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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
- Image galleries 2008-05-05
- Should I leave the laptop at home? That should be a policy decision
- On April 23rd I wrote about the Ninth Circuit court and their decisions about what is considered private and what isn't. Today a new voice weighs in. The Association of Corporate Travel Executives is now warning its members to limit the amount of proprietary business information...
- Tags: Information, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Laptop Computer, Association Of Corporate Travel Executive, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Tricia Liebert
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Upvise Notebooks for Windows Mobile (cab)
- Create, categorize, search and sync notes between your phone and web account. Send a quick note from your desktop to your mobile. Type in some information you want to remember in your mobile and retrieve the note later on from your web account. With Upvise Notebooks, you can store and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Note, Microsoft Windows, Unyverse, Advertising & Promotion, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2008-05-05
- Court rules that laptop searches at borders is okay
- In a decision that should be hotly contested but likely won't be, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stated that laptop content may be searched without suspicion of wrongdoing. In short, probable cause doesn't apply. To clarify, if you had questionable content on your laptop in...
- Tags: Agent, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Tricia Liebert
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Apple Computer Case Study: Manatee County Schools
- After nearly two full years of planning and a semester-long pilot program, the Manatee County School District in Florida is ramping up its 1:1 laptop initiative. By the fall of 2003, iBook computers running Mac OS X had been distributed in 22 elementary and secondary classrooms. But Manatee school administrators...
- Tags: Focus Group, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Marketing Research, Apple Mac OS X, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS
- Case studies
- One RV + One Dedicated Teacher = New Hope for At-Risk Children
- The challenge faced was the need to develop creative technology interventions that provide student access to tutoring and homework assistance. As solution, children were taken to school in afternoons and on weekends, a retrofitted RV was planned for, and a flexible staff of tutors was asked for. Now at-risk students...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Children, Student, Internet, Notebooks, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management
- Case studies
- Technology Transforms the Liberal Arts
- Many schools have decided to pursue the laptop-for-every-student solution. Most have started in the past few years, while others are just adopting it now. If they want a glimpse of how to make the strategy work, they should look at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, where each entering freshman...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Technology, Computer, Productivity, Business Structures, Notebooks, Strategy, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management
- Case studies
- Bringing 21st Century Skills to Life in Charleston County
- Charleston County School District needed to address the universal challenge that many schools districts face: the struggle of providing high-quality training to a large number of educators while maximizing limited funding and resources. To aid and empower CCSD, the Office of Instructional Technology designed and implemented the Showcase Technology School...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Workforce Management, Notebooks, Microsoft Office, Human Resources, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Office Suites, Software
- Case studies
- Sacred Heart University Puts Technology in Students' Hands: Full Time Undergraduates Receive Dell Notebooks
- Sacred Heart University, located in Fairfield, Connecticut, was founded in 1963 by the Most Rev. Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of Bridgeport. The University needed to find a technology partner that can help provide students with high-performance, standardized systems that are efficient to repair and maintain. Dell emerged as the vendor...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Heart University, Business Structures, Productivity, Notebooks, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Apple Computer Case Study: South Gate Middle School
- One of the largest secondary schools in the country, South Gate is located in a crowded urban area and serves some 4400 students. In an environment where computer access was limited in the past, iBook Wireless Mobile Labs are now giving South Gate's students daily exposure to technology, and engaging...
- Tags: Apple iBook, Apple Inc., Teacher, Laptop Computer, Apple Professional Development, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- West Virginia Wesleyan College Creates a Collaborative and Productive Learning Environment for Students
- Founded in 1890, West Virginia Wesleyan College is a private educational institution dedicated to a strong liberal arts curriculum. West Virginia Wesleyan College's goal is to cultivate a service-oriented educational environment that provides the best available information and computing resources. One key challenge is ensuring that students have access to...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Environment, Student, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- DataWindow .NET - How to Enhance Tablet PC Applications With DataWindow .NET
- This webcast will explore using DataWindow .NET to create .NET Windows Forms applications for the Tablet PC. The webcast will help you learn how to use the InkEdit and InkPicture DataWindow controls to capture handwriting and annotation and store this information in the database.
- Tags: Webcast, PC, Tablet PC, Sybase Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, .Net, Databases, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts
- Company Upgrades Operating System, Addresses Security Challenges
- As a producer of construction materials such as crushed stone, sand and gravel, Vulcan Materials Company operates over 300 quarries, plants, and facilities. Maintaining desktop and portable computers in the company's IT environment presented a challenge because many of these locations use slow network connections as well as some dial-up...
- Tags: Security, Portable Computer, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Modems, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components
- Case studies
- Cost-Efficient Notebooks Help Mobilize Texas Police Department
- The Cisco, TX Police Department (PD) had six officers to protect the town of 3,800 people. Like law enforcement agencies nationwide, the department needed its officers to spend their time patrolling the community - not stuck doing paperwork. In particular, the department wanted to streamline the procedures involved with traffic...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Department, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Dell Case Study: Zion-Benton Township High School
- A high school in Zion, Illinois has found that a targeted instructional program incorporating a one-to-one notebook computer initiative can help motivate average students to achieve beyond expectations. At Zion-Benton, located on Lake Michigan near Chicago, Ill., they were looking to reach out to the school's forgotten majority: The kids...
- Tags: Illinois, Dell Computer Corp., Notebook Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Toshiba's Tablet PC Makes the Grade After Its First Semester at Purdue University
- Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, has a student body of over 38,000 students, and serves in the vanguard as an innovator of educational techniques. Purdue's educational leadership was illustrated by their introduction of Toshiba's tablet PCs into the curriculum of the University's Department of Communication. After completing its...
- Tags: Purdue University, PC, Tablet PC, Toshiba Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Apple Computer Case Study: Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
- One of the preeminent medical schools in the country, Columbia University has maintained a tradition of excellence that stretches back to the 1800s. The challenge was to provide affordable video training for surgical students, interns, and residents; ensure that production model does not interfere with surgical environment; and enable close...
- Tags: Physician, Columbia University, Apple Inc., Training, Workforce Management, Productivity, Notebooks, Human Resources, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Technology and Internet Access Promotes Educational Success
- Students in Kristina Waalkens' special education class at Hesperia High School in Hesperia, Michigan, were all required to turn in one paper every semester for each of their classes. All of her special education students dreaded these assignments, and only two students out of eight turned in papers that had...
- Tags: Internet Access, Dell Computer Corp., Student, Internet, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Go Mobile
- With its new auxiliary display, advances in power management and network awareness, and the new ubiquitous Tablet PC capabilities in all versions, Windows Vista is a huge advance for developers building applications for mobile computers. Given that laptops alone are accounting for an ever-greater portion of the personal computer population,...
- Tags: Developer, Mobile, PC, Tablets, Desktops, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- White papers
- UK College Maintains Leading Position as Centre of Educational Excellence With Dell Client Hardware and Services Implementation
- Runshaw College in Lancashire needed to implement reliable new hardware to support its updated systems infrastructure so that it could continue to attract new staff and students. The new products needed to be deployed across the college's three sites without disruption to teachers and students. Long-term services provider Dell implemented...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
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