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India is developing a laptop to be sold at US$10, that will target higher education applications, a minister of the federal government said Tuesday in Delhi.
Research on the new low-cost laptop is being carried out at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai, said D. Purandeswari, Minister [...]

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Nvidia has uncovered a problem with some older graphics chips that shipped in “significant quantities” of laptop PCs, the company said Wednesday.
Nvidia hasn’t determined the exact cause of the problem but said it relates to a packaging material used with some of its chips, as well as the thermal design of some laptops. Modern processors [...]

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Toshiba Monday unveiled the first laptop computer to use the computing-intensive Cell chip that was first was designed for Sony’s PlayStation 3 game console.
The PC maker announced three new high-end laptops — the Qosmio G55, Qosmio X305 and Qosmio F55. Designed for gaming and multimedia applications, the new machines are slated to hit the market [...]

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Microsoft’s new product looks to provide a socially equitable, affordable marketplace, and and also to expand Microsoft’s influence into a developing market
Information and communications technology (ICT) has been a critical part of the foundation on which the economic successes of countries such as Indiahas been laid. However, one of the most populous [...]

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Via Technologies released the hardware design for a low-cost laptop with WiMax support under an open-source license on Tuesday, a move intended to make customization easier and shorten design cycles for system makers.
The CAD (computer-assisted design) files for the OpenBook reference design can be downloaded for free and made available to anyone under the

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Dell released pictures of an ultraportable laptop that appears designed to compete against Hewlett-Packard’s Mini-Note 2133 laptop, after Michael Dell was spotted carrying it around.
The pictures show a small laptop with a glossy red lid. The rest of the laptop is black and silver, with what appears to be a 9-inch screen and a built-in [...]

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After watching the market’s giants move into its territory, Via Technologies Thursday began moving to push back against the likes of Intel and Advanced Micro Devices with five new processors.
On Thursday, the company launched the five single-core chips, which have been newly designed from the ground up. Unlike specialized processors from chip-maker rivals, the

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Micro-Star International (MSI) plans to launch Wind, an ultra-low cost laptop that runs on Intel’s Atom microprocessor, this June in the US, the company confirmed Friday.
The US edition of Wind will come in two different versions, one for US$549 running Microsoft’s Windows XP. A few things set Wind apart from competitors, including the 1.6GHz Atom [...]

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San Francisco - A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that US Customs officers do not need reasonable suspicion to search the contents of laptop hard drives and other media. In a 3-0 decision, the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that laptops are just like any other physical property and can [...]

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Small notebook makers could see battery shortages linger
Batteries are one of the components used in laptop computers that can greatly affect availability and the cost of the notebook. A battery shortage in the notebook industry affects all suppliers to some extent, but small notebook makers will get hit the hardest.

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