http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 1:57:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41332/pogue-loves-the-new-macbook-but.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThere’s much to love about the new MacBook, writes David Pogue in the New York Times . The laptop is “a thing of beauty,” with a fabulous trackpad-cum-clicker, an easy way to switch out the battery or even hard drive and a smaller environmental footprint. But there’s also something to mourn: the loss of the FireWire jack.http://www.newser.com/story/41332/pogue-loves-the-new-macbook-but.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 30 Oct 2008 15:39:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25498/peru-distributes-100-laptop.html?refid=rss_all_defaultOne Laptop per Child got a bumpy start, with the “$100 laptop” soaring to $188, for-profit competitors snatching customers, and developing countries hesitating to buy. But the true test for the nonprofit comes now, as Peru prepares to send 486,500 computers to its poorest schoolchildren. The country faces daunting obstacles, but rural kids testing the laptops are enthusiastic, reports Technology Review .http://www.newser.com/story/25498/peru-distributes-100-laptop.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 25 Apr 2008 23:20:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25448/apples-profit-rises-36-on-strong-mac-sales.html?refid=rss_all_defaultApple's profit surged 36% in its second quarter, beating analysts' estimates thanks to strong sales of laptops, Bloomberg reports. The company earned $1.05 billion, or $1.16 a share; analysts expected $1.06 a share. Revenue grew 43%, to $7.5 billion, despite the sluggish economy. The company sold 2.29 million Macs, with strong sales in particular of its new ultra-thin Air notebook.http://www.newser.com/story/25448/apples-profit-rises-36-on-strong-mac-sales.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 25 Apr 2008 23:20:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25305/laptops-may-help-sense-quakes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultLaptop computers are the key to a new earthquake-sensing project in California, the MIT Technology Review reports. Researchers are working to connect home and business computers in a network that could monitor activity and even provide early warning of big quakes. Motion detectors would report shaking to a central server, letting seismologists identify unusual movement concentrated in a particular area.http://www.newser.com/story/25305/laptops-may-help-sense-quakes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 25 Apr 2008 23:20:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24020/dell-jumps-on-cheap-notebook-trend.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCheap, small notebooks look like the next big thing. Dell today announced it was jumping into the burgeoning segment, which doesn’t quite have a name yet—some call them netbooks, others mini-notebooks, still others ultramobile PCs or UMPCs. Dell’s machine will start at $399, and sport a wee 8.9-inch screen, the Wall Street Journal reports.http://www.newser.com/story/24020/dell-jumps-on-cheap-notebook-trend.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 25 Apr 2008 23:20:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23201/intel-scores-on-mobile-internet-devices.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTwenty-five hardware companies will use a new Intel chip technology for mobile internet devices that are somewhere between a cellphone and a laptop computer in size, reports the Wall Street Journal . Intel hopes the gadgets they've dubbed MIDs will become a new product category, helping the company make up for missing out on the cellphone market. The devices will retail for around $500 and arrive first in Asia this summer.http://www.newser.com/story/23201/intel-scores-on-mobile-internet-devices.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 25 Apr 2008 23:20:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22474/patients-info-swiped-along-with-laptop.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA government laptop loaded with personal medical info on thousands of patients just “fell through the cracks,” a top exec with an NIH subsidiary says. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute machine was stolen Feb. 23, apparently at random, from an employee’s car trunk. None of the 2,500 records on the machine was encrypted, a violation of federal guidelines, CNN reports.http://www.newser.com/story/22474/patients-info-swiped-along-with-laptop.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 25 Apr 2008 23:20:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22154/personalized-security-protects-laptops.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA new laptop security system in development at Intel learns to adjust to you—that is, the user—getting to know your pattern of Internet use in order to provide more personalized protection. The software, called Proteus, is meant for companies that provide laptops to many employees, normally equipping all of them with the same cookie-cutter security system, reports Technology Review .http://www.newser.com/story/22154/personalized-security-protects-laptops.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 25 Apr 2008 23:20:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21379/cafe-loving-kids-cash-in-on-laptop-ads.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA German company has a solution for university students who spend their time in cafés and need extra cash for coffee: laptop advertisements, Der Spiegel reports. Just slap a sticker on the back of your screen and you could earn $320 for a few months of public studying. Berlin-based Smaboo has 1,200 students hawking its clients' products in 30 German cities.http://www.newser.com/story/21379/cafe-loving-kids-cash-in-on-laptop-ads.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 25 Apr 2008 23:20:11 CDT