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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. TAGS: power management, Richard Shim, battery life, battery, notebook computer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Lenovo, laptop computer, HP, Microsoft Corp., setting, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, PC

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... TAGS: Short take, portable computer, Linux, spokesman, workstation, home PC, Dell, Dell Dimension, operating system, server, laptop computer, PC

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. TAGS: Black Hat, researcher, flaw, attack, Wi-Fi, attacker, threat, software company, Apple MacBook, laptop computer, Apple Computer, Intel, PC, security, video, operating system

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. TAGS: Linux PC, Ubuntu, Linux, Dell, PC, operating system, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Will the $100 PC fly?

February 10, 2006 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says a struggle between Bill Gates and Nicholas Negroponte will only produce losers. TAGS: Bill Gates, antitrust, Brazil, mobile phone, Microsoft Corp., TV, cell phone, laptop computer, PC, operating system

$100 laptop 'will boost desktop Linux'

June 2, 2006 The head of the One Laptop per Child project says he must be doing something right if he's upsetting Microsoft and Intel. TAGS: OLPC, desktop Linux, education, children, project, school, Red Hat Inc., Linux, AMD, teacher, Intel, operating system, server, laptop computer, Microsoft Corp., PC

Intel shows Origami-like device

March 7, 2006 CNET News.com gets a sneak preview of the minitablet devices that the chipmaker will show later on Tuesday. Photos: Origami mini tablets Sneak peak of small things to come TAGS: Microsoft Origami, minitablet PC, ultramobile PC, ultraportable laptop, chip company, Intel, battery life, battery, Microsoft Corp., PC, operating system, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft's leaner approach to Vista security

August 29, 2005 Microsoft is talking up Secure Startup in Windows Vista, the sole piece of its original hardware-based security plan to make it into the OS. TAGS: Palladium, software company, Microsoft Windows Vista, access, security, Microsoft Corp., BIOS, laptop computer, PC, Microsoft Windows, operating system, hard drive

Show-and-tell for Microsoft

April 28, 2005 Redmond plans equivalent of flight data recorder for PCs. Also: Lots about Longhorn. Photos: A look at Longhorn TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, minitablet PC, Bill Gates, 64-bit, Redmond, Seattle, tablet, Microsoft Corp., smart phone, photograph, operating system, Microsoft Windows, PC, laptop computer

Red Hat tries new desktop Linux angle

May 10, 2007 Red Hat Global Desktop, the company's latest PC-oriented Linux product, is aimed for users in developing nations. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., desktop Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, appliance, virtualization, nation, Intel, security, server, laptop computer, operating system, PC, Microsoft Corp.
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