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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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- Mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer Chronicles Himalayan Adventure With HP Technology
- Weihenmayer's mission was to train a group of local students for an expedition in late September 2004 to the summit of Lhakpa Ri - a spectacular, 23,000-foot (7,000 meter) Himalayan peak just north of Mount Everest. The difference between this Himalayan adventure and others is that Weihenmayer and the six...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Weihenmayer, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Notebooks, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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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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- 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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- 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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- Tablet PCs Help Nationwide Insurance Resolve Claims Quickly and Accurately
- Everybody benefits when a field adjuster from Nationwide Insurance, one of the world's largest insurance and financial services companies, resolves a claim on-site. Customers receive their check immediately, and Nationwide obtains more accurate estimates, reducing the time and expense needed to resolve each claim. Though completing claims on-site has been...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Insurance, Tablets, Notebooks, Financial Planning, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Finance
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- Tablet PC Solution Improves Students' Learning Outcomes at Kansas State University
- Kansas State University (K-State) has long been an innovative user of technology to improve learning both in the classroom and through distance education courses. In an effort to enhance its students' knowledge retention and note taking, K-State began piloting the Tegrity Notes solution based on the Tablet PC running Microsoft...
- Tags: Solution, PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablet PC Solution, Instructor, Tablets, Notebooks, E-learning, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Hospital Deploys Mobile Vaccination Solution to Reach Employees Where They Work
- Washington Hospital Center (WHC), the largest teaching hospital in Washington, D.C., is at the vanguard of a major public health effort to raise influenza immunization rates among healthcare workers nationwide. The hospital is employing a multipronged approach to ensure a continuous increase in immunization rates among its employees, including the...
- Tags: Hospital, Mobile, Public Health, Microsoft Corp., Healthcare, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Healthcare Clinic Saves Money and Improves Quality of Care With Tablet PC Solution
- To improve access to patient information, Marshfield Clinic is deploying an electronic medical records solution to replace paper-based methods. A pilot group of 60 physicians is using highly mobile Tablet PCs running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition to manage medical records; by 2006, all 2,000 practitioners and support staff...
- Tags: Patient, PC, Tablet PC, Health Care, Healthcare Clinic, Tablets, Notebooks, E-health, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Healthcare
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- U.K. Financial Advisors Improve Client Servicing With Tablet PC
- Independent Financial Advisors existing systems for collecting data were inefficient, with data needing entering multiple times at different stages in the customer advice process. Positive Solutions Financial Services looked to create a more time-effective, automated system that delivered a user-friendly data entry system for IFAs while on the move. The...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Data Entry, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Development Tools, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
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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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- 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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- Hargis Industries Connects With GoToMyPC Pro
- Hargis Industries is founded on the concept of bringing things together. As one of the fastest-growing manufacturers of sheeting-fastener systems and closure products for the metal-construction industry, Hargis serves the U.S. and international markets from four offices in the United States, operating within two divisions: Sealtite Building Fasteners and ET...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Citrix GoToMyPC, ImageSkill, Hargis Industries, GoToMyPC Pro, Internet, Productivity, Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Dell Delivers Innovative Mobile at Saint Cecilia's Wandsworth Church of England School
- Saint Cecilia's was a new school that wanted to place ICT at the core of students and teachers' academic lives. But it wanted a unique learning environment that would increase mobility and enable pupils to work collectively in groups. Wandsworth LEA chose to work with Dell as they were confident...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Mobile, Saint Cecilia, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Northern Lights Public School Builds an Award-Winning Learning Environment
- Aurora, Ontario-based Northern Lights Public School oversees the education of 458 students in primary grades. The award-winning school is a technology hub - where students across all grades work closely with the latest technology tools. In 2003, the school introduced wireless-enabled Tablet PCs, running on Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC...
- Tags: School, Environment, Student, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Productivity, Microsoft Windows XP, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
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- Camera Corner/Connecting Point Partners With HP to Help Bellin Health
- Bellin Health, like most large health care enterprises, is constantly seeking ways to improve efficiency and quality of care. Computing technology offers powerful benefits to medical institutions striving to improve their operations, but the barriers to adopting new technology can be significant. With the help of HP PartnerONE Gold Partner,...
- Tags: Patient, Hewlett-Packard Co., Partnership, Health Care, Camera, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Tablet PCs Help Boost Student Performance
- Kent School District, south of Seattle, Washington, faces the ever-familiar educational challenges of motivating students and preparing them for success in the 21st century. One way the district is addressing these challenges is with a long-term educational plan that includes equipping thousands of secondary school students with HP Tablet PCs....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, PC, Tablet PC, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Erickson Retirement Communities Enhances Mobile Security and Lowers IT Costs
- Erickson Retirement Communities wanted to improve management of its 4,000 desktop, laptop, and Tablet PCs running on the Windows XP Service Pack 2 operating system, and to enhance the security of mobile access for HIPAA compliance. The TCO analysis conducted by IDC indicates that when Erickson upgrades to the Windows...
- Tags: Mobile, PC, Information Technology, IT Cost, Analysis, Microsoft Windows, Roi/Tco, Tablets, Desktops, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management
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