Friday, September 7, 2007

HP Launches Budget Business Laptops (PC Magazine)


HP Launches Budget Business Laptops (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - HP is attempting to keep pace with Dell's Vostro laptop line by launching its own budget laptops tailored to small businesses

NEXT.TV Brings TV-Like Experience to PCs
HEWLETT PACKARD HAS STRUCK A deal to ship new notebook computers with a peer-to-peer Internet Protocol system called NEXT.TV and powered by DAVE

Dell Gives Trialware the Heave-Ho (PC World)
PC World - Not interested in all of the trial software that clutters up new PCs? You're not alone: According to Dell's recent research in both focus groups and broader surveys, small-business users overwhelmingly view trialware as an irritant, not a benefit. That research has led Dell to axe the extras from its new Vostro line of small-business desktop PCs and laptops. Eliminating demo applications is a major step for Dell, which has caught flack for the quantity of trialware on its consumer PCs. (One frustrated customer went so far as to develop a "Decrapifier" utility. ...

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Quanta CEO quits over strategy, shares jump (Reuters)
Reuters - Taiwan's Quanta Computer (2382.TW), the world's top contract notebook PC maker, said its chief executive quit on Friday, reportedly following a strategy row, sparking a rally in its stock on merger speculation.