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Windows Touch Will Be Built Into Windows 7

Windows Touch Will Be Built Into Windows 7

Touch is the future, we’re told. It’s been incredibly successful for the iPhone, and it’s available on the HP TouchSmart and the Dell Latitude XT. But the announcement that Microsoft will build multi-touch controls into its Windows 7 operating system means it will become widespread.

The word is that Apple is also planning touch in its Snow Leopard OS update.

Microsoft has launched a Windows Touch Logo program, intended to let consumers know when a computer has been optimized for the new system.

Windows Touch will features controls familiar to iPhone users, like tap, double tap, drag, scroll, zoom, flick and rotate.

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Dell Backlights All New Notebooks with LEDs

Dell Backlights All New Notebooks with LEDs

While LED-backlit displays started as a premium feature designed to stretch battery life on high-end ultraportable notebooks like Toshiba’s Portege, Dell pledged on Wednesday to take the technology mainstream by transitioning all of its new notebooks to LED displays in the next 12 months. While the switch will undoubted promise performance benefits for users, Dell has primarily positioned the switch as an environmental move.

According to Dell, LED backlights not only consume 43 percent less power (at the same brightness) than traditional cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) usually used in notebook displays, they’re also more recyclable and completely free of mercury.

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Dell Goes the Distance with Sprint

Computer maker Dell has announced it is now offering integrated mobile broadband options from Sprint in selected Dell Latitude, Precision, and XPS notebook systems in the form of the Dell Wireless 5700-S mobile broadband EVDO mini-card. The solution fits into Dell’s HyperConnect wireless offerings alongside mobile broadband options from Verizon and Cingular, enabling mobile users to connect to the Internet without doing the old bob-and-weave through traffic hoping to find a Wi-Fi hotspot. Sprint’s EVDO network offers bandwidths of 400 to 700 Kbps, with peaks of 2 Mbps.  Read more...

Dell Offers Up New Entry Level Notebook

Dell Offers Up New Entry Level Notebook

Dell yesterday announced a new entry level notebook targeted towards small business and educational institution uses. The budget minded Latitude D520 has a starting configuration price of $948 and looks to be available now.

The Dell Latitude D520, said the computer maker, has a starting weight of 5.24 pounds. It can be configured with a choice of Intel Core Duo or Celeron M processors, 14.1-inch or 15-inch displays and Wi-Fi networking capabilities. RAM options can run from 512MB up to 4GB, while hard drive storage space can span to a maximum of 100GB.

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WinBook Launches C Series Notebooks

Better performance, lighter weight and enhanced ergonomics – these were the objectives laid down when developing the new WinBook C series. The new range features Intel Centrino Mobile Technology with the enhanced performance of the Pentium-M Processor 725 (1.6 GHz), and is also offered with the Intel Celeron-M Processor 330 (1.4 GHz).

“Even with higher performance levels, WinBook has made the new WinBook C series significantly more affordable,” said Dan Burns, WinBook president. “In fact, prices start at a ground-breaking $899, over 35 percent less than the previous WinBook C. The new WinBook C series has all of the outstanding attributes associated with WinBook products, yet offers a lower-cost entry point to the world of WinBook.”  Read more...

Dell Recalls 990,000 AC Adapters

“Dell’s Web site and customer service center sold the computers with adapters from September 1998 through February 2002 for $1,500 to $3,200.

The adapters were manufactured in China and sold separately for $30 and $70. The recalled adapters were used primarily with Dell Latitude, Precision and Inspiron notebook personal computers. “

The systems affected include:

— Latitude: CP, CPi, CPiA, CPtC, CPiR, CPxH, CPtV, CS, CSx, CPxJ, CPtS, C500, C510, C600, C610, C800, C810, V700, C-Dock, C-Port

— Inspiron: 2500, 2600, 3700, 3800, 4000, 4100, 4150, 5000, 5000e, 7500, 7550, 8000, 8100, Advanced Port Replicator, Docking Station

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