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Acer TravelMate Timeline 8371
Reviews The TravelMate 8371 is solidly built, although the degree of flex in the keyboard may annoy some users. If you need an integrated optical drive, look to one of the larger models. Otherwise, enjoy the excellent battery life.
Tags: Notebook, Audio Subsystem, TravelMate 8371, LED-backlit TFT Display, ConclusionThe TravelMate 8371, Intel Core 2 Duo, Keyboard, Webcam, optical drive, Acer Inc.
Green Dam enforcement watered down
News China's Web filtering efforts face more hurdles as school administrations and Internet cafes are without, or have uninstalled content sifting software.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Business applications, Government, Personal Computers, Computer, software, Business applications, Web sites, Web 2.0
Jolicloud to usher return of thin client
News Web ubiquity and emergence of netbooks that ride on maturing cloud platform will push thin clients mainstream, says Tariq Krim, founder of Linux OS maker.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Notebooks and tablets, Thin clients, Apple Inc., Operating System, Netvibes, Jolicloud OS, Plug-in, Apple Macintosh, ASUS
Apple's Steve Jobs back at work
News The company's chief executive has officially returned from a six-month medical leave of absence.
Tags: Personnel management, Investments, Apple Inc., Bloomberg L.P., Absence, Cupertino, CEO, Tennessee, senior vice president, Apple iPhone
Apple's Jobs to skip annual shareholder meeting
News CEO Steve Jobs' six-month medical leave of absence will keep him from attending Wednesday's annual meeting for the first time since he returned to Apple in 1997.
Tags: Business plans, Business ethics, Apple Inc., Bloomberg L.P., Absence, Cupertino, succession planning, CEO, corporate governance, job
Steve Jobs taking medical leave of absence
News Apple CEO says in letter he will step down as he recuperates from a medical condition disclosed earlier this month; COO Tim Cook will stand in.
Tags: Components, Benefits, Handhelds, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Conference, Absence, Apple Macintosh, mobile-phone industry, e-mail
Do you really need an iPhone?
Blogs It was a slow last week, largely due to the Hari Raya holidays here. So with a few public holidays in hand, I decided to...
Roaming caps legal, advises EU advocate general
News The EC's imposition of roaming caps on Vodafone and other mobile operators did not stifle competition, according to the European Court of Justice's advocate general.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Commission, Cap, European Commission, mobile, Miguel Poiares Maduro, Telecommunications, European Court, European Union, economic activity
Report: Apple board to discuss Schmidt replacement next week
News Directors will meet next week to talk about who can fill the role recently vacated by the Google CEO, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Apple Inc., chairman, CEO, Eric Schmidt, desktop operating system, Steve Jobs, board
An intelligent alternative to the idiot-box
Blogs I am not exactly a TV buff. In fact, I hardly watch TV. But, when my television conked-off last month, I was the most di...
Malaysia to enforce data protection law
News Eight years in the making, country's Personal Data Protection Bill will finally be tabled in parliament this month and expected to be in force early-2010.
Tags: Data security, Privacy, Local Government, Regulations, Data Protection, E-government, Conference, Safe Harbor, European Union, Singapore
Dell Latitude XT2
Reviews The Dell Latitude XT2's key feature is its largely successful multi-touch capability. Build quality is excellent, but the absence of an integrated optical drive is a nuisance and battery life is disappointing.
Tags: Battery, Screen, Dell Latitude, Tablet, Tablet PC, Graphics, Notebook, keyboard, multi-touch, Dell Computer Corp.
Did Viacom find smoking gun in YouTube case?
News YouTube's internal e-mail indicate employees and managers knew about copyright content, sources say, but chose to leave the material on the site. What are the DMCA ramifications?
Tags: Web 2.0, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., Viacom Inc., Web 2.0, Matz, TV, Entertainment Company, Entertainment Industry, Video
Steve Jobs' health memo to employees
News Jobs shares his rationale for taking a medical leave of absence: "to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health".
Tags: Components, Handhelds, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., e-mail, CEO, News.com, blog, health care, board of directors
Energy-aware Internet routing coming soon
News Researchers say they have developed routing algorithm that can help big Internet companies reduce their energy bills by millions of dollars.
Tags: Green IT, Energy, Cisco Systems Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., Energy Usage, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Carnegie-Mellon University, networking company, researcher, Internet
