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PC Guardian, a manufacturer of computer and data security products, has introduced a product line that puts a new twist on some old security issues involving physical computer theft and data loss through exposed USB devices. Cable locks for laptops are nothing new. On nearly all laptops and numerous...
In the coming weeks, the $100 laptop developed by the One Laptop Per Child foundation will go into wide-scale production. From there, the laptops will be sent by the thousands to emerging economies in Africa, South Asia and South America. Meanwhile, in the United States, PC makers, private foundatio...
Intel has unveiled the next generation of wireless chips for its Centrino Duo mobile line used in many Intel-based laptops, which are designed to improve their ability to download music and stream high-definition video. The Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N network connection, an upgrade to the wireless com...
Just five months after it issued a massive recall of notebook computers because of defective batteries, Dell on Friday became the target of yet more legal problems involving its notebook equipment. A group of Canadian consumers is suing Dell over what they allege are faulty Inspiron notebook machine...
Macworld vs. CES was a huge mismatch; even if you took Microsoft out of the mix, this was more like an ant against a dragon than even Jack against a giant, and -- drum roll, please -- the ant won. By the end of Steve Jobs' keynote at Macworld, the media had lost interest in CES, and reporters focus...
When Apple introduces a new version of a product, it's usually undertaken with some buzz-inducing design flair that fires up the imagination and whets the appetite for consumption. That's not the case with its new MacBook offerings. Instead of fiddling with the good looks of the MacBook, the 1 Infin...
Yesterday, Bill Gates was supposed to give the best keynote talk in his history, but given I write this column the week before it is published I have no idea whether he actually delivered the goods. Steve Jobs doesn't do his thing until after the column publishes and most of you are still in the dar...
SanDisk has taken another swing in its memory match against Samsung with the introduction of a 32 GB, 1.8-inch solid state drive drop-in replacement for the standard mechanical hard disk drive. SanDisk's latest NAND flash-based SSD counters Samsung's announcement promising 16 GB memory that taps adv...
Samsung Electronics has developed a docking station complete with a fuel cell that can power a laptop computer for up to a month. Samsung plans to launch the product at the end of 2007. A fuel cell is an electronic device similar to a battery that produces electricity from an external fuel supply as...
Tagging a computer with the Ferrari label may seem a tad pretentious to some minds. Whether you're of that mind or not, one thing is for sure -- any product saddled with a prestigious name like that has mighty tall boots to fill. Actually, it's more like filling hip-waders. Nevertheless, since the i...
HP has partnered with Cingular to develop a new notebook computer with built-in global mobile broadband capabilities. The HP Compaq nc6400 Notebook PC with integrated Cingular Wireless UMTS/HSDPA-based technology aims to let business professionals connect to corporate networks at broadband speeds in...
Dell on Monday introduced Blu-ray Disc technology into its product line, offering the next-generation optical disc format as an option on its high-end XPS M1710 consumer notebook computer. For Dell, it's a move to offer customers PCs that can function as a single platform for digital entertainment t...
Back in July, Microsoft released a dynamite Webcam, the LifeCam 6000, for desktop users. Now it's following suit with an equally impressive version of the unit for notebook users. The laptop model of the Webcam, the LifeCam NX-6000 (US$99), is about the size of a Pez dispenser, making it eminently t...
Gone are the days when laptop computers were well-traveled -- but temporary -- replacements for a more powerful desktop computer. Currently, buyers are hard-pressed to narrow their purchasing options to just a few choices. Powerful alternatives abound, making this time of year one of the best for up...
AMD is discontinuing the PIC, a line of inexpensive PCs designed to help consumers in developing countries gain Internet access, according to the chip maker's latest regulatory filing. The PIC was part of AMD's global "50x15" initiative, which aimed to bring Internet and computing capabilities to ha...
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