[24 Mar 2009 | No Comment | ]
The Netbook Revolution

A couple of years ago, Intel decided to partner with others to create a small, low cost laptop that could be distributed in developing countries. That was the date of creating the Intel Classmate, one of the first netbooks. A new model now exists, but it has some serious competition from several major manufacturers.
The Competitors
Acer makes the Aspire One, which became kind of one of the best and brightest of the new breed. Sporting the Intel Atom 1.6GHz CPU and 1GB of RAM, it can rival a low-end laptop if …

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[18 Jan 2012 | No Comment | ]
iPad 3 News

Introduction.
With much of the computing world trying to pre-guess what’s going to be on show or released at CES 2012 – apart from a big push for ultra-thin laptops and notebooks using the new Intel Cedar Trail processors; it’s little wonder that Apple has been keen to make sure it doesn’t get pushed out of the limelight and so has pumped up the rumors surrounding the upcoming release of iPad 3.
What’s new in iPad 3?
In truth the answer to that is very little and you have to wonder, mmm, why …

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[4 Jan 2012 | No Comment | ]
Here Comes 2012

Introduction.
A big welcome to 2012 and let’s hope it’s a good one. Of course the big question here is whether or not it’ll be a good one for netbooks, which really means will tablets completely overtake netbooks as the portable computing device of choice – or can netbooks hold or even improve on their market share?
Netbooks in 2012.
In all honesty 2012 can’t do any worse that 2011 was for netbooks, with manufacturers like Dell pulling out of the netbook market. One problem was that they were caught flat-footed by the …

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[21 Dec 2011 | No Comment | ]
Picking The Right Netbook

Introduction.
The New Year sales are an ideal time to pick up a great bargain in a new netbook. Retailers will be keen to move any stock they’ve got left over from the Christmas rush and create space for new models coming in later in the year, so don’t be afraid to ask for a further discount on top of the sales offer price. Of course it’s not just price that will determine which netbook you decide to buy – so what tips do you need to think about for picking …

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[7 Dec 2011 | No Comment | ]
Business User Tablet

Introduction.
Face facts, as a business person going into meetings these days and carrying a document case makes you look like some sort of business dinosaur – a dying breed. The need to show, indeed the need to impress, on your business contacts how busy you are can be all important in terms of convincing them that you’re the person to do business with. So what technology do you taker into meetings with you – smartphone, netbook … what about a tablet?
Taking technology in to meetings.
OK, so you can track your …

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[24 Nov 2011 | No Comment | ]
Beefcake Netbooks

Introduction.
Fed up with desktop and laptop computer owners kicking the proverbial sand in the screen of your netbook – well check out the following beefcake netbook with plenty of muscle. The problem with netbooks being seen as the poor relation by computer users is the false belief that you have to have the biggest possible screen to see things on and hardware on-board sufficient to run a modestly sized power station, never mind just a bit of word processing or social networking– which is what most computers are used for.
Dell …