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HP introduces DreamScreen internet tablets

You know how Apple’s answer to the netbook phenomenon is supposed to be a touchscreen, internet-connected tablet device? It’s starting to look like Apple might be the last company to introduce of those. Toshiba, TechCrunch, and now HP have all introduced relatively affordable internet tablets. Of course, the HP version looks more like a souped […]

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HP becomes wireless carrier in Japan, will offer no-contract wireless PCs

HP is hardly the first company to pack a modem into its netbooks that will let users connect to the internet over a cellular connection. But while most of these 3G-enabled netbooks are sold through telecoms that require customers to sign up for a multi-year service contract, HP has announced plans to offer wireless computers […]

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Indiana high school students required to rent netbooks

It’s not unusual for college students to bring laptops to class to take notes. But not only has the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation in Indiana decided to allow the use of laptops in high school classrooms, the schools will rent netbooks to students for $70 per year on top of their existing annual textbook fee. Students […]