Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Hitachi also announces a 500GB 2.5-inch hard drive


Hitachi also announces a 500GB 2.5-inch hard drive
Hitachi sees “an increased demand for more efficient notebook computers,” while Fujitsu says that “end users are looking for reliable...

Seagate and McAfee self encrypted drive for notebook computers...
Seagate in collaboration with McAfee have announced the shipment of self-encrypted hard drives for the notebook PC. The novel 500GB and 320GB hard

JavaStation (Santa Barbara, CA) 18 notebook computers in use. Free...
All the tables were in use, and almost all the comfy chairs were taken, and 18 notebook computers were being used, about half of them Macs.

Apple Is Greener, Greenpeace Says, But Has More To Do (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - At last Tuesday's laptop event on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., the environment got a lot of attention. CEO Steve Jobs, who has been pushing for a "greener Apple" for months, flatly declared that the new Mac laptops, with their unibody aluminum construction and less toxic parts, "are the industry's greenest notebooks."

You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - This week saw the debut of three new Apple laptops and news of two new Microsoft operating systems (oh joy). And as the presidential election entered the home stretch, it got sticky political goo all over everything from video games to YouTube (and this quiz, of course). Think you've got a handle on all things tech? Prove it by nailing a perfect score. Correct answers are worth 10 points apiece. Let the fun begin.

Vista laptops not top sellers on Amazon (CNET)
CNET - Computer sales on Amazon.com are not exactly a proxy for the broader retail market. Still, I do think it is noteworthy that of the top 20 best-selling laptops on Thursday evening, just one was running Windows Vista.