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News about netbooks
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Tablets Will Be Preferred Devices by 2016
Tablets will become most users' main computing devices within the next four years, Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett has predicted.
By Matt Hamblen | 07 May, 2012 23:36
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Windows sales defy predictions, grow 4%
Stronger-than-expected sales of Windows helped Microsoft post a 6% increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2012, the company said yesterday.
By Gregg Keizer | 21 April, 2012 02:15
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Lenovo stops selling netbooks online
Lenovo has stopped selling netbooks through its website and hasn't decided if it will start selling them again there in the future, the company said on Friday.
By Agam Shah | 25 February, 2012 09:58
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Google looks for fix to Chromebook Wi-Fi 'disconnect bugs'
Google is making changes to its Chrome OS to reduce the number of times that Chromebooks drop their connections to Wi-Fi networks, an issue some users have complained about for months.
By Juan Carlos Perez | 17 February, 2012 07:36
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HP's new Mini netbook sports Intel's latest Atom chip
Hewlett-Packard has announced its latest netbook, which offers significant application and graphics performance improvements with Intel's newest Atom processor.
By Agam Shah | 24 January, 2012 05:42
Tutorials about netbooks
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How to: Install a touchscreen in your netbook
Is your netbook envious of touch-driven devices? You can't turn your netbook into an iPad, but you can retrofit it with a touchscreen and avoid the tiny touchpad.
By Zack Stern | 01 June, 2010 01:32
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How to upgrade your netbook
Small, light and extremely portable, netbooks are ideal for computing on the move. But deciding which mini laptop is best for you isn't an easy task - particularly when every choice demands a trade-off.
By David Murphy and Carrie-Ann Skinner | 03 December, 2009 10:10
Features about netbooks
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Tablet or netbook? How to choose the right mobile tech
Tablets, netbooks, smartphones--these days, you can't buy a microwave without being upsold on the touchscreen, app-store model. But when you're picking out your preferred mobile tech for work (or even for play), you can't rely on a features chart or a list of specs to tell you what you should buy.
By Patrick Miller | 24 June, 2011 02:16
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Netbooks vs. iPads -- can they coexist?
The term "disruptive," a common buzzword in tech journalism, is typically used to describe something that jars people out of existing ways of doing things, and provides them with both new ways to do the old things and new things to do. Weather-beaten as the expression might be, it fits when talking about two products that took personal computing by storm over the past couple of years: the iPad and the netbook.
By Serdar Yegulalp | 09 September, 2010 03:43
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Intel breaks mold, poised to fill 'compute continuum' gaps
Chip manufacturer Intel is defying conventions and moving out of its established space in personal computing systems, and spreading their territory to include tablets, mobile phones, and smart TVs, among others.
By John Mark V. Tuazon | 07 July, 2010 08:52
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Chrome OS strives to replace desktop culture
Google's Chrome OS is coming to a netbook near you sometime later this year. The Web-centric, Linux-based, open source platform will offer a lightweight, cost-effective alternative operating system for portable computing.
By Tony Bradley | 03 June, 2010 09:28
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