Japan has recently released their version of the the HP Pavillion DM1 laptop, which apparently is an HP Mini 311 netbook with an integrated Intel GS45 Express chipset or GMA 4500MHD graphics chipset instead of the Nvidia Ion chipset , and a more powerful processor. The netbook includes an 11.6″ screen display with 1366×768 resolution and a 1.2GHz Intel Celeron SU2300 dual-core processor. Here are some other tech specs for this notebook/netbook: 2GB – 5GB RAM 250GB HDD (SA
Despite the existence of conflicting reports , Intel ’s positive earnings report on Tuesday and a recent IDC report are projecting better things for the PC market in the near future. The PC market in general beat or met sales expectations, with global PC sales posting a 2% gain. This was true across all regions except Japan – could they just be waiting for Windows 7? IDC VP Bob O’Donnel says that despite the recession and other factors, the recent discoveries promise good things for the
Asus has announced another budget-friendly netbook for the Japanese market called the Asus Eee PC 1000HT. This mini laptop is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU and sports a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 display, a 1GB RAM, a 160GB hard drive, WiFi, Ethernet, Windows XP Home OS and a 6-cell battery that can last up to 6.4 hours. The Asus Eee PC 1000HT is expected to be launched later this weekend in Japan for 37,800 Yen (about $421). [ Liliputing ]
Submitted by patsanreal on Tue, 2009-04-21 09:42. He writes a curious populist Mantra, which reads as follows: “Liberals and respectable conservatives say there is this RACE problem. Everybody says this RACE problem will be solved when the third world pours into EVERY white country and ONLY into white countries. “The Netherlands and Belgium are more crowded than Japan or Taiwan, but nobody says Japan or Taiwan will solve this RACE problem by bringing in millions of third worlders and quote a
Bing, search engine from Microsoft, offers a different high resolution background picture daily on its web page, depending on your location ( US, Deutsch, Australia, French, Japan). Previously, I have wrote about how to manually download and save these images to computer . If you are like me who likes high quality beautiful wallpapers regularly changed on desktop but don’t find the time to change, ZapBing is a free Windows application that brings a rotating lineup of Bing background images to
by Kristina Trevelyan There are so many Hello Kitty products on the market today that is seems to be taking the nation by storm. When she first came out it was only clothes but now if you can name it then you can find it with Hello Kitty on it. From room accessories and bedding to phones, electronics and furniture. There are all kinds of Hello Kitty products. There are even Hello Kitty electronics for all ages. Hello Kitty was first introduced in Japan and now has her own line with friends.
While looking though my photo library from years gone by, I chanced upon this photo. Taken sometime between my first and second year in Japan. I got the powerbook before I came to Japan. Prior to Japan, I was quite the PC expert. I jumped ship because I wanted to try something new. New country, new experiences, new personal computer. If there was ever a Apple cult, I had my calling then. The 12in Powerbook was my very first Apple. The big black panther reigned supreme then. Exposé really
I’m not sure if this gadget is still necessary for us, but Sony has just introduced two more Portable DVD Players which I thought it has been overwhelmed by Netbook or Laptop with internal dvd drive. The two models are DVP-FX730 and DVP-FX740DT, both has been revealed in Japan and they have 7-inch screen to be able to display 480×234 resolution. The Portable DVD players will support all DVD format such as DVD+R/RW/R DL, DVD-R/RW/R DL, 8cm DVD+/-R/RW as well as VCD, CD CD-R/RW, and they a
26 August 2009 | Daily News•Notebooks Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for daily news.Fujitsu announced that it will begin sales of the new FMV-LIFEBOOK model FMV-S8390, a high-performance notebook PC for enterprise customers with the CLEARSURE technology, allowing data stored on the PC’s hard disk drive (HDD) to be deleted remotely in the event of loss or theft. The new PC will be available from early September onward in Japan only.Through a custo
by Kazu Oda Ten years ago, consumers in not only Japan, but Asia as a whole, preferred to purchase a tangible item that they could carry home with them. When Dell Computers decided to launch it’s website, critics predicted certain doom. However, raising profits was the goal of the company and they were sure that this would help them accomplish that goal. According to reports, Japan was the fastest growing market in Dell history in that time period. Because of that, raising profits is someth