April 24, 2009
Netbooks Are All The Rage But Does Anybody Have One?
Network World
Mitchell Ashley questions the real popularity of netbooks.
“For all the coverage the netbook subject gets, you’d think they would bethe next coming of the iPhone or Blackberry. Netbooks would start showing up incoffee shops, bookstores and in airports, with small groups of people huddledaround to get a glimpse at one of these new devices. The reality is just theopposite in my experience. I don’t know anyone that has one and haven’t seenanyone using a netbook in the local Starbucks I frequent nearly everyday. Are netbooks popping up all over your world? I’m guessing not.”
Yahoo Meets Q1 Expecations, To Lay Off Another 5%
Wired
John Abell writes that Yahoo will soon be going through another round of worldwide layoffs.
“Yahoo met Wall Street Q1 earnings expectations and announced Tuesday it would shed an additional five per cent of staff – about 680 employees worldwide. ‘The majority of impacted employees are expected to be notified within the next two weeks,’ it said.”
HP Pavilion dv3t hits the streets, starts at $799
Engadget
Paul Miller offers details about HP’s new Pavilion dv3t 13.3-inch widescreen notebook.
“It’s a 16:9 widescreen 13.3-inch sort of number, with Core 2 Duo T6400 under the hood, a Blu-ray option and a pickable 9-cell battery which boasts up to 7 hours of battery. There’s also a webcam, up to 500GB of hard drive, and two options for colors: Espresso black and Moonlight white. Prices start at $799.”
