The latest laptop news from around the web for June 16th:
- Samsung expands its initial laptop rollout in Asia – CNET Asia – Since vendors usually only showcase their handsets at the annual CommunicAsia tradeshow held in Singapore, when we spotted Samsung displaying several Netbooks and notebooks at its booth, it got us curious. Though we already know that the Korean …
- Nvidia chips to enhance video on mobile devices – PC Advisor – Nvidia hopes to develop chips that enable applications such as image recognition and video search on mobile devices like smartphones and low-cost laptops, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said on Tuesday. More websites are posting high-definition video, and …
- Toshiba NB205 Netbook Gets 8 and a Half Hours of Real-Time Battery Life [NetBooks] (Gizmodo) – 10-inch, Atom-based netbooks tend to blend together in the mind, as they all have similar specs and similar designs. But when you can boast an insane 8.5 hour battery life in real-world conditions,…
- Disney Partners With Asus On Netpal Eee Netbook For Kids [NetBooks] (Gizmodo) – In what seems like a natural partnership, Asus and Disney have teamed up to develop the Disney Netpal—a netbook designed specifically for kids that’s “fun, web-safe and easy to use.” …
- CyberPower Launches Core i7 Gaming Laptop (Tom’s Hardware) – CyberPower today announced the Xplorer X7-Xtreme S1 notebook, which the company claims is the world’s fastest gaming laptop and its first laptop based on Intel’s Core i7.
- Disney and ASUS announce Netpal netbook for kids (Engadget) – Past Disney gadgets may have been heavier on the Disney than the gadget, but we’re guessing there’ll be at least a few parents out there a little envious of ASUS’s new Disney-branded Netpal netbook for kids, which will be available in your choice of “Princess Pink” or “Magic Blue” colors (the latter replete with tiny Mickey Mouse icons). In addition to that eye-catching exterior, each netbook …
- 24-hour laptop battery, perfect flush toilet sensor and non-profit win prizes in Kettering University contest (The Flint Journal) – Want a battery that keeps your laptop going for 24 hours? How about a toilet sensor that guarantees the “perfect flush?” Those were just some of the college student ideas that won prizes in Kettering’s Innovation Challenge. Students pitched ideas…
- Netbook News: Rumble in the OS Jungle Comes Down to Price (Salon.com) – I’m starting to believe that the fight for the netbook operating system simply won’t go the full 10 rounds. In case you haven’t yet managed to score a ringside seat, let me offer you a blow-by-blow recap.
- Dell Z Series Laptop Pics Leaked (I4U) – It seems that Del has a new Z series notebook up its sleeves. Some images of the new notebook have been leaked onto the internet, but we dont know anything certain about the specifications of the laptop. What you can tell from the photos leaked is tha…
- KDE Linux Netbook Desktop (Linux Today) - It Runs on Linux: “The developers of the KDE desktop environment for Linux are working on a netbook optimized KDE 4 Plasma user interface. Applications & widgets can be displayed on low resolution displays & the graphical effects don’t use too much resources.”
