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R.I.P.: Netbooks

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:29:28 +0000

The last two netbook vendors standing, Acer and Asus, have both announced they’ve produced their last netbook. So they’re joining the Playstation 2 in the land of the digital dinosaurs, though I suspect more people will miss the 12-year-old game

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If you’re wondering where those anti-Google ads came from

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:36:44 +0000

If you’re wondering why political-style anti-Google ads are suddenly running everywhere, it’s no coincidence. Microsoft has hired one of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s advertising masterminds to try his hand at campaigning against Google. While it seems to be having some

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What to make of this Black Friday’s sub-$200 laptops

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:13:31 +0000

It’s still a couple of weeks off, but we already know two retailers will be offering sub-$200 laptops on the day the United States gorges itself on bargains. The question is, what do you get for your $200 on these

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Acer Aspire One 722 review

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:14:40 +0000

I set up an Acer Aspire One 722 netbook this week. This is my Acer Aspire One 722 review. I imagine the return rates on these things is horrendous, because the out-of-box experience is pathetic. This one won’t be going

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Cheap laptops and tablets: September 2011

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:57:18 +0000

My brother in law told me he saw an 8-inch Vizio wifi-only tablet running Android at Costco for $285. Its reviews aren’t exactly stellar, but if you just want a basic tablet, it seems to be OK. I’d wait a

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Bombshell: HP pulls out. Of tablets and desktop PCs.

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:16:33 +0000

And speaking of duds, it looks like HP has one on their hands in their Web OS-based tablets. Best Buy has about a quarter-million unsold tablets in their warehouse and has only managed to sell 25,000 of them. And when

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Windows, ARM, emulation, misconceptions and misremembered history

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 22 May 2011 16:44:09 +0000

I keep reading stuff about Windows and ARM and, well, I think people just aren’t remembering history. I’m not saying that Windows 8 on ARM will save the world, or even change it substantially. It probably won’t, since Microsoft tends

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My proposal to improve Windows 8

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:11:35 +0000

I propose a new user interface for Calculator, because the one we’ve been using since 1990 is too confusing, and the one that came with Windows 7 didn’t help. It’s just different, not better. The only thing that can save

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Depending on how you look at it, a free upgrade. Or bloatware.

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:17:26 +0000

Here’s a tip for those of you who own HP or Compaq laptops and netbooks. Most of these machines ship with HP Wireless Assistant, which basically does two things: display a popup telling you if your wireless network is on

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What the 2011 CES may mean

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:14:28 +0000

This week was CES, where companies make a big splash and try to show what’s going to happen in the consumer electronics space in the coming year. In the coverage of CES, I saw three things that seem interesting, but

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