ACER LOOKS FOR SUB-CONTRACTS

Acer is projecting to contract out orders for 15 million Aspire one netbooks in 2009 to Compal Electronics and Wistron, as per the news revealed to notebook industry sources. The resources pointed out that Quanta Computer will be staged out the production sequence of the 2nd generation Aspire one by the 2nd quarter of 2009. However, ever since Acer is planning to confront shipments of 20 million in 2009, the other 5 million orders may still descend to Quanta. Misunderstandings sandwiched between Acer and Quanta over their Netbook planning when the 2 companies created cooperation on the Aspire one, have gone Acer unsatisfied, and noted the sources.

OLPC LOOKS UP TO 4 MORE MAKERS

The extensive authority of the One Laptop per Child proposal continues to spread out its sphere. Not long ago it was indistinct whether the PC formerly conceived as a $100 notebook for kids in developing countries would ever turn out to be a reality after an elongated series of delays. Now the XO notebook looks on the threshold of fetching a hot item, and all the investigate that went into it is leading down opposing paths. Walter Bender, who just dropped the OLPC proposal to start up its open-source software spinoff, is supposedly in "informal discussions" to obtain its Linux operating system on low-cost notebooks made by 4 producers. The nonprofit spinoff, Sugar Laboratories, is holding discussions with Pixel Qi and is exciting in pursuing an association with Intel, Bender told the news agency. No other producers were listed, though he quoted Asus on Sugar Labs' Web site the previous week. It's only the most modern transformation in a long-running chronicle that has witnessed internal strife, resignations, and other disagreement since the project's beginning. Last month OLPC originator Nicholas Negroponte whispered the XO might toggle from Linux to Windows XP, but that transform remains to be witnessed. Stay tuned.

TIPS TO BETTER THE WAY YOUR NOTEBOOK SCREEN LOOKS

A notebook monitor is a flat screen labeled a liquid crystal display and these monitors are especially vulnerable to scores so they require some additional care and attention.

Caution: NEVER touch laptop screen as this can blaze out pixels.

Dry Dusting: If your display is not too unclean you can just use a bare cotton cloth. Very gently wipe the display in the same direction starting from the top and on your way down. The cleansing cloth must be malleable and preferably cotton.
Profound Cleaning: If your monitor is really filthy then you can use a cleansing solution for a deep cleaning. Never use any merchandises that include ethyl alcohol, ammonia, acetone, toluene, ethyl acid, or methyl chloride based cleaners these will make your screen getting yellow.
Self-made Cleansing Solution:

• Isopropyl Alcohol + Distilled Water
• Mix equivalent parts distilled water along with isopropyl alcohol

Use a soft cloth, cotton preferably or any special electrostatic cloths used to cleanse eyeglasses or industrial goggles.

Take a very small quantity of the solution onto the cloth and very gently wipe the screen in uni-direction from the top of the screen to the bottom.

GATEWAY CONVERTING THE WAY CONVERTIBLE LOOKS

What is a Convertible Notebook

The Gateway Convertible Notebook looks just like a conventional laptop. Except very reason that it's not. It has a full-size keyboard and 14" widescreen display. And it can be used for all your regular computing needs, and Much more.
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What makes Convertible Notebook unique is the way you can take the top down—literally. You can transform the display screen, just swivel the screen 180 degrees and lay it flat over the keyboard for comfortable writing. Now that's a convertible!

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Unlike a touch screen, the Convertible Notebook's display screen receives information from a special pen called a stylus, so taking notes and drawing diagrams doesn't require a special program. And you can use the stylus as you use a mouse to do things like select, drag and open files.