Technologizer

The Last 12-Inch Netbook in America

Friday, October 2, 2009

Have I mentioned lately that I’m a big fan of netbooks–but that I think treating them as a fundamentally different sort of device than a notebook is kind of silly, and that it’s a shame the computer industry doesn’t seem to like them much? A netbook is just a notebook that happens to be (1) [...]

We’re From Microsoft, and We’re Here to Help You

Friday, July 31, 2009

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Microsoft’s Alex Kochis has blogged about this week’s compromising of a Lenovo key for Windows 7 activation, which allowed hackers to activate unauthorized copies of Windows 7. He says that Lenovo’s customers won’t be affected when they buy Windows 7 PCs, but that Microsoft will “seek to alert” people running copies of Windows 7 that [...]

The War Against Netbooks Continues?

Monday, July 6, 2009

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According to DigiTimes–a Taiwanese publication that’s always interesting, if not always completely reliable–Samsung is planning to release a netbook with an 11.6-inch screen and an Intel Atom CPU. Sounds cool–it’s a popular form factor with a roomier-than-usual display. But DigiTimes also says that Intel has responded by canceling Samsung’s deal for discount pricing on Atom [...]

5Words for Memorial Day, May 25th, 2009

Monday, May 25, 2009

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Holidays are usually pretty quiet: Google Earth honors the fallen. Read Sprint’s Pre launch guide. Lenovo to use Nvidia’s Ion. More about AT&T’s Palm EOS. Safari 4 practices poor housekeeping. Goal one for Pre: browsing. Gotta love the name “Wooo.” iPhone-painted New Yorker cover. Iran blocks Facebook. (Twitter? MySpace?) A more Mac-like Linux.

AT&T’s Fifty-Buck Laptop

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

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What do you do after everybody in the country has already signed up for a two-year contract to get a cheap cell phone? Looks like AT&T thinks that signing them up for a two-year contract to get a cheap netbook might be the next step. The company has announced that it’s experimenting in company-owned stores [...]

5Words for February 5th, 2009

Thursday, February 5, 2009

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What’s transpiring this fine morning? Hey, Woz is gainfully employed! Fake parking tickets install malware. Lenovo struggles, dumps American CEO. GoDaddy’s cheesy ads work, alas. HP unveils a Netbook Linux. Bill Gates bugs conference attendees. The new Macbook’s running late. Hankering for a 240GB iPod? Microsoft joins celebrity gossip race. Facebookers compile “25 Things” lists. Will Snow Leopard track you? Boy, Windows Mobile is behind. Xbox 360 owners [...]

A Little Less Lenovo

Thursday, January 8, 2009

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The crummy state of the economy continues to bring crummy news for the tech industry: Lenovo announced today that it’s letting 11 percent of its workforce go as part of a broad restructuring. It’s also reducing executive compensation by 30 to 50 percent (sorry, guys!). Buried in its press release is one tidbit that might be [...]

The Wide (and Weird) World of Two-Screen Laptops

Friday, December 19, 2008

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Lenovo’s upcoming ThinkPad W700 mobile workstations are loaded with high-end features, including Intel Core 2 Quad CPUs and Nvidia Quadro Express graphics, RAID storage, and built-in Wacom pen tablets. But one feature is as close to being genuinely jaw-dropping as anything I’ve seen on a laptop in a long time: an optional secondary 10.6-inch LCD [...]

Is the New MacBook Expensive?

Sunday, October 19, 2008

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When I first tried to compare the cost of Macs versus Windows PCs, I said that “Are Macs more expensive?” is one of computing’s eternal questions. It’s not, however, one with anything like an eternal answer. And the pricing analysis I did in that first article was rendered obsolete last Tuesday when Apple unveiled its [...]