• Free MacBook vending machine dispenses quick computing at Drexel University

  By Jon Gold | 15 January, 2013 18:11

  Students at Drexel University in Philadelphia now have a potentially GPA-saving option if they have a sudden need for a laptop -- an automated kiosk that dispenses MacBooks.

• The iPad will not replace the laptop in 2013

  By Tom Kaneshige | 08 January, 2013 19:27

  While the iPad has made giant strides in the enterprise, it is still hobbled because it doesn't replace laptops in many use cases because of immature tablet apps and security concerns. But the case for tablets in the enterprise will only get stronger in the next few years.

• Laptops walking out the door of policy-free firms

  By David Braue | 06 October, 2011 14:24

  Concerned that your employees are being a bit lax when it comes to looking after their laptops? Steal them yourself, one vendor has advised in the wake of yet another damning security report that suggests laptops and other equipment are literally walking out of Australian companies that are still operating at far below world's best practice when it comes to device security.

• Dell Inspiron M501R review

  By TechWorld staff | 23 February, 2011 13:45

  The Dell Inspiron M501R is a 15in laptop with a triple-core 2.2GHz AMD Phenom II N850 CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive.

• Techs for the memories: What did we do before...

  By Thomas Wailgum | 02 December, 2010 06:29

  We take so much technology for granted today, but it wasn't that long ago that laptops, ATMs, cell phones and the Internet didn't exist-and hold enormous sway over our day to day lives.

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  VMware and Cloud Computing: An Evolutionary Approach to an IT Revolution

  During the past 40 years, information technology has undergone many revolutions in how applications and data have been delivered to users. Mainframes provided a centralized computation facility where end users consumed resources on a shared basis. Client-server architectures offered flexibility and lowered computing costs while bringing more power to the desktop. Mobile computing introduced the notion of anytime, anywhere application access from a laptop or handheld device. Now cloud computing offers a new approach that will enable you to deliver IT services on demand. Read on.