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Notebooks dropping to $99

November 14, 2006 Dreaming of laptops? Now's a good time to buy, as retailers scramble to best each other with dipping holiday prices. TAGS: Circuit City Stores Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., holiday season, Vonage Holdings Corp., rebate, notebook computer, Staples Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., PC company, Intel Celeron, pricing, retailer, laptop computer, HP, TV, Dell

$100 laptop gets working prototype

May 24, 2006 Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project shows off a vivid orange PC and trims its software load. Photos: Laptop model sees orange TAGS: OLPC, Linux, AMD, laptop computer, PC

Intel wants super 3G in every PC

February 15, 2006 Chip giant signs deal with GSM Association to help hardware makers include SIM card readers, 3G connectivity in new PCs. TAGS: HSDPA, 3G, hardware maker, connectivity, SIM card, Intel, laptop computer, PC

U.K.'s Elonex readies low-cost Linux laptop

February 18, 2008 Aimed at the education sector, the laptop will feature, among other things, a flash-based hard drive and a "wireless music server." But, the company says, it's "not really about the specs." TAGS: spokesperson, Linux, U.K., laptop computer, server, hard drive, PC

Is Foleo Palm's folly?

May 30, 2007 A device the company billed as "a new category of mobile device" is in reality a small, underpowered laptop best suited for reading e-mail, analysts say.Photos: Palm adds Foleo to its portfolio TAGS: Jeff Hawkins, ultraportable laptop, smart phone, mobile computing, Gartner Inc., Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Motorola Inc., mobile device, laptop computer, e-mail, RIM BlackBerry, PC, Microsoft Windows

Two visions for delivering PCs to emerging nations

February 28, 2007 One Laptop Per Child and Intel take competing approaches to manufacturing, pricing PCs--and it's not yet clear which will prevail. TAGS: OLPC, VIA Technologies Inc., nation, Taiwan, vision, Intel, manufacturing, PC, laptop computer

HP, Cingular make a laptop connection

December 11, 2006 The Compaq nc6400 notebook connects to the Internet via a Cingular Wireless' cell phone tower. Photos: Notebook connects with cell phone tower TAGS: WWAN, Cingular Wireless, Intel Core 2 Duo, connectivity, notebook computer, cell phone, AT&T Corp., HP, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Intel, PC

Lenovo scores deal with NBA

October 23, 2006 PC maker becomes official technology partner of NBA as it strives for publicity in the U.S. consumer market. TAGS: Lenovo, statistic, PC company, fan, laptop computer, U.S., TV, PC, Dell

Negroponte: $100 laptop trials to kick off

August 22, 2006 Widespread field tests of portable PCs for children in the developing world will start next month, the project's chairman says. TAGS: OLPC, Thailand, Nigeria, trial, chairman, laptop computer, LCD, PC

Tech bigwigs push for the global good

May 4, 2006 At the World Congress on Information Technology, Dell, Intel and others make pitches to governments for increased investing. TAGS: information technology, government, AMD, Intel, Dell, photograph, laptop computer, PC

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, Microsoft Corp., mobile phone, TV, cell phone, PC, laptop computer, operating system

Albuquerque extols its role in PC revolution

July 31, 2007 This city played an integral role in computer history, even though it eventually lost out when it came to housing Microsoft.Photos: Albuquerque's PC roots TAGS: exhibit, Paul Allen, revolution, Bill Gates, city, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., PC, laptop computer

Is the $199 PC doomed to fail?

July 24, 2007 NComputing CEO Stephen Dukker writes that a computer cannot exist independent of basic economic realities that govern the world. TAGS: OLPC, ecosystem, reality, computing, maintenance, information technology, PC, Intel, laptop computer

OLPC and Intel bury the hatchet--for the children

July 13, 2007 Nonprofit and chipmaker have faced off over low-cost laptops in the past, but they're coming together to bring PCs to kids. TAGS: OLPC, XO laptop, open-source software, chip company, children, Intel, nation, project, open source, AMD, Linux, laptop computer, PC

Surveying CeBit

March 16, 2007 The annual tech extravaganza, which runs through Wednesday in Hannover, Germany, is in full swing now. TAGS: CeBit, Hannover, ultramobile PC, RFID, Germany, Europe, electronics, AMD, Blu-ray, laptop computer, PC, photograph

Two in three retail PCs are notebooks

December 19, 2006 Black Friday showed consumers are largely fed up with desktops, and more data reveals the laptop preference has grown. TAGS: Black Friday, Stephen Baker, notebook computer, holiday, printer, Best Buy Co. Inc., laptop computer, PC, Microsoft Windows

Year in review: The PC chugs on

December 19, 2005 Fading of the PC is predicted often, but low prices and emerging nations helped this year's sales beat expectations. TAGS: AMD Opteron, IBM Corp., IBM PowerPC, dual-core processor, blade, India, 64-bit, notebook computer, CEO, Intel, PC, server, Apple Computer, HP, Dell, laptop computer

Controversy comes calling for Intel

January 10, 2008 New York launches antitrust probe into Intel, trash talk rages on between One Laptop group and the PC crowd, and more. TAGS: Paul Otellini, Consumer Electronics Show, antitrust, Intel, AMD, consumer electronics, electronics, CEO, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC

Power shortage for the holidays?

October 30, 2006 A notebook builder says it will be light on shipments because of battery shortages, but PC companies don't seem worried yet. TAGS: shortage, recall, shipment, PC company, battery, notebook computer, Sony Corp., Lenovo, Apple Computer, situation, Dell, PC, laptop computer

$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, laptop computer, server, Microsoft Corp., PC
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