Notebooks Archive

  • HP to buy HyperSpace and HyperCore assets from Phoenix

    HP to buy HyperSpace and HyperCore assets from Phoenix

    Posted on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Phoenix technologies, makers of computer BIOS, have a number of other assets that I never knew about: something called HyperSpace, which is a minimalist instant-on Linux OS for notebooks, and something called “HyperCore” – a complimentary hypervisor for HyperSpace that allows it to run some Windows services. Both of those products will now be owned [...]

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  • Panasonic unveils super-light convertible tablet PC

    Panasonic unveils super-light convertible tablet PC

    Posted on June 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Panasonic in Japan today announced [JP] the "Let’s Note CF-C1", which the company says is among the world's lightest convertible tablet PCs. The latest addition to Panasonic's "Let's Note" series of notebooks weighs just 1.46kg (including the battery, 1.67kg with two batteries). The company says it was able to push down the weight by choosing lighter materials and changing the display's open-close and rotating mechanisms.

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  • Report: Laptop sales are rocking fueled by netbooks sales

    Report: Laptop sales are rocking fueled by netbooks sales

    Posted on May 25, 2010 | No Comments
    People might not be buying houses and cars at the pre-recession levels, but laptops are flying off the shelves led by netbook sales. (Quiet, don't tell John. He hates netbooks.)

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  • Video: Toshiba’s amazing, tactile feedback-based UI solution for touchpanels

    Video: Toshiba’s amazing, tactile feedback-based UI solution for touchpanels

    Posted on May 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Many hardware makers, especially in the mobile device area, are betting high on touchscreens to let users interact with their products. Toshiba subsidiary Toshiba Information Systems has now developed the "New Sensation UI Solution", which is supposed to make user interaction via touchscreens more intuitive through tactile feedback. While this approach isn't new in itself, Toshiba's technology is different from other solutions as it doesn't actually "move" hardware through actuators. Instead, the system is based on a special film that's affixed to the touchpanel. That film, made by a Finnish company called Senseg, gives tactile feedback to the user when he or she touches the screen, charging the film.

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  • Gateway adds Blu-ray, Core i3 & i5 CPU options to its NV entertainment notebooks

    Gateway adds Blu-ray, Core i3 & i5 CPU options to its NV entertainment notebooks

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    The Gateway NV series just got a nice little spec bump. The entry-level series finally got updated to Intel's latest CPU architecture and can be spec'd-out with a wide range of options. All the models however come with a slightly redesigned case, HD webcam, and HD Ultrabright LCD displays.

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  • HDMI coming to more netbooks in 2011

    HDMI coming to more netbooks in 2011

    Posted on May 11, 2010 | No Comments
    HDMI can be found on a few netbooks right now, but it's set to become standard next year when Intel's Cedar Trail-M platform hits the tiny lappies. Most of the current netbooks with HDMI are built around Nvidia's ION GPU platform, which also drives up the cost. But by moving HDMI support to the CPU, it should come on nearly every netbook.

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  • Sales of netbooks and CULV notebooks expected to increase this year

    Sales of netbooks and CULV notebooks expected to increase this year

    Posted on May 7, 2010 | No Comments
    It looks like people are still buying computers. Research firm iSuppli Corp believes that netbooks and Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage (CULV) notebooks are poised for significant growth in 2010. Notebook PC shipments overall are expected to hit 209.5 million this year, up 25.5% from last year. In particular, sales of netbooks, or smaller and cheaper versions of a notebook, are expected to grow 30% to 34.5 million units. Meanwhile, CULV notebooks are expected to reach sales of 14.5 million units this year, a whopping 93% increase.

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  • Ask CG: Best gaming notebook for around $2000

    Ask CG: Best gaming notebook for around $2000

    Posted on April 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Reader James writes, I’m looking at getting a gaming notebook and am ready to drop some good cash on one, but don’t know which one to buy. High-end gaming notebooks seems to be something of a niche product now as they are only available from a few companies. I think I’ve narrowed it down to [...]

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  • Apple refreshing the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air line next week?

    Apple refreshing the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air line next week?

    Posted on April 8, 2010 | No Comments
    Nicholas just voiced a valid question in the always-entertaining but private CrunchGear chatroom, "Why would I pay $1,500 for a Core 2 Duo in 2010?" He then answered it by saying, "I wouldn't." Well said, sir. Apple's current crop of notebooks are a slap in the face to its customers, but maybe Apple will finally catch up to HP, Dell, Acer, Gateway, Lenovo, Alienware, Asus, MSI, Sony, and Toshiba next week if this rumor pans out.

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  • The Dell Latitude E6410 and E6510 bring Core i5, Core i7, and discrete graphics

    The Dell Latitude E6410 and E6510 bring Core i5, Core i7, and discrete graphics

    Posted on April 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Dell has been building notebooks under the Latitude nameplate, well, forever, right? It seems that way, but the series keeps trucking on as the company continues to load the latest goods onto the platform. The E6410 and E6510 builds upon the success of the previous generation but ditches the 2009 specs for chips that are a bit more 2010.

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  • Samsung Spinpoint MP4: A 2.5-inch 640GB 7200 RPM drive meant for us

    Samsung Spinpoint MP4: A 2.5-inch 640GB 7200 RPM drive meant for us

    Posted on April 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Doesn't it seem like 2.5-inch hard drives have been stuck at 500GB for a while? Well, Samsung is the latest to announce its next-gen hard drive platform and while it doesn't have the same 750GB capacity as WD's latest 5400 RPM drive, we'll take the Sammy's 7200 RPM speed with a little less storage any day.

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  • Apple’s latest patent: Macbooks with built-in projector

    Apple’s latest patent: Macbooks with built-in projector

    Posted on April 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Apple recently filed patent for a pico projector to be integrated into their notebooks. Like the sun-lit display we wrote about a few days ago, it's probably too early to expect much. Nonetheless, this is an interesting idea and I can see it being useful for projecting presentations or pictures when you don't have access to an external projector.

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  • More evidence of the HP Envy 14, Envy 17 and dm4 surface

    More evidence of the HP Envy 14, Envy 17 and dm4 surface

    Posted on March 26, 2010 | No Comments
    HP has a spring refresh coming real soon and we might finally get a look at the Envy 14 and Envy 17 that's been rumored for so long. The Envy models, along with the dm4 from the other day's rumor, were found on the same sort of support documents that supposedly leaked the notebooks late last year. So here we go again, down the rabbit hole of rumors.

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  • The Origin EON15 is the ugly ducking of gaming notebooks

    The Origin EON15 is the ugly ducking of gaming notebooks

    Posted on March 24, 2010 | No Comments
    The Origin EON15 gaming notebook is a computer after our own hearts. Instead of a crazy and so-called radical computer case that the company no doubt spent too much money developing, the Origin EON15 is packaged in a no-frills casing. This means more power for the money, kids. And we like the cheap power.

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  • New HD webcams from Microsoft

    New HD webcams from Microsoft

    Posted on March 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Attention citizens! Your benevolent overlords have released three new entries in the LifeCam series. Now all of your long-distance correspondences can be in glorious 720p. Unfortunately, none of them are nearly as cool as the camera on the left. The three new contenders are the HD-5000, 5001, and 6000 for notebooks. Real imaginative guys. In fact, [...]

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