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April 2008
- Peru Distributes '$100 Laptop'
  
  MIT Technology Review | Apr 24, 08 3:18 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - One Laptop per Child got a bumpy start, with the “$100 laptop” soaring to $188, for-profit competitors snatching customers, and developing countries hesitating to buy. But the true test for the nonprofit comes now, as Peru prepares to send 486,500 computers to its poorest schoolchildren. The country faces daunting obstacles, but rural kids testing the laptops are enthusiastic, reports Technology Review . More »
- Apple's Profit Rises 36% on Strong Mac Sales
  
  Bloomberg | Apr 23, 08 4:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Apple's profit surged 36% in its second quarter, beating analysts' estimates thanks to strong sales of laptops, Bloomberg reports. The company earned $1.05 billion, or $1.16 a share; analysts expected $1.06 a share. Revenue grew 43%, to $7.5 billion, despite the sluggish economy. The company sold 2.29 million Macs, with strong sales in particular of its new ultra-thin Air notebook. More »
- Laptops May Help Sense Quakes
  
  MIT Technology Review | Apr 22, 08 1:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Laptop computers are the key to a new earthquake-sensing project in California, the MIT Technology Review reports. Researchers are working to connect home and business computers in a network that could monitor activity and even provide early warning of big quakes. Motion detectors would report shaking to a central server, letting seismologists identify unusual movement concentrated in a particular area. More »
- Dell Jumps on Cheap Notebook Trend
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 10, 08 8:21 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Cheap, small notebooks look like the next big thing. Dell today announced it was jumping into the burgeoning segment, which doesn’t quite have a name yet—some call them netbooks, others mini-notebooks, still others ultramobile PCs or UMPCs. Dell’s machine will start at $399, and sport a wee 8.9-inch screen, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
- Intel Scores on Mobile Internet Devices
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 2, 08 11:47 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Twenty-five hardware companies will use a new Intel chip technology for mobile internet devices that are somewhere between a cellphone and a laptop computer in size, reports the Wall Street Journal . Intel hopes the gadgets they've dubbed MIDs will become a new product category, helping the company make up for missing out on the cellphone market. The devices will retail for around $500 and arrive first in Asia this summer. More »
March 2008
- Patients' Info Swiped Along With Laptop
  
  CNN | Mar 25, 08 3:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A government laptop loaded with personal medical info on thousands of patients just “fell through the cracks,” a top exec with an NIH subsidiary says. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute machine was stolen Feb. 23, apparently at random, from an employee’s car trunk. None of the 2,500 records on the machine was encrypted, a violation of federal guidelines, CNN reports. More »
- Personalized Security Protects Laptops
  
  MIT Technology Review | Mar 21, 08 12:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new laptop security system in development at Intel learns to adjust to you—that is, the user—getting to know your pattern of Internet use in order to provide more personalized protection. The software, called Proteus, is meant for companies that provide laptops to many employees, normally equipping all of them with the same cookie-cutter security system, reports Technology Review . More »
- Café-Loving Kids Cash In on Laptop Ads
  
  Der Spiegel | Mar 12, 08 2:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A German company has a solution for university students who spend their time in cafés and need extra cash for coffee: laptop advertisements, Der Spiegel reports. Just slap a sticker on the back of your screen and you could earn $320 for a few months of public studying. Berlin-based Smaboo has 1,200 students hawking its clients' products in 30 German cities. More »
- PC Makers Aim Overseas
  
  USA Today | Mar 7, 08 12:23 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - PC makers are increasingly setting their sights on markets outside the US, which are making up an ever-larger share of the worldwide computer market, USA Today reports. PC sales are growing in the US, still the world’s largest market, but are rising much faster elsewhere. Last year, the US accounted for 26% of worldwide sales, compared to 35% 5 years ago. More »
February 2008
- LG Pulls Laptop Model After Battery Melts
  
  Associated Press | Feb 22, 08 6:54 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - LG pulled a laptop model from stores following a report that the battery melted while in use, the AP reports. A company spokesman said it had opened an investigation into the meltdown, adding that the model is no longer in production and is sold only in South Korea. More »
- Travelers Rage Over Seized Laptops
  
  Washington Post | Feb 7, 08 12:18 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - US border agents tell travelers there’s no difference between a laptop and a suitcase; both are fair game for searches. People crossing into the US have found their electronics confiscated, and their data copied, the Washington Post reports, all without explanation. “The government is going well beyond its traditional role of looking for contraband,” said one irate lawyer. More »
- Intel Joins Push for Low-Power Chips
  
  Wall Street Journal | Feb 4, 08 12:51 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Intel is developing a low-power-consuming chip aimed at a new category of mobile Internet devices, or MIDs, which range between a cell phone and laptop in size. The company’s new MID chip, expected out in the second quarter, draws about a tenth of the power used by Intel’s laptop chips, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
January 2008
- Meet the Next Big Interface: Multitouch
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jan 31, 08 1:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The iPhone was just the coming-out party: The gesture-based touch commands the phone uses, writes Walter Mossberg in today’s Wall Street Journal , have since been ported everywhere from the Macbook Air laptop to a Microsoft coffee-table-sized computer to iPhone wannabes exhibited all over the recent Consumer Electronics Show. Multitouch could be as big as the mouse, he says, in terms of defining the next generation of graphical interfaces. More »
- MacBook Air: Beautiful, Compromised
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jan 24, 08 4:28 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - If thin is in, Apple’s new Air should be the hottest fashion this season. The new subnotebook weighs under 3 pounds and is three-quarters of an inch thick—at its deepest. Like all things Apple, Air’s beautiful, simple, and evokes technolust among geeks and non-geeks alike. But, say reviewers who have had their hands on the machines, it’s not for everyone, especially at its base price of $1,799. More »
- Don't Worry About 'Tingling Sensation': Dell
  
  Techworld | Jan 18, 08 9:55 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Dell has acknowledged that some of its laptops give a “tingling sensation” to users when plugging in cables or accessories—but insisted the “voltage does not present any risk of injury.” Complaints about the surprise jolts have been trickling in about a few different models for the past year, Techworld reports. Dell simply recommends unplugging AC adapters before attaching peripherals. More »
- Jobs Pulls Thin Laptop Out of Air
  
  Associated Press | Jan 15, 08 2:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Steve Jobs today slid his latest trick not from up his sleeve, but from a manila envelope. The Apple CEO unveiled the ultra-thin MacBook Air laptop at the Macworld Expo, reports the AP. Boasting a 13-inch screen, the new Mac ranges in thickness from 0.16 inches to 0.76 inches and comes with a standard 80-gig hard drive. More »
- If $100 Is Too Steep, Wait for the $75 Laptop
  
  New York Times | Jan 10, 08 3:30 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The former chief technology officer of the One Laptop Per Child program has formed a spin-out company that seeks to take the XO laptop a step further—and reduce the cost of the basic computer from $100 to $75. The new operation, Pixel Qi, will aim to develop a cheaper computer—as well as other low-power electronics—using much of the technology spawned by One Laptop, reports the New York Times . More »
- Intel Bails on Kid Laptop Project
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jan 4, 08 7:51 AM CST

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Peru Distributes '$100 Laptop'

Apple's Profit Rises 36% on Strong Mac Sales

Laptops May Help Sense Quakes

Dell Jumps on Cheap Notebook Trend

Intel Scores on Mobile Internet Devices

Patients' Info Swiped Along With Laptop

Personalized Security Protects Laptops

Café-Loving Kids Cash In on Laptop Ads

PC Makers Aim Overseas

LG Pulls Laptop Model After Battery Melts

Travelers Rage Over Seized Laptops

Intel Joins Push for Low-Power Chips

Meet the Next Big Interface: Multitouch

MacBook Air: Beautiful, Compromised

Don't Worry About 'Tingling Sensation': Dell

Jobs Pulls Thin Laptop Out of Air

If $100 Is Too Steep, Wait for the $75 Laptop

Intel Bails on Kid Laptop Project