FierceCIOFierceCIOTechWatchFierceMobileITFierceContentManagement   FierceVoIPFierceHealthITFierceFinanceIT
Syndicate content

Laptops news from FierceMobileIT

News

Larger netbooks make Intel nervous

Just in case you are not yet aware, netbooks with larger displays are now available for purchase, such as Dell's Inspiron Mini 12. And Intel is nervous about it--despite the fact that most of these... Read more...

Sony to eliminate 16,000 jobs

The second largest consumer electronics maker in the world plans to make a reduction of some 16,000 jobs in order to boost its earnings. According to Sony Corp, 8,000 of these will be full-time... Read more...

Netbooks eat into Microsoft's revenues

Citigroup Global Markets analyst Brent Thill thinks that the drop in first-quarter earnings and revenues at Microsoft is related to the success of netbooks, or low-end laptops. In a report explicitly... Read more...

Apple unveils MacBooks with multitouch trackpad and Nvidia graphics

As expected, Apple introduced a new line of MacBook laptops yesterday, and they are faster and slicker than their predecessors. The key innovations are its "multitouch" trackpad and thinner laptop... Read more...

Notebook makers downgrade the value of having Blu-ray

Once introduced as the de-facto feature in the highest-end models of laptops, Blu-ray drives are selectively being sidelined by manufacturers, according to The Inquirer. Asus has canceled the feature... Read more...

Sales of subnotebook reach for new heights

According to market-research firm Gartner, worldwide shipment of subnotebooks is on target to reach 5.2 million this year, with 8 million units expected to be sold in 2009. Gadget site Brighthand... Read more...

Dell unveils new business laptops

Dell announced seven new Latitude notebooks earlier this week aimed squarely at business people that prefer to work via a laptop. Under development for the last two years, some features that can be... Read more...

Student arrested for pictures taken from webcam

A 23-year-old student, Craig Matthew Feigin, has been arrested and charged with modifying computer data as well as disrupting or denying computer system services. Apparently, a young woman passing... Read more...

How your mobile phones and laptops lie to you

Your mobile phone and laptop are constantly lying to you. Referring to the signal strength and battery life displays on such devices, blogger Dan declares,"Neither display is actually telling you... Read more...

UK Ministry of Defense admits to the loss of hundreds of laptops

The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) has come clean and admitted to the loss of a staggering 658 laptops and 121 USB flash drives since 2004. Only 32 of these laptops were recovered. This revelation came... Read more...