Professor of Physics, University of Oklahoma, Kieran Mullin (Kieran Mullen) strictly forbids students from wearing his class notebooks, considering them a source of distraction. And if anyone still carries a laptop, he risks losing him forever …. In the video, which has been laid Electronista, show how he first puts a laptop hapless student in liquid nitrogen and then smashes on the floor, and that, as posited by the laws of physics, is ejected into gravel. His experiment Professor summarizes the words: "No laptops in class, all I understood well? That happened, history is silent. I wonder whether he was able to calmly and as if nothing had happened to continue the occupation.

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In high school, the American city-Lower Merrion (Pa.) Authority granted the students laptops with special software that secretly included a web camera and wrote down what they do at home. It became known after a school pupil was punished for "bad behavior at home", and as evidence has been presented thus made the video.

Learning of this, the parents of the student immediately filed in court. The suit is designed as a group – on behalf of all pupils at the school affected by this unprecedented interference in private life.

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Last week, the Internet community worried about the news that a laptop for Windows 7 to discharge the battery faster. Engadget researched this subject and wrote that the reason for concern.

The fact is that Windows 7 has a new tool to monitor the level of deterioration of the battery and warn users about the need to replace it with a new one. Warnings start when the battery has spent more than 60% of the resource. In previous versions of Windows, this indicator was not, and users of Windows 7, when he saw a threatening warning, began to panic and call in Microsoft. In fact, the wear indicator battery simply is not physically able to somehow influence its resource, and panic some users can be explained only by the fact that they simply had not noticed that their battery "podsedaet.

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Resource DigiTimes citing sources at Taiwan notebook industry reported that in the coming year, prices for notebook components will be reduced. Notebook manufacturers due to increased competition forced to reduce prices for their products, which in turn leads to reduced and the purchase prices of components. In addition, notebook manufacturers have become increasingly revise prices: more than once a year, as before, but once a quarter.

Meanwhile, total receipts from sales of components may even increase due to increased sales of notebook computers.

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Complete with a new, «ultra» laptop from HP – dv2 – will be supplied here such a stylish accessory – the external drive Blu-ray.

The nature of performance accessory does not concede to the Laptop: same brilliant, effective and incredibly thin.

It is necessary to note that a separate drive is given if the laptop is only about $ 750.

German portal NewGadgets.de published a detailed review of the look of the new super laptop from MSI – X-Slim X340.

Describes the laptop journalist, understandably, in German, but if highly prispichit, you can add subtitles. From the video you can see immediately that the Note is indeed thin, large keypad and weight only about 1.3 kg with 13.4-inch screen size. Due to the fact that the battery is broad, its weight evenly distributed on the body. Windows Vista, as shown in the video, is loaded for only 45 seconds.

X340 Deliveries should begin in April. Customers will be available in two versions: with an Intel Celeron M 725 (for $ 750) and Stone Core 2 Solo SU3500 (per $ 1000).

Microsoft has released a new spot in a series of «I'ma PC».

The plot is simple enough spots. The girl wanted to buy a laptop, but there is no money to MakBuk. On hearing the price of MakBuki in one of the stores Apple, it is upset: «Well, for $ 1000 they have only one computer. And he – with 13-inch screen. [For 17-inch laptop] will I have to pay twice as much, but it will not fit. I am not so steep that I had a Mac ».

The idea to admit, not impressive. Neither humor nor some highlights …

However, here is the video itself. Look:).

It seems that this year will be held invasion ultrathin laptops. According to the information resource DigiTimes, in the third quarter of this year will be 11 – and 13-inch Laptops companies Dell and HP: New Line Note shall become serious competitors for netbukov from Acer, ASUS and MSI. However, with regard to the latter, its willingness to meet new opponents will be higher due to release its own series of ultrathin laptops X-Slim.

According to experts, we are also waiting for a leap in the technological equipment of the Laptop – they will be constructed on the basis of energy-efficient processors Core 2 Solo.

After service in the Flickr photos of the new network has spilled VAIO P-like computers from Lenovo with the code name «Pocket Yoga» ( «Pocket Yoga»).

Judging by the pictures, you can provide any size will devays, but what there will be an operating system, remains anyone's guess.

Asus presented a new series of notebooks superfine U and UX. Both the Laptop have LED-backlit screen, automatically change the settings in the light of illumination.

We know that the U series will be composed of 15.6-inch notebook with Intel Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA GeForce G105M videochipom and hard disk capacity of 500 GB.

Also provided about the interesting features of input devices. Thus, tachpad will light up in the place where you held your finger. The keyboard is equipped with a backlight.

On the line UX know is that will drive slot, and the corpus to distinguish the presence of matte and glass parts.

Prices have not been identified yet. Delivery of laptops expected in the second quarter of this year.