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  • Has Google missed the boat with Chrome OS?

    Posted December 7, 2010 - 9:00 pm

    Google's Chrome OS was full of revolutionary ideas when it was announced, but the mobile market has been forever changed by the iPad and other tablets. With a six month delay, will anyone really want a Chrome OS notebook when they ship next year?

  • 16 Breakthrough Notebooks: A Look Back

    Posted July 31, 2009 - 4:53 pm

    From the first prototype portable computer in 1968 to the OLPC XO (an inspiration for netbooks) to the CrunchPad Web tablet of the near future, these 16 notebooks mark important stages in the progress of laptops.

  • HP “Insight From the Experts” Video Series

    Posted June 29, 2009 - 12:34 pm

    Many vendors say they love small businesses, but do little beyond talk. HP directs a huge amount of resources toward both small business education and their reseller channel, which provides the majority of their sales contacts with small businesses. HP just released a series of videos, including your humble narrator, called Insight from the Experts. My video is titled Backup Up Your Business.

  • Netbooks Are Not Notebooks

    Posted June 23, 2009 - 5:16 pm

    ComputerWorld just ran a story about how “netbooks disappoint consumers” according to a recent survey. You know why, don't you? People bought netbooks when they really wanted notebooks, and were disappointed when they didn't get the power and performance of a real notebook while spending hundreds of dollars less. Guess what, folks, a chopped steak is not the same as a t-bone steak, and a used Mazda is not the same as a new Mercedes.

  • Acer to build laptop with 3-D screen

    Posted June 10, 2009 - 9:23 am

    Hoping to ride a recent surge in movies and TV shows filmed in 3-D, Acer Inc. plans to release a notebook PC this fall equipped with a 15.6-inch 3-D screen, according to a report.

  • Good riddance: The end of the desktop is near

    Posted May 12, 2008 - 9:58 am

    Years ago, the desktop could be found everywhere. Whether you were checking your email at work or surfing the Web at home, that ugly beige box was sitting everywhere you went. And although I've longed to write this column for years, I can finally say with confidence that the desktop is on its way out and I couldn't be more excited.
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