AnandTech: Internet Explorer consumes least battery in laptops!
AnandTech did an interesting test and came out with surprising results.
While most browser comparisons deal with speed and web standard support, AnandTech did a comparison of web browsers in terms of battery backup!
They took three laptops and picked three websites. These sites were reloaded after [...]
Via Technologies announces NetNote platform
Via Technologies has announced their NetNote platform.
NetNote platform is designed for machines which are more capable than netbooks but are not as powerful as laptops.
The company spoke about NetNote: “Intel’s trying to artificially differentiate between thin and light notebooks, based on CULV, and netbooks based on Atom. The [...]
Dell has another Adamo planned
Dell is now displaying a preview image of their next edition Adamo laptop.
Dell Adamo range is designed to take on the Apple MacBook Air and similar laptops.
The latest Adamo being previewed is slightly less than four-tenths of an inch thick.
This makes it much thinner than the current generation [...]
Nokia Booklet 3G netbook PC announced
World’s leading personal computer manufacturers are entering the mobile phone market.
Now, it’s the turn of world’s biggest mobile phone maker to enter the market of personal computers!
Nokia has announced their first netbook model named Nokia Booklet 3G.
This device would feature support for technologies like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 3G [...]
Dell working on Linux powered smartbooks
Linux is becoming a popular operating system for low cost laptops popularly known as netbooks.
Dell is one company which has been offering Linux powered netbooks in the international markets.
The company is now working on smartbook models as well and these would also be powered by Linux OS.
Smartbooks are powered [...]
Apple MacBook Pro 15” now has a matte display option
Apple is finally offering matte display option on their 15” MacBook Pro laptop model.
This option is available for an extra USD 50 so that is a major disappointment.
Apple is already offering the anti-glare option on the much more expensive 17-inch MacBook Pro.
The 13 inch [...]
Dell Inspiron Mini 12 retired already!
Dell has announced that they are retiring their Inspiron Mini 12 model.
The company said that they believe for netbooks 10 inch models are more popular.
Dell already has two products in the 10 inch display segment the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 and Dell Inspiron Mini 10v.
The company [...]
Western Digital launches 1TB 2.5 inch disk drive!
Western Digital has announced their latest disc drive product.
The company has launched their WD Scorpio Blue 1TB drive in a 2.5 inch format.
This format makes it suitable for laptops and portable storage solutions.
The company claims that this is the first drive of this size in [...]
Sony announces their netbook model Sony Vaio W
Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony has finally announced their first netbook model Vaio W.
The company calls this new product the chic new line of mini notebooks.
Sony Vaio W is essentially a 10.1-inch Netbook and the first model comes powered with an Intel Atom N280 processor.
It also [...]
Apple MacBook Pro 13” is a Big Success
Apple recently launched their 13” MacBook Pro notebook model.
This model seems to have in heavy demand in the retail market. And sources say that Apple has been failing to maintain a balance between demand and supplies.
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has reported that Apple is asking for [...]
