Xavier Lanier

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Fujitsu’s 2.2 pound Q2010

The Fujitsu LifeBook Q2010 executive notebook computer weighs in at just 2.2 pounds with a 12.1-inch wide display and is about 3/4 of an inch thin. The Q2010 ...
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Laptop HDD Going the Way of the Floppy

George Scalise, president of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), says flash memory chips will replace notebooks' hard disk drives within five years. S...
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First EVDO ExpressCard

Novatel's X620 ExpressCard for notebooks is designed to run on Sprint and Verizon's EVDO networks. A growing number of notebooks - from Apple, Dell, Lenovo, HP...
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UltraConfusing PC’s

Samsung Electronics, Intel and Microsoft Korea execs couldn't get a simple presentation to work on a Samsung Q1 UMPC to work during a press conference.
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Some Vintage Computer Ads

I went to a pre-launch event recently to hear about the latest and greatest notebook computers a major PC manufacturer is launching in the near future and I tho...
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Sony’s Euro Style Notebooks

JPmAlajUKwQ Here's a Sony Vaio notebook commercial from Europe. I wonder what would happen if they aired this state side. Trust me, you probably won't notice t...
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Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600

The Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 is a monster of a media center. Toshiba crams the 17 incher with a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, video connections galore, 5....
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Notebook Alarms Coming to a Cafe Near You

KkAtRfA1UXc Notebook computers can now be obnoxious as your car thanks to iAlertU. Wait until the notebook on the table next to you goes off, causing you to spi...
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World on a Hard Drive

Acer will start shipping a condensed 40 gig version of the âہWorld Wide Webâ€ÂÃƒâ€šÃ‚ with some of its notebook computers. Webaroo, the se...
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Cafe Hotspots Getting Too Hot For Notebooks

San Francisco cafes are becoming prime hunting grounds for laptop thiefs, who turn around and sell them for $200 or so on the streets. Last month a PowerBook user was stabbed in the chest while sipping a latte and spent...