Mini-laptops based on Arm chips are set to make their way to users, which could heat up the battle in a space dominated by netbooks with Intel's Atom chips.
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Smartbooks Prepare to Compete in Mini-laptop Space (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The good Fantastic touchscreen display Decent performance Makes a good media player The bad Poor call quality No 3.5mm headphone socket on the phone No memory card included What's in a name? OK Samsung, we give up
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While it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise given the fairly steady growth netbooks have seen since their inception as a product category, it's still pretty notable that they've apparently now managed to nearly double traditional laptops in sales growth during the second quarter of this year. That word comes from market research firm DisplaySearch, which found that netbook shipments grew ...
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Netbook sales growth doubles laptops in Q2 '09 (Engadget)
Computer companies are keen to share in the success of Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry.
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Are mobile phones replacing laptops? (Daily Telegraph)
When Seattle Seahawks safety Deon Grant spoke last spring at Josey High School’s National Honor Society awards banquet, he promised each of the group’s 14 seniors a new laptop.
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NFL star Deon Grant giving laptops to Josey students (The Augusta Chronicle)
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security made it clear that border crossing officials could continue to search any device that can store electronic media without any suspicion of wrongdoing.
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Crossing Borders with Laptops: Facts and Tips (Network World)
DHS says changes respect civil liberties and privacy while helping to ensure security.
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U.S. Tweaks Rules on Border Searches of Laptops (InternetNews.com)
Chris and Sarah versus "rugged" laptops.
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Digital Demolition: Three Laptops Take a Beating (PC World)
There may be a new type of Trojan Horse attack to worry about.
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FBI investigating laptops sent to US governors (IT World)
"HP is aware that fraudulent state government orders recently have been placed for small amounts of HP equipment.
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States Saying 'No Thanks' to Mystery Laptops (Enterprise Security Today)
