Computex Taipei 2007 - Acer Highlights New Laptop Design

Acer is highlighting two distinctive laptop designs to address the separate need and expectation of consumer and commercial laptop PC users, at Computex Taipei 2007. Visitors will also find on display Acer’s full range of products from the desktop, server, LCD TV, LCD monitor, and projector lines, with new products from the laptop and desktop [...]

Fujitsu 300GB 2.5″ SATA HHD’s for Asus Notebooks

The latest Fujitsu MHX2300BT Series, designed for use primarily in multi functional mobile PCs and digital TVs, is the world’s first 2.5” PMR HDD’s to offer an impressive storage capacity of 300GB.
“Digital entertainment on the go is on the rise and laptops are being used to run more power intensive applications. Our laptops with the [...]

New HP LED Laptops

HP plans to ship in the third quarter an ultra-light notebook and a tablet PC with LED (light-emitting diode) displays, which are more durable and lighter than liquid-crystal displays found on most notebooks.

The LED displays will be available on the ultra-light HP Compaq 2510p, and the HP Compaq 2710 tablet, an Hewlett-Packard spokeswoman said Friday. [...]

Over 50% of All Notebooks to have Flash Storage by 2010

More than half of new notebooks to use Flash drives by Q4 2009,
shouts the headline on market watcher iSuppli’s latest missive, before admitting soon after that, actually, it’s counting not just solid-state drives but also regular HDDs with integrated Flash cache and separate caches like Intel’s Turbo Memory module.
Still, it shows that non-volatile storage chips [...]

Apple MacBook Pro Battery Update

Apple has recently discovered that some batteries used in its Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks may have battery performance issues. Apple is offering a software update that is designed to improve battery performance.
The Battery Update 1.2 is available immediately via Software Update or downloadable here.
(After Battery Update has been installed, each battery you [...]

Acer Recall of Sony Laptop Batteries

San Jose, Calif., April 25, 2007 – Acer America, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, today announced a voluntary recall of approximately 27,000 rechargeable lithium ion batteries containing battery cells manufactured by Sony Energy Devices Corp. Under certain circumstances, these batteries may overheat and create a potential fire hazard. As announced previously [...]

Fastmac Ships 1st Blu-Ray Optical Drive Upgrade for Apple Notebooks

April 20, 2007
Salinas, CA - Fastmac today announced that it has begun shipping the first & only Blu-Ray optical drive upgrade for Apple’s PowerBook, iBook & MacBook Pro computers. The new slimline, slot loading drive uses one of the fastest & most compatible Blu-ray mechanisms to provide up to 50 Gb of storage on 1 [...]

Sugar-charged Laptop Batteries

The power sources in our laptop computers, Apple iPods, cell phones, and other electronic mobile devices may have a sweet future: rechargeable batteries that run on sugar. Researchers at Saint Louis University in Missouri are testing batteries that run on sugar and have the potential to last up to four times longer than lithium ion [...]

Asus W1 & W2 Notebook Series - High-Definition Digital Enjoyment

Taipei, Taiwan, March 14, 2007
In both computing and entertainment, content increasingly available in high definition up to native HD resolution has created a whole new level of multimedia experience. This new high resolution entertainment and gaming experience allows users to reach the heights of excitement, awe, and joy on various type of displays. ASUS showcases [...]

OLPC Laptop Shipments Delayed

Shipments of the XO notebook PC for the OLPC project (One Laptop Per Child) will likely be delayed until the third quarter, the manufacturer said Friday.
Quanta Computer Inc., the world’s largest contract laptop PC manufacturer, had earlier predicted shipments could start as early as July, but software adjustments by the One Laptop Per Child group [...]