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Micro-Star International (MSI) launched an ultra-thin laptop to rival the MacBook Air in the U.S. on Tuesday, as well as a new netbook with Intel’s latest microprocessor for the devices. Read the rest of MSI Debuts MacBook Air Rival, New Netbook in US 
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Fujitsu launches a green laptop in Japan that will have its energy consumption offset by the company purchase of wind power “green energy credits” for each model sold. The tiny laptop is among the company’s smallest models and features a 5.6-inch screen that can swivel around and fold back on itself into a tablet PC-like [...] Read the rest of Fujitsu Introduces Carbon-Neutral Green Laptop
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Oracle kicked off a busy week in IT news, announcing plans to buy Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion. We’d quip that Oracle will put Sun out of its misery, but it’s a good guess that the misery for some Sun employees is still to come given Oracle’s penchant for big layoffs after big acquisitions. Speaking [...] Read the rest of Oracle Snags Sun, Microsoft Earnings Dip
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The Bluetooth Special Interest Group today officially launched Bluetooth 3.0 with some big claims for the short-range wireless standard. The biggest improvement for the new standard is speed, which jumps from a top transfer rate of 3 Mbps found in the current Bluetooth standard to 24 Mbps in 3.0, according to the Bluetooth SIG. Faster [...] Read the rest of Faster Bluetooth 3.0 Launches with WiFi Twist
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Micro-Star International (MSI) launched an ultra-thin laptop to rival the MacBook Air in the U.S. on Tuesday, as well as a new netbook with Intel’s latest microprocessor for the devices. Read the rest of MSI Debuts MacBook Air Rival, New Netbook in US
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Technology that changes how people give commands to computers could make touch-based PCs more popular and transform the traditional desktop into a “room computer” in coming years, a Microsoft executive said Wednesday. Read the rest of Microsoft Executive Sees Rise of Tablets, ‘room Computer’
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