The latest laptop news from around the web for June 3rd:
- Oracle CEO wants more Java on netbooks – Reuters UK – SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON (Reuters) – Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison, whose company sells software to big corporations, is looking to extend his footprint to inexpensive laptops and other electronics gadgets. Ellison said on Tuesday that he …
- Acer offers Android netbook – MSN UK News - Small new “netbook” computers from Acer will come with Google’s Android operating system if buyers desire, instead of Windows from Microsoft. The move by Acer, the world’s third-largest PC maker, could raise Android’s chances of becoming a widely …
- COMPUTEX: Acer shows an Android-based Atom netbook that could be out … – Computerworld Australia – A revamped netbook with Windows 7 touchscreen and a machine based on Intel’s new CULV chip are among new laptops from Taiwan’s Gigabyte, on show at Computex on Monday. Inventec, one of the world’s largest contract PC makers expects to begin making …
- SanDisk releases faster netbook solid state disk drives – Computerworld - Computerworld – SanDisk Corp. today announced the general availability of two new solid state disk (SSD) drives for netbooks that it said increase random read/write rates by as much as nine times over its first generation netbook SSDs. SanDisk’s …
- It’s Now O.K. to Call a Netbook a Netbook (New York Times) – The netbook market still feels a bit like the Wild West. Example: On Monday, companies received the all-clear to continue calling netbooks, well, netbooks.
- Fujitsu M2010 vs. Toshiba NB205: Netbook Fight Night (Washington Post) – The netbook market is already pretty crowded, but today two more contenders enter the fray: Toshiba’s NB205-310 ($400) and Fujitsu’s M2010 ($449). Toshiba and Fujitsu are new to netbooks, they’re no strangers to small machines. After all, Toshiba blazed a trail back in the 1990s with its Libretto….
- Toshiba debuts its first netbook, the mini NB205 (ZDNet) – Toshiba today announced the mini NB205 netbook, a system boasting a full-sized keyboard, large touchpad and nine hours of battery life, according to the company. It marks Toshiba’s first such entry into the growing netbook market. Positioned as a premium…
- iBUYPOWER launches potent M865TU gaming laptop (Engadget) - Another day, another new one from iBUYPOWER . But this one’s different, or so they tell us. You see, the M865TU is being hailed as the most powerful 15-inch gaming laptop ever , and considering that Alienware’s M17x can’t be included here, we’d argue these guys actually have an outside shot at being right. Within, you’ll find a 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9800, up to 4GB DDR3 memory, a 1GB NVIDIA …
- Dell Alienware M17x is ‘fastest ever’ gaming laptop (PC Advisor) – 17in laptop runs quad-core Intel Core 2 Extreme chip Dell has unveiled the latest machine in its Alienware gaming range. The M17x is described by Dell as “the most powerful 17in gaming laptop in the universe” and sports an Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor.
- Kareena gets an Apple from Saif – One India – Kareena Kapoor is the proud owner of a 17-inch steel grey Apple MacBook Pro laptop, gifted to her by beau Saif Ali Khan. The actress has been carrying her new laptop with her everywhere, and has been spotted surfing the net, and playing online games ...
- VIA Promotes Nano-Powered Light Notebook from Tonfong – Softpedia – The success level of netbook devices and the netbook form factor have enabled a number of companies to provide their supporting solutions for said segment. Such is the case with VIA Technologies, which is actively promoting the low-power …
- Computex 2009: First day highlights from Asia’s largest tech show – Australian PC World – Windows 7, Android, and New Laptop Chips from Intel, AMD and Nvidia Computex is Asia’s premier tech tradeshow and is regarded as the second largest in the world, behind CeBIT Germany. This year was supposed to be a tad subdued thanks to a global …
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