Can Apple Save the Netbook? (PC World) PC World - I'm a big fan of netbooks -- the compact, lightweight, inexpensive laptops pioneered by Asus with its Eee PC line. Small, rugged, and yet full-featured enough for Web browsing and other light computing tasks, my Eee PC 901 has become a treasured companion for business travel. But the cost of newer netbook models has crept up, and many vendors are now offering standard-sized notebooks at rock-bottom prices, making the value of netbooks less clear. Publ.Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:34:41 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
U.K. agency bans 'really fast' iPhone ad (CNET) CNET - The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned another iPhone ad after consumers complained it exaggerated the speed of the device. Publ.Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:44:00 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
World's First Slot-Loading Xbox 360 (PC World) PC World - Want to see a slot-loading Xbox 360? Slot loading, you know, like on a MacBook, where you put a CD or DVD in a thin auto-loading slot instead of pushing a button to make a mechanical tray slide out. The Xbox 360 has a tray-loader. The PlayStation 3, by comparison, uses a slot-loader. Publ.Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:00:58 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Apple sued over tech that helps iPhone surf Web (Reuters) Reuters - Apple Inc is the target of a lawsuit that claims a technology the iPhone uses to surf the Web infringes on a patent filed by Los Angeles real estate developer Elliot Gottfurcht and two co-inventors. Publ.Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:52:18 GMT Source: Yahoo.com