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Asus

In September 2008, PC Pro discovered through a reader that Asus had accidentally shipped laptops that contained cracked and pirated software.

Auslogics antivirus

In 2009 the company partnered with Sony Vaio to develop part of the Sony Vaio Care software installed on the Vaio laptops and desktop PC’s.

Bury St Edmunds Abbey

The Abbey Gardens surrounding the ruins had an "Internet bench" installed in 2001, which people could use to connect laptops to the Internet.

Centrino

Laptops with Intel vPro technology have hardware features that allow a system administrator to remotely access wired and wireless laptops for maintenance and servicing if the operating system is unresponsive or crashed and, when a laptop is connected to AC power (not on battery power), allow a sys-admin to remotely access the laptop when the system is asleep or laptop power is off.

Climate Savers Computing Initiative

The Energy Star 4.0 standard for desktops, laptops, and workstations, which took effect in July 2007, requires power supplies to be at least 80 percent efficient for most of their load range.

Curt Kolcun

The team has also implemented key initiatives such as the Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC), a U.S. Government mandate designed to provide a single, standard, enterprise-wide, managed environment for desktops and laptops running Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista.

CyberLink

PowerCinema (media center software), which can be found bundled with Acer (Acer Arcade), Dell (Dell MediaDirect), and HP (HP QuickPlay) laptops

Dell Inspiron

The Dell Inspiron 9300 was a laptop that had either a 1.6, 1.73, 1.86, 2.0, 2.13 or 2.26 GHz Intel Pentium M processor and a 17" wide-screen (available in WXGA+ with a 1440 by 900 resolution and WUXGA with a 1920 by 1200 resolution). At the time, it also featured DDR2 memory, a new feature for laptops. Compared with the other Inspiron laptops, it is considered to be the "Entertainment Powerhouse".

Design paradigm

A current example is the laptop: as of 2010 the design paradigm of laptops includes a portable computer unit consisting of a QWERTY keyboard, a hinged screen, etc.

Electronic flight bag

In 1996, Aero Lloyd, a German carrier, introduced two laptops to compute the performance and access the documentation.

Electronics industry in Japan

Japanese companies have been responsible for a number of important innovations, including having pioneered the transistor radio and the Walkman (Sony), the first mass-produced laptops (Toshiba), the VHS recorder (JVC), and solar cells and LCD screens (Sharp).

IBM Selectric typewriter

Aaron Sorkin credits a Selectric typewriter with interesting him in becoming a writer (although he now writes his stories on Apple Macintosh laptops).

IdeaPad Y Series

This laptop is one of the few 15.6 inch laptops currently in the market with a fourth generation Haswell Intel Core i7 processors.

This laptop is one of the few 14 inch laptops currently in the market with a fourth generation Haswell Intel Core i7 processors.

ISight

In the 2010 Robbins v. Lower Merion School District "WebcamGate" case, plaintiffs charged two suburban Philadelphia high schools with secretly spying on students – by surreptitiously activating iSight webcams embedded in MacBook laptops issued to students – infringing on their privacy rights.

Kenilworth, New Jersey

Maingear is a privately held computer manufacturer headquartered in Kenilworth, specializing in custom gaming computers, desktops, custom laptops, media center computers and workstations, all of which are manufactured in the United States.

Ladyscraper

Ladyscraper, along with various other similar musicians (such as Shitmat) has been featured on BBC Radio 1's "Lap Off", a competition between various musicians playing music on their laptops.

Laguna Hills Technology Branch Library

For patrons who prefer to use their own laptops, the library also provides free Wi-Fi Internet access.

Lin Thorp

During her time as Labor member she has announced a number of government achievements in information technology including; the opening of an online access centre in Clarendon Vale and the $4 million "Laptops for Teachers" program also speaking out against the Howard federal government's sale of Telstra.

MacUser

Recent features have covered new developments by Quark and Adobe in creating iPad magazines, benchmark tests of the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptops, and group tests of personal color laser printers.

Magic Trackpad

The device's design is similar to the trackpad found on the current MacBook family of laptops, but 80% larger.

The Magic Trackpad is a multi-touch trackpad produced by Apple Inc. Announced on July 27, 2010, it is similar to the trackpad found on the current MacBook family of laptops, albeit 80% larger.

Mini-VGA

Mini-VGA connectors are most commonly seen on Apple's iBooks, eMacs, early PowerBooks (12 inch), and some iMacs, but has also been included on several laptops manufactured by Sony.

Mini-VGA connectors are a non-standard, proprietary alternative used on some laptops and other systems in place of the standard VGA connector, although most laptops use a standard VGA connector.

Mobile PCI Express Module

Clevo/Sager and Alienware (Dell) currently manufacture and implement the largest amount of MXM cards in their laptops and are the only known manufacturers of most standard high end MXM 3.0 models for gaming.

Option N.V.

Currently, the product line-up consists of connect cards (for example, the GlobeTrotter HSDPA "7.2 Ready" data card), embedded wireless modules (for laptops and/or smartphones), fixed mobile devices (for example, a USB stick providing wireless broadband access via HSPA and UMTS networks) and software.

Play N Trade

Play N Trade stores sell new and used consumer electronics, including video games and consoles, Apple products, laptops, and cellular phones, and accept trade-ins of the same.

RandR

The extension framework allows laptops and handheld computers to change their screen size to drive external monitors at different resolutions than their built in screens.

Trevor Einhorn

Einhorn has also most recently appeared in a television commercial for Acer laptops alongside Kiefer Sutherland, named "Dynamite Cupcakes", and in the sixth season of Mad Men, as copywriter John Mathis.

TruConnect Mobile

TruConnect Mobile is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that sells 3G mobile data service for laptops and tablets such as the Apple iPad and the Kindle Fire via the Sprint wireless network.

Zenbook

A pattern of concentric circles on the lids is said to represent ripples in water and represent the "zen philosophy" that designers wanted to portray when creating the laptops.


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