Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)

Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The first laptop to rely on flash memory rather than a hard drive will debut this summer from Fujitsu-Siemens Computers. The computer should prove more energy-efficient, faster and lighter than current hard-drive-based models. The computer would have 32-gigabyte flash memory, and will soon move to 64 gigabytes. Unlike hard drives, which store data on spinning disks, flash memory has no moving parts. Currently, flash memory is mainly used in digital cameras and MP3 music players. FSC's laptops would cost around $688 more than the comparable hard-disc models.

Dell's Colorful New Desktop Replacement
Image Courtesy Dell Inc. Dell has experimented with color in their notebook computers in the past.

Apple's patent could bring glowing trackpads
Apple filed for a patent that could bring glowing trackpads to its notebook computers. What's the benefit of a glowing track-pad, you ask?

Intel, `$100 laptop' project make peace (AP)
AP - As Nicholas Negroponte stormed the developing world trying to drum up buyers for the innovative $175 computers designed by his One Laptop Per Child education nonprofit, he encountered a persistent obstacle: competition from Intel Corp.