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Wal-Mart debuts $498 Linux laptop
December 20, 2004
The computer, dubbed Balance, comes loaded with the Linspire operating system and the OpenOffice.org office suite. Photo: Wal-Mart's $498 Linux laptop
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Photo: Wal-Mart's $498 Linux laptop
December 20, 2004
The company says its new notebook is the cheapest on the market among those that come preloaded with an OS and an office suite.
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Vista draining laptop batteries, patience
May 4, 2007
Microsoft's attempt to improve power management in Windows Vista hasn't made up for the pretty but power-hungry Aero interface, causing battery life to suffer.
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Richard Shim
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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Lenovo
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HP
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows XP
Short Take: Dell to include Linux its PCs
August 9, 1999
Dell will preinstall the Linux operating system on its laptops and home computers in the coming months, extending the operating system availability from servers, workstations, and business desktops...
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The $100 laptop moves closer to reality
September 28, 2005
MIT's Nicholas Negroponte lays out a design for a low-cost PC with a twist: Windup power and an innovative display.
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Massachusetts
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Vista's answer to PC power woes
August 25, 2005
Applications will be warned when a computer is entering sleep mode, but they won't get a say in whether the machine slumbers.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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Microsoft Corp.
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Red Hat joins $100 laptop project
January 31, 2006
The open-source company will develop the operating system.
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Linux coders tackle power efficiency
June 25, 2007
Programmers have begun serious work to cut consumption, extending PC Linux battery life and easing server costs.
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Illuminata Inc.
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work
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Intel
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Dell picks Ubuntu for Linux PCs
May 1, 2007
Computer maker is trying a second time to sell Linux PCs and has chosen Canonical's Ubuntu to supply the operating system.
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Ubuntu
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Microsoft Corp.
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Breaking into a laptop via Wi-Fi
August 2, 2006
Flaws in software that runs wireless-networking hardware could let attackers take over PCs, including Macs, Black Hat warns.
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Apple MacBook
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Apple Computer
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video
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Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contest
February 7, 2008
An ethical hacking contest will pit the three operating systems against each other next month at CanSecWest conference.
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Mandriva Linux pre-installed on Dell laptop
September 16, 2005
The Dell Latitude 110L features a Linux operating system, a mobile Celeron/Pentium chip and starts at around $1,000.
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Intel Celeron
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Microsoft posts Tablet PC fix
July 6, 2005
Glitch allows an application that handles electronic-pen input to slowly take over a computer's memory.
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Week in review: Longhorn on Tiger's tail
April 29, 2005
Battle of the operating systems heats up as Apple unleashes Tiger and Microsoft shows off some of the beef to expect in Longhorn.
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Corp.
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Apple Macintosh
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PC
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft dreams up low-cost minitablet
April 25, 2005
Software giant to show off 6-inch-screen prototype and more at WinHEC in Seattle.
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Microsoft Longhorn
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Bill Gates
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Microsoft Corp.
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Acer Inc.
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Low-cost laptops shedding weight
March 28, 2005
WinBook, Dell touting reduced notebook size as additional draw to cheaper machines. Photo: Lighter laptops
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Intel lets Linux into Centrino camp
January 20, 2005
The chipmaker starts allowing PC makers to put the Centrino tag on laptops running the open-source OS.
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Novell Inc.
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Red Hat Inc.
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Intel
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IBM Corp.
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AMD
Negroponte: Windows key to OLPC philosophy
October 29, 2007
OLPC chairman says laptop project could not promote openness if it was closed to Microsoft.
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Will Poole
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Red Hat Inc.
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Vista beta sucks up battery juice
June 2, 2006
Laptops with the Windows update drain batteries faster than with XP--a potential problem for PC makers.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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PC company
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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laptop computer
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Your Wi-Fi can tell people a lot about you
March 2, 2007
People who sniff wireless network traffic have many tools at their disposal to intercept sensitive data from PCs.
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Black Hat
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Bonjour
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