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Over 60% of notebooks lost in airports are never claimed by owner
Anyone who has travelled by air with their laptop knows what a hassle it can be. If you forget to remove your laptop from your bag security officials will end up checking it for explosives before you can go on your way.
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In one of its largest product releases, HP unveiled a bevy of PCs and displays, zeroing in on key trends such as touch-screen technology and compact laptops for business and consumer users.
HP made the announcements during its “Connecting Your World” conference in Berlin on Tuesday.
HP brought out 16 laptops, including fresh models for its Compaq [...]

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Notebooks accounted for more than half of all PC units shipped in Australia during the first quarter of this year, marking the first time portables have outsold desktops.
According to Q1 figures from IDC, notebook sales represented 50.3 per cent of all shipments, up from 45.4 per cent year-on-year. Twelve months ago, desktop sales represented 54.6 [...]

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LCD panel makers are gearing up their development for the growing market trend of low-cost notebooks, with the makers planning new sizes and applications for the segment. Paul Peng, executive vice president of AU Optronics (AUO), stated that the low-cost trend is reducing the prices of notebooks to more acceptable and reasonable levels, and will [...]

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Acer is currently testing WiMAX-enabled notebooks and expects to launch Montevina-based products with a built-in WiMAX module in June-July this year, according to Acer chairman JT Wang. Wang revealed Acer’s WiMAX notebook plans on the sidelines of a ceremony to mark the signing of a MOU between Intel and Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) [...]

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Toshiba also says the price of NAND will drop 50% every year from now on

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The low-cost notebook is seen as a big, clunky and very much “cheap” option amongst consumers. Recent market data however suggests that manufacturers are moving in the direction of offering smaller, sleeker and more technologically advanced entry-level offerings; including touch-screen and ultra-portable models in the low-cost category.
The price too of traditional low-cost notebooks is falling, [...]

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New PC market figures from IDC show strong consumer notebook sales and education spending in the desktop space made the last quarter of 2007 the strongest PC quarter of the year.
The overall PC hardware market in Q4 grew by 18.6 per cent year-on-year, PC hardware analyst, Liam Gunson, said.
“Notebook prices have [...]

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Round Rock (TX) - The high-definition war is over and it suddenly appears that Blu-ray is becoming much more affordable, with more products supporting the technology surfacing every day: Dell is the first major notebook vendor to offer Blu-ray capability for less than $900 in one of its notebook models. But a closer look reveals [...]

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