Notebook News
On this page you can find the top news about notebook and laptop related information.
Thursday 29. of May 2008 Judge rules against Dell in suit over marketing
A New York Judge concluded last Tuesday that Dell deceived it's customers with false and deceptive advertising of it's promotions and warranty services.
Wednesday 28. of May 2008 Intel Centrino 2 launch delayed
Intel delayed launch of the new Centrino 2 processors due to chipset and antenna issues.
Wednesday 21. of May 2008 OLPC XO-2
Nicholas Negroponte presented the XO-2, the successor of the OLPC laptop XO for children.
Tuesday 20. of May 2008 Asus Eee PC Keyboard mod
A new interesting modification by a Eee PC user adds a backlight for the keyboard.
Thursday 15. of May 2008 Does Samsung retreat from the notebook market?
If Samsung can not manage to raise its share in the notebook market, then they will possibly retreat from that sector.
Tuesday 13. of May 2008 Supply of 8.9” displays may run short
Many manufacturers offer notebooks with 8.9” display, and therefore a bottleneck in supply of those panels could take place.
Tuesday 13. of May 2008 XP only for low cost notebooks
After June 30th, Windows XP will only be available for low-cost notebooks
Friday 09. of May 2008 Asus warns on 3rd party batteries
The manufacturer Asus cautions customers against using cloned batteries with their Eee PC. Supposedly, some damages occurred with those batteries and those aren’t covered by warranty.
Friday 09. of May 2008 Low cost notebooks are not as popular as expected
Cheap notebooks are mostly used as secondary computers, because they are equipped with less powerful hardware according to IDC.
Wednesday 07. of May 2008 Windows XP Service Pack 3 again available
Microsoft integrated the XP Service Pack 3 in the update function of Windows XP. Furthermore, the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is available again for downloading.
Tuesday 06. of May 2008 Shortage of notebooks batteries should end in 3rd quarter
"Supply difficulties of notebook batteries should end in 3rd quarter of this year", says Simplo chairman.
Monday 05. of May 2008 New president and COO for OLPC
The new president and COO of OLPC comes from their own stuff. The former CFP Charles Kane was promoted to the chairman of this organisation.
Wednesday 30. of April 2008 Supply difficulties with Intel Atom CPU
Supply difficulties with the Intel Atom CPU cause a later availability of many low cost notebooks.
Wednesday 30. of April 2008 Microsoft Service Packs with errors
There is one error in the Windows XP Service Pack 3 and in the Windows Vista Service Pack 1. This problem refers to on the Dynamics Retails Management System.
Tuesday 29. of April 2008 Windows XP Service Pack 3 ready for download
Microsoft releases its probably last big update package for Windows XP. It can be downloaded during the course of the day.
