Laptop Notebooks News
Thinner, Lighter, Cooler
Monday November 10, 2008
Notebooks are driven by consumers, not business, meaning style will rule in 2009, writes David Flynn.Desktop Pcs Face Death Or A New Dawn
Monday July 28, 2008
Some time in the first few months of this year, a milestone was reached. Twenty years after they first appeared on the scene, laptops overtook desktops as the most popular PC in Australia. It was a photo-finish - 50.3 per cent for notebooks versus 49.7 per cent for desktops.Random Access
Monday June 2, 2008
The $80 laptop?Webcam To Pix Your Problem
Tuesday May 1, 2007
MICROSOFT has launched its first webcam designed exclusively for notebooks, the Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 which is optimised for use with Windows Live Messenger.Easing The Burden Of Back-up Pain
Tuesday September 20, 2005
Small companies with notebooks can use a novel solution to a perennial problem. By Helen Meredith.Fish Officer Among Crew On Viarsa
Sunday August 31, 2003
Uruguay has demanded the return of an official on board the Viarsa and his laptop computer, which could hold vital evidence on whether the vessel was fishing illegally in Australia's Antarctic Fishing Zone. A spokesman for Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the request for the return of Uruguayan fisheries officer Eduardo Merello was being considered.On Tap
Wednesday May 26, 1999
THE NUMBERS are impressive. It is estimated that there are 70,000 computers in schools in Victoria. In 1998 the Government spent $50 million on technology, materials and training (but schools must raise $3 for every dollar they get for computers), 12,150 teachers have their own notebooks under a proEducated Guess: Networks Or Notebooks?
Tuesday November 24, 1998
A high concentration of computer access in Victoria's school system has created what some educators claim is one of the best learning environments in the world. As the state school system moves toward a planned student-to-computer ratio of 5:1 by mid-2000, school administrators face choices aboutKabila's Forces Ready To Take Over A Nation
Saturday March 22, 1997
IN the large school hall near Goma's airport, 1,000 adults sit hunched over notebooks and scraps of paper, their pens moving together. From the stage, a man in a blue denim shirt dictates slowly into a microphone. "Lesson One: The seven errors leading to the failure of the 1964-1965 Congo ReA Portable Drive Is The Answer
Monday September 4, 1995
MOST notebooks do not have CD-ROM drives, a crippling shortcoming as more and more software comes out on CD-ROM disks. Installing Windows 95 and Microsoft Office on a notebook computer without a CD-ROM drive is a 40-plus floppy-disk nightmare. This is where a portable CD-ROM drive can be very usDa Vinci's Notebook Has Special Appeal
Tuesday January 24, 1995
The man of the moment, Microsoft's billionaire chairman Bill Gates, writes his second column for Computer Age. This time he is answering questions submitted by readers around the world. QUESTION: What possessed you to buy one of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks? LEONARDO was one of the most amaApple Price Tags Tease The Laptop Lovers
Sunday July 17, 1994
APPLE Computer is a big tease. It releases its latest model of portable computer that is so beautifully designed you cannot help but want one. Then it sticks on a price tag of $7,500 - roughly eight times more expensive than my car. Who is going to pay that kind of money for a computer? EspecialNew-tech Light Laptop Spells An End To The `briefcase From Hell'
Monday May 9, 1994
THEY ARE not ordinary briefcases. They tend to gather in airport frequent-flyer lounges. They have many compartments, all of them stuffed to bursting point. They are very heavy. They are ... the briefcases from Hell. Inside a briefcase from Hell, you'll find the usual array of urgent reports, sprSpartan Regime Ends For Prisoners
Sunday August 29, 1993
NSW prisoners will be given back their rosary beads, prayer mats and thongs, and will be allowed more books and laptop computers in their cells in the next few weeks. The Minister for Justice, Mr Hannaford, will release today the State Government's new prison property policy, which has beeNew Wave Of Smaller Sub-notebooks Arrives
Wednesday August 25, 1993
PORTABLE personal computers are getting more portable ... and more personal. They are becoming smaller, lighter and smarter. The mobile PC market is booming in Australia, with sales this year likely to top $250million. It is the fastest-growing sector of the computer market. The majority of portaNotebooks Catch Up
Monday February 8, 1993
A NYONE who has paid good money for a 386SX or even 386DX in the past few months will be as sick as a parrot to be told that what they have bought is obsolete technology. If it was a notebook computer rather than a desktop, then they should feel a little less depressed, but only a little.Intel Signs For Yet Another Flash Deal
Monday March 2, 1992
INTEL continues to stake out its territory in the burgeoning flash memory market, announcing its second joint development deal in as many weeks. First it signed a deal with leading laptop maker Sharp, the aim of the agreement being to develop flash memory-based products that will in futureNec Saturates All Sectors Of Market
Monday February 10, 1992
IN a swag of releases intended to claw back lost market share, NEC Information Systems last week launched new machines into almost every sector of the PC market. Among them were a colour 486SX laptop, a colour 25Mhz 386SL notebook, a range of desktop PCs with souped-up graphics processing,At $3,995 Ibm's Ps/2 Tears Up Rival Notebooks
Saturday October 12, 1991
IBM Australia has shattered pricing in the hot-selling notebook computer market with the launch of this new PS/2 Notebook model. Powered by a 386SX processor, the PS/2 has similar specifications to the Toshiba T2200SX, the Sharp 6641 and the Epson NB3, reviewed here last week. But whAt Last, A Mouse Without A Mouse Pad
Sunday July 28, 1991
ANOTHER failing of laptop or notebook computers has been overcome: Microsoft has released a mouse that doesn't need hectares of flat surface around the machine to do its job. Before Microsoft's BallPoint Mouse came along, it was virtually impossible to run Windows-based programs on lapto