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Nokia’s ‘actively looking’ at entering the laptop business

By Ewan on February 26, 2009 in Devices

So this is where all the rumours about Nokia launching it’s own platform are coming from, eh? Reuters are reporting that Nokia’s top man, known to many as simply ‘O.P.K’, said in an interview yesterday: “We are looking very actively also at this opportunity,” Kallasvuo said, when asked whether Nokia plans to make laptops. Well [...]

The LG X110 ultra light laptop

By Ewan on January 12, 2009 in Uncategorized

When I was in Val d’Isere the other week, it was, alas, mostly work-work-work. I did manage to put on some skis and arse about on the green slopes — the real focus of my attentions was the technology I’d brought with me to field-test and the iPhone 3G users all over the place. Val [...]

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Lenovo’s SMS-kill feature locks your laptop remotely

By Ewan on November 29, 2008 in Services

I like this. Leave your Lenovo laptop on the train? Someone arse has half-inched (“pinched”) it from your hotel room? No biggie. Whip out your handset and text your laptop. The laptop’s receiver is always-on (although I’d be interested to know what the battery implications are) so that whenever it gets that kill text message, [...]

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Mobile data cards will kill off wi-fi hotspots

By Julia on March 31, 2008 in News

3G could potentially kill off wi-fi, according to analysts Infonetics Research, as more and more of us use mobile broadband data cards rather than the wireless hotspots provided by coffee shops and the like as the service becomes “more available, more affordable, and a higher performance choice” Infonetics says that sales of mobile data cards [...]

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