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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
- Technology helps woman find laptop thief
- It's the kind of story that just makes you happy. A young woman in White Plains, New York, Kait Duplaga, had her laptop stolen from the apartment she shared with two roommates. Unfortunately for the thief, Duplaga worked at an Apple store and had all the latest software applications installed...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Pop quiz: Solid-state drives
- Although solid-state drives SSDs have been in limited use since the 1990s, they are rapidly gaining ground in the laptop market--Apple offers a 64GB SSD in the MacBook Air. As SSDs fall in price and grow in capacity, they may eventually overtake the venerable hard disk as the data storage...
- Tags: Knowledge, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Storage, Storage Management, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Bill Detwiler
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- 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
- Dell Gets Preferential Treatment at UNCW
- The University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a school of approximately 10,000 students. In 2001, UNCW reevaluated their preferred vendor for a notebook program. The previous vendor program had a lot of limitations, such as order and delivery deadlines, and limited flexibility in the overall process. So for their...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Dell Case Study: San Lorenzo Unified School District
- The challenge is familiar to school administrators everywhere: Yesterday's instructional methods are just not as effective in reaching today's students. But in San Francisco's East Bay, an innovative school district has found a way to address this problem by using wireless notebook technology to support new teaching methods that meet...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Wi-Fi, Notebooks, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- HP notebooks Give Albertson College Students New Tool for Learning
- Albertson College of Idaho, a private liberal arts college and the state's oldest four-year institution, is one of the first colleges in the western United States to provide notebook PCs to all of its incoming students. Hewlett-Packard was selected by Albertson College to provide HP Notebook personal computers for students...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Notebook Computer, Tool, Wireless, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Selects Marimba for Management of Desktops and Laptops Across United States and Canada
- Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Company (CGE&Y) is one of the largest management and IT consulting firms in the industry. CGE&Y needed a solution to address two critical areas: ongoing delivery and management of applications to a large number of remote PC's and laptops, and for their Microsoft Windows 2000...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Desktop, Marimba, Capgemini, Laptop Computer, CGE&Y, It Management, Roi/Tco, Notebooks, Strategy, It service Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management
- Case studies
- Dell Latitude notebooks Provide a Cost-Effective, Reliable, and Robust Mobile Platform for Broadband Provider Cox Communications' Field Service Representatives
- As the third-largest cable TV provider in the nation, Cox Communications, Inc., is well known for its dependable, high-capacity broadband delivery network. The Cox Las Vegas IT department faced the unappealing possibility of replacing the array of aging, five-year-old mobile devices used by its FSRs to open, record, and close...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Mobile, Broadband, Dell Latitude, Cox Communications Inc., Notebooks, Advertising & Promotion, Telecommunications, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing
- Case studies
- Austrian Airlines Portal for Pilots' Tablet PCs Meets Security Guidelines
- Security is a priority around air travel. In 2004, Austrian Airlines launched a project to create a secure Web-enabled portal that delivered pilot documentation to tablet PCs. Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner mii, Austrian Airlines created their electronic flight rules and communication portal named "eFORCE" and deployed handheld devices...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Organization, Portals, Tablets, Web Technology, Notebooks, Security, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Accountancy Firm Gain a Powerful New Tool for Laptop Security
- Since 1997, Anderson Hubertz, Kirkhof AHK has been serving small to medium-sized companies throughout Denmark. With all 80 employees at AHK using corporate laptops, network security is crucial. AHK felt the need for a means of protecting corporate laptops that travels away from the office and then reconnects to the...
- Tags: CrossTec Corp., Network, Accountancy, Tool, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Networking, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Case Study: State of Michigan
- The state of Michigan consists of 20 agencies, each with specific responsibilities within the state's government. The state of Michigan wanted to standardize in order to decrease costs, increase efficiencies and maximize its flexibility and buying power. Dell had proven itself to the state of Michigan over the past several...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Michigan, State, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- HP notebooks Are the Perfect Remedy for a Busy Salesforce
- Established in 1915, Lundbeck is a major international pharmaceutical manufacturing company headquartered in Denmark, with subsidiaries in 57 countries. Lundbeck's salesforce work from home, from their vehicles or from hotel rooms and Lundbeck wanted a way to make them more efficient, more autonomous and to give them more time to...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Remedy Corp., Lundbeck, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Michigan Chooses HP as Partner for Freedom to Learn Program
- When the state of Michigan was ready to implement its vision of 1-to-1 learning statewide, it chose HP as its technology partner as they required providing 1:1 learning opportunities for middle school students throughout Michigan and ensuring integration of technology into the curriculum. Now students and teachers alike are using...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Partnership, Michigan, Business Structures, Help Desk, Call Centers, Notebooks, Wireless, Finance, It Operations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- East Rock Magnet School Leverages Wireless HP Laptops for Elevated Student Learning
- East Rock Magnet School, an inner-city school located in New Haven, Connecticut, services a diverse student population - with approximately 17 countries and 20 languages currently represented in the student body. They wanted to fully leverage Federal Department of Education's grant to optimally embrace e-learning, infuse curriculum, planning, standards and...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, E-learning, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Qualcomm Case Study: Valkyrie Commissioning Services
- Valkyrie Commissioning Services provides on- and offshore hydrostatic testing and pipeline commissioning services to marine contractors and operators. The goals were to improve overall operations by using personnel and equipment assets more effectively and to reduce response time and time on-site for project personnel, thus improving quality of life for...
- Tags: Personnel, Qualcomm Inc., Valkyrie Commissioning Services, Notebooks, Asset Management, Outsourcing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operational Planning, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Case studies
- Note-Taking Technology Helps Teach Collaboration at Technical University in Italy
- Politecnico Innovazione, a division of Politecnico di Milano, is dedicated both to disseminating technological innovation to small- and medium- enterprise and government organizations, as well as to territorial development. Politecnico Innovazione has recently assessed Tablet PCs running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 for potential...
- Tags: Collaboration, Microsoft Corp., Politecnico Innovazione, Tablets, Microsoft Windows XP, Groupware, Notebooks, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Enterprise Software, Office Suites
- Case studies
- ThinkPads with Integrated Fingerprint Readers Secure Your Mobile Workforce
- The ThinkPad® integrated fingerprint reader puts security at your fingertips. Your ThinkPad notebook is protected against unauthorized use—a major concern for today’s mobile workforce. You simply swipe a finger over the reader to gain access to your desktop and password-protected sites. Insight offers the full range...
- Tags: Insight Direct, Mobile, IBM ThinkPad, Fingerprint Reader, Workforce, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- White papers
- HP Tablet PC Helps Broker Impress Clients, Boost Sales
- The RE/MAX 1st Choice agency is stock broking agency in Pleasanton, California. Mike Hyles is the owner and lead broker of the company. He was facing the challenge to use technology to gain and maintain an advantage in a highly competitive real estate market, reduce office and travel time in...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Tablet PC, Sales, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
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