News that Russia was getting Samsung’s NC215S — a 10.1-inch netbook with a built-in solar panel — in August was great and a little disappointing at the same time. Don’t eco-conscious netbook users stateside deserve some love? It turns out Samsung plans to release the NC215S in the U.S. in a few short weeks, July […]
Linux Ships on a Third of Dell Netbooks
An interesting little factoid emerged today. According to David Finch, nearly a third of the netbooks sold by Dell ship with Linux, Ubuntu to be precise.OSNews reports:Even though Dell is only the fifth-largest manufacturer of netbooks in the world, it…
Dell Weighs in on Chrome
This just in from the Twitterverse. Dell has decided to semi-officially throw its two cents into the chatter storm surrounding Google’s Chrome OS. I say semi-officially because is comes in the form of a blog post. And we all know…
Green IT News Roundup – Monday, June 22
Dell Calls ‘Green’ MacBook Ads Misleading – The New York Times Several competitors — including Dell, the company argued — had also received “gold” ratings from E.P.E.A.T., and the rating system itself, it said, had some environmental blind spots that…
The Truth About Netbooks
You have likely been considering portable, affordable and energy efficient computing on the go in the form of a netbook. I have, namely that awesome looking HP on the right. There are tons of new options out there since Asus…
Green IT News Roundup – Monday, April 27
Lowering data center cooling costs with airflow modeling and perforated raised-floor tiles – SearchDataCenter.com An Uptime Institute study of 19 computer rooms with a total of 204,000 square feet determined that most facilities are ill prepared to remove current heat…
