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- Cracking Open the Compaq Presario V2000 Laptop
- The Compaq Presario is among the most-common model of laptop. Historically one of the best-selling computer brands, the Presario appears in businesses, homes and organizations everywhere. Just what's under the hood of one of these ubiquitous laptops? Erik Eckel cracks one open to find out. by Erik Eckel
- Tags: compaq presario laptop, cracking open, product photos, Compaq Presario, Laptop Computer, Compaq Computer Corp., Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Erik Eckel
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- Tablet PCs 'Next Logical Step' in Pickering Education
- Pickering College is one of Canada's distinguished independent schools for grades JK through 12. Use of PCs became so extensive in Pickering College that teachers had difficulty scheduling computer time for their classes. In an independent school with high expectations from parents, teachers and students, "Ddoing without" wasn't an option....
- Tags: Education, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Tablet PC, Pickering College, Tablets, Notebooks, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Developer Expands Mobile Productivity Solution for Greater Efficiency and Sale
- In the highly transactional-based home-building industry, Pinnacle Communities, already an early adopter of technology, was seeking to enhance its ability to transact business away from the office. The company settled on a combination of software and hardware that gave it an unprecedented ability to communicate anywhere, anytime. Using Microsoft Office...
- Tags: Developer, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Pocket PC, Microsoft Office, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Handhelds, Office Suites, Software
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- Fire Department Gets Information Access on the Front Line
- For the fire department of the Technical University Munich TUM, the many different chemicals handled at the university pose an added threat to the normal course of duty. To optimize their response to a call, firefighters need the most up-to-date information about a building that sets off an alarm. However,...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Department, Mobile Computing, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Microsoft Windows XP, Handhelds, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
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- Zoo Brings Curricula to Students With Disabilities Using Tablet PCs
- Chicago's Brookfield Zoo wanted to broaden the reach of its CONNECTIONS program, which helps students build on classroom learning by conducting field research and other activities at the zoo. Over one thousand students with disabilities often have difficulty participating in programs that involve animal observations and data collection on paper....
- Tags: Solution, PC, Tablet PC, Student, Disability, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software
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- Real Estate Firm Recruits More Clients, Improves Service With Mobile Office Solution
- Although Prudential California Realty - San Bruno is the most successful Prudential single office franchise in North America, management wanted to improve agents' productivity on the road through a mobile computing solution that would eliminate paper and reduce trips back to the office. The franchise deployed Criterion Corporation's REDTablet solution,...
- Tags: Solution, Mobile, Prudential Insurance Company Of America, Microsoft Office, Mobile Computing, Microsoft Corp., Real Estate, Tablets, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows XP, Handhelds, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
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- Mobile Technology Helps Hospital Accelerate and Improve Patient Treatment
- Taking advantage of available technology for better patient care and greater profitability has always set El Camino Hospital apart from other healthcare facilities. Though the Silicon Valley hospital is limited in terms of physical space, it strives to be unlimited in the information available at its clinicians' fingertips. To enable...
- Tags: Patient, Hospital, Mobile, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Clinician, Healthcare, Tablets, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
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- Victoria Department of Education & Training Improves Teaching and Learning With Intel Platforms
- Victoria may be Australia's smallest mainland state, but it is big on education. Computer and communications skills are increasingly important to individual success and national progress. Victoria's K-12 teachers already used Intel processor-based notebook computers to bring technology into the classroom. But the notebooks were aging, and the lack of...
- Tags: K-12, Education, Mobile, Training, Intel Corp., Victoria, Notebooks, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing
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- UK Care Agencies Integrate, Improve Services With Information-Gathering Solution
- Cambridgeshire County Council CCC provides community care services to Cambridgeshire residents, often working with health care providers. To improve coordination between the two jurisdictions, it wanted to find a way for health and social workers to share information about elderly patients under the care of both disciplines. CCC used Windows...
- Tags: Patient, Agency, Health Care, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Cambridgeshire County Council, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Tablets, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Elevator Maintenance Field Engineers Achieve Speedier On-Site Service With Tablet PCs
- Mitsubishi Electric Building Technology Service Company MELTEC provides maintenance services for buildings systems, including elevators and escalators. MELTEC field engineers responsible for on-site maintenance of these transportation systems use portable maintenance computers to collect data required to perform repairs and build customized service programs for clients. MELTEC's portable computers were...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Computer, MELTEC, Tablets, Transportation, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- BNSF: Intel Centrino Mobile Technology-Based Notebook Usage Drives Efficiencies, Cost Savings at Leading Railroad
- Established in 1810, Broadclyst Community Primary School is one of England's oldest primary schools. With a ratio of nearly one PC for every three pupils, Broadclyst was already one of the UK's most technologically progressive primary schools. But as the school's leadership team looked at wireless computing, they saw opportunities...
- Tags: Mobile, Intel Centrino, Intel Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components
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- How Learning for Life Became Part of the DNA of One Australian High School
- Frankston High School in outer-suburban Melbourne lives its Latin motto. Optima Semper - The Best Always - defines how the school has pursued improvement to what was already a runaway success. In 2006, it extended the largest government school notebook PC program in Australia to include Tablet PCs in order...
- Tags: School, DNA, PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows XP, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
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- Paramedics Use Tablet PCs to Send Patient Information to Hospitals During "Golden Hour"
- Healthcare authorities in Ireland and Dubai are commissioning mobile solutions in ambulances to help optimise use of the "Golden hour" after paramedics collect patients. Valentia Technologies has been commissioned by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council of Ireland and the Dubai Ambulance Centre to deploy a solution for the real-time transmission...
- Tags: Patient, Hospital, Mobile, PC, Tablet PC, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Gifu Prefecture Distributes 3,000 Notebook PCs to Create Rich Learning Environment Across Prefectural Schools
- Gifu prefecture is the 7th largest prefecture in Japan and spans over 10,000 square km. The Education Committee of Gifu Prefecture has a vision to provide student-centered learning for the 21st century by incorporating the use of Information and Computing Technology ICT in education. Such resources need to be distributed...
- Tags: School, PC, Environment, Notebook Computer, Intel Corp., Gifu Prefecture, Notebooks, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Shaw Industries Increases Sales Process Efficiency and Reduces Errors With the Fujitsu LifeBook T4000 Tablet PC
- Shaw's 1,000 US and Canadian-based sales reps sell more than 25,000 different products using the phone, fax, on-site customer visits, and paper order forms. The challenge for Shaw was to improve efficiency and maintain profitability in the face of shrinking margins caused by the rising cost of materials. Shaw's sales...
- Tags: Mobile, PC, Tablet PC, Fujitsu LifeBook, Fujitsu Ltd., Sales Representative, Shaw, Sales Strategy, Tablets, Notebooks, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- With the Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet PC, Keeping the Thomson Learning Sales Force Up-to-Date Is Elementary
- A division of multi-billion dollar publishing company, Thomson Corporation, Thomson Learning delivers learning solutions to secondary, post-secondary, and graduate level students, teachers, and learning institutions in traditional and distance learning environments. The challenge was to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Thomson Learning's sales force by equipping sales reps to...
- Tags: PC, Sales Force, Tablet PC, Fujitsu LifeBook, Fujitsu Ltd., Thomson Corp., Thomson Learning, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Tablets, Notebooks, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Universal Imaging Utility Drives Home Single Image Cloning at Toyota New Zealand
- For nearly three years, Toyota New Zealand had been searching for a way to improve the process by which they cloned their computers. Specifically, they needed to reduce the time and effort spent on creating and maintaining multiple hard-drive Images for its wide variety of desktop and laptop configurations. They...
- Tags: Imaging, Laptop Computer, Toyota Motor Corp., Imaging Utility, Document Management, Notebooks, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Trussville Schools Dream Big: Teachers Gain Flexibility With HP Business Notebooks
- A new Alabama school district wanted the right technology foundation for a one-to-one computer initiative. With the birth of the four-school, 4,000-student district came the funding to enable teachers and administrators to dream anew about how technology could be used to help raise the quality of education. From that process...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Teacher, Notebooks, Productivity, Podcasts, Wiki, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Internet, Online Communications
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- WSCA Contract Maximizes Buying Power for State of Iowa
- The Western States Contracting Alliance WSCA was formed in1993 to leverage expertise and buying power to negotiate multi-state contracts with leading vendors. The state of Iowa wanted to reduce state government cost for desktop, notebook PC purchases, cut administrative overhead associated with PC purchasing. The state selected group purchasing under...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., State, Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- HP Tablet PC Makes Creative Classroom Application Possible
- This text in this case study is from a class facilitator at the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation, who used voice recognition software on HP's tablet PC to provide real-time dictation to her hearing-impaired students. This non-profit organization was the recipient of an HP Micro Enterprise Acceleration Program grant in...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Tablet PC, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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