory in an environmental laptop tiff with Dell, which earlier complained that Apple was misleading buyers by calling its laptops "the world's greenest family of notebooks." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090618/tc_zd/241534 zd/20090618/241534 PC Magazine technology Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:32:35 GMT PC Magazine - The pleasantly priced NW series features discrete graphics, HDMI out, and a host of other improvements while maintaining the sleek VAIO style. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090617/tc_pcworld/oprahcallingskypevideochatonaplane pcworld/20090617/oprahcallingskypevideochatonaplane PC World technology Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT PC World - Out of curiosity, I watched the Skype-on-a-plane segment--and I shivered. Air travel is noisy and stressful enough. The thought of sitting next to someone screaming into their laptop's Webcam, "Can you see me now?," is enough to have me reaching for the Xanax. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090616/tc_pcworld/nvidiafuturechipswillenhancevideoonmobiledevices pcworld/20090616/nvidiafuturechipswillenhancevideoonmobiledevices PC World technology Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:50:17 GMT PC World - Nvidia hopes to develop chips that enable applications such as image recognition and video search on mobile devices like smartphones and low-cost laptops, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090615/tc_pcworld/androidanalternativetowindowsinnetbookssaysgartner pcworld/20090615/androidanalternativetowindowsinnetbookssaysgartner PC World technology Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:10:10 GMT PC World - Google's Android mobile phone software worked well on mini-laptops at the Computex Taipei 2009 electronics show and, backed by the strong Google brand, may be headed for prime time, two Gartner analysts said Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090612/tc_pcworld/dobusinessdesktoppcshaveafuture pcworld/20090612/dobusinessdesktoppcshaveafuture PC World technology Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:50:18 GMT PC World - With laptop shipments gaining momentum over the past few years the question arises: Are desktops on the verge of being banished from the enterprise? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/laptoppc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090612/tc_pcworld/iphone3gsnewmacbookprosandsnowleopardonpcworldpodcast33 pcworld/20090612/iphone3gsnewmacbookprosandsnowleopardonpcworldpodcast33 PC World technology Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:41:00 GMT PC World - PC World editors Tim Moynihan and Robert Strohmeyer sit down with Macworld editorial director Jason Snell for a breakdown of all this week's Apple news from WWDC. In the mix: What to expect from the iPhone 3G S, long-awaited features on the new MacBook Pro laptops, and how Snow Leopard will improve the Mac experience. Yes, it's all Apple stuff this week, and our editors don't pull their punches.