Archive for December, 2009
OLPC changing the line up for the new year
The mission of the folks over at OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) is simple. They want every child in developing countries to have a laptop, to help broaden and continue their education. To achieve this goal requires producing and distributing innovative laptops that have wireless connectivity, low power consumption, have educational software, and robust designs. Another [...]
New From Acer – TravelMate Timeline Notebooks for Business
Acer has announced the TravelMate Timeline series of notebooks which is the companies new line of notebooks for businesses. The TravelMate Timeline series includes 3 different models; 8571, 8471 and 8371 which cost between $899 and $999. The focus of this series is a long lasting lightweight notebook and with a 6-cell battery Acer claims [...]
Gift Recomendation: Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements
If you’re looking for a last minute gift for the aspiring shutterbug in your life you should check out Adobe’s Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements. These applications are easier easier to use than Adobe’s professional image and video editing software, but offer a lot more than the software that comes with most PCs and bundled [...]
Giveaway: Powermat Portable Mat
We’re giving away a Powermat Portable Mat to one lucky Notebooks.com reader today. You’ve probably seen Powermat displays at your favorite retailers this holiday season as the company seems to be marketing its wireless charging stations pretty heavily these days. Powermat makes custom battery doors and cases for several Blackerry models so, the Nintendo DS, [...]
Intel announces new Atom processors- small and efficient
Intel has announced the arrival of its new Atom processors, including the “Pine trail” nettop-centered processors. They are smaller, more integrated, and more efficient. From Gizmodo article: The new chips include the N450 for netbooks and the D410 and D510 for nettops (or, as Intel kept calling them, “entry-level desktops”). The big news is [...]



