Monday, 9 February 2009

Thriller writer Christopher Fowler on his MacBook Air

Christopher Fowler, the English thriller writer, sings the praises of his MacBook Air, hailing it as "super-light and fast". When asked the question "Mac or PC?" he replies, "What's a PC?"

The Mail on Sunday's "Live" magazines reviews a range of netbooks

 "Live" review a range of netbooks, their favourites being the Asus eeePC and the Samsung NC 10.

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

The Guardian asks, "Are netbooks extra devices, or PC replacements?"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/feb/01/netbooks-pc-replacements

The desktop isn't dead


Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer at Microsoft, explains to Sky News why he thinks the desktop will remain a part of our lives, despite predictions from many that it's on its way out. 

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Sony Vaio TT laptop rated by telegraph.co.uk


The Sony Vaio TT laptop has been rated as on the year's hottest gadgets by the Daily Telegraph:

"n tough carbon fibre and weighing only 1.3kg, this laptop is ultra-mobile, and its 11in widescreen display and ergonomic keyboard make it a joy to use. It offers about nine hours’ battery life, has a biometric fingerprint scanner for security, plus built-in webcam, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G mobile broadband connectivity."


India to develop £7 laptop

The Indian government is developing an ultra-cheap laptop in a bid to close the "digital divide" between rich and poor.



IBM to build fastest computer on planet for managing US nuclear arsenal

IBM is to buil a super computer to manage the US' nuclear arsenal. The "Sequoia" will achieve speeds of up to 20,000 trillion calculations a second, will contain more than 1.6 million microprocessors and will be housed in a 3,422 sq ft building in the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.