The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released new rules for border agents searching travelers’ laptops and other electronic devices, but the revised guidelines won’t quiet complaints from the American Civil Liberties Union.
The new guidelines, unveiled Thursday, continue to allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to search [...]

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There may be a new type of Trojan Horse attack to worry about.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to figure out who is sending laptop computers to state governors acros
Artwork: Chip Taylors the U.S., including West Virginia Governor Joe Mahchin and Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal. Some state officials are worried that they may [...]

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There may be a new type of Trojan Horse attack to worry about.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to figure out who is sending laptop computers to state governors acros
Artwork: Chip Taylors the U.S., including West Virginia Governor Joe Mahchin and Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal. Some state officials are worried that they may [...]

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Amid all the hoopla over HP’s cracked hinges here at the Gripe Line, I received a letter from Rosario, a Gripe Line reader. His issue should sound familiar to those who wrote in response to “On the wrong side of HP’s hinge recall”:
“I bought an HP dv7-1245 laptop. But I took it back to Best [...]

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Nokia’s new Booklet 3G netbook looks impressive. With its sleek aluminum shell, 12-hour battery, Wi-Fi, 3G broadband, and GPS, it’s a slick package (on paper, anyway, since we haven’t tested it yet) that should appeal to folks who want a mini-note with the capabilities of full-size notebooks.
The Booklet 3G is one of several premium netbooks [...]

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Consumer electronics shopping resource Retrevo says that Apple’s absence from the netbook market is hurting it with students buying laptops. The company has released the results of a study showing the trend.
According to the “Gadgetology” study–culled from Retrevo’s own users–34 percent of students buying laptops are planning to purchase a netbook. Another 49 percent want [...]

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The dominance of low-cost netbooks could be threatened by an emerging category of ultrathin laptops, which could compete on features and price, analysts said.
Ultrathin laptops are a new category of lightweight laptops that are as portable as netbooks and provide adequate performance to run most applications such as high-definition multimedia or casual gaming. The category [...]

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A majority of college-bound students gearing up for school will not consider buying a Mac laptop, a study reveals. Instead, students are gravitating toward affordable netbooks from a variety of manufacturers, according to Retrevo, a consumer electronics website, that conducted the study.
Retrevo says Macs are at the bottom of student wish lists this year. While [...]

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The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) has released customer satisfaction scores for a number of consumer product sectors including personal computers. While Apple still ranks well above its competitors, its rating slipped a point compared to a year ago.
The ACSI rates different industries each calendar quarter, and for the second calendar quarter of the year, [...]

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The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) has released customer satisfaction scores for a number of consumer product sectors including personal computers. While Apple still ranks well above its competitors, its rating slipped a point compared to a year ago.
The ACSI rates different industries each calendar quarter, and for the second calendar quarter of the year, [...]

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