Laptops

Local gov delivers equitable broadband during pandemic

COVID-19 highlighted the need for county and city governments to provide their workers and K-12 students with internet connections and related technology, especially laptops.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

Lightweight laptop to be added to standard models list

A 3.5 pound laptop will soon be added to the list of approved desktop and laptop baseline models for federal workers.

  • By Mark Rockwell

Dell ships laptops with certificate vulnerabilities

The company has released a patch that fixes the flaws that could give hackers access to private information.

  • By Derek Major

A Toughbook that focuses on flexibility

Panasonic announced the new Toughbook 20 -- a fully rugged and detachable laptop/tablet device ready for the Microsoft 10 Pro operating system.

  • By Amanda Ziadeh

HP unveils thinner, lighter Ultrabooks

HP introduced two Ultrabook Workstation models it says are good fits for demanding mobile users.

  • By Mark Pomerleau

Surface Pro 3 stretches for the enterprise

For enterprises looking to equip staff with both tablets and laptops, Microsoft is positioning its Surface Pro 3 as a full-powered business PC and a tablet while sweetening the deal with a discount and new support program.

  • By Kurt Mackie

HP debuts IT systems fit for public sector demand

HP announced mobile devices and virtual workstation technology the company says meet the demands of its government customers.

  • By GCN Staff

County gives staff secure remote access with Windows to Go

Fairfax County's Platform Technology Division deployed Windows to Go, a bootable, certified USB drive that lets employees take their work computers anywhere.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

Rugged notebooks and modular handhelds debut

Two companies, Dell and VT Miltope, recently announced rugged models for users in military service, public safety, manufacturing and first response.

  • By GCN Staff

NCS Technologies to debut zero-client laptop for government

The more secure laptop could also reduce costs, improve energy efficiency and ease deployment and administration.

  • By John Breeden II

Theater of the not-so-absurd: Dell dramatizes Mil-Std testing

With its comic video depicting an unlucky lawyer running laptop endurance tests, Dell hopes to inspire its users to share their stories of rugged gear.

  • By John Breeden II

HP laptop has workstation power, gov-level security

The ZBook 15 is a powerful workstation in every way except size and shape.

  • By John Breeden II

HP soups up, adds ultrabook to Z Series workstation lineup

Company adds the ZBook Mobile Workstation as it upgrades its line of high-powered computers and displays.

  • By John Breeden II

Tales of rugged tech survival could win new gear

The Tech vs. Wild contest is looking for true stories of rugged computing devices that survived the worst of times.

  • By John Breeden II
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Eurocom puts a 1.5 T drive into ultraportable Monster

The SATA 6 Travelstar drive provides fast transfers and vast storage for mobile users who need capacity but don't want extra weight.

  • By John Breeden II

Lenovo shows off high-performance, rip-and-flip laptop/tablet

The Helix, with an Intel Core processor and running Windows 8, functions as an ultrabook, but with a detachable tablet screen.

  • By John Breeden II

The mutating malware monster demands new defenses

Revised guidance from NIST on defending against malware reflects the evolution of malicious code, which is becoming more complex, dangerous and difficult to detect.

  • By William Jackson

Haswell chips can give a laptop workstation power

The Scorpius 2.0 is an example of what's possible with Intel's new low-power, high-performance processors.

  • By John Breeden II

Dell goes to school with new, low-priced Latitude

The 3330 isn't a powerhouse and lacks some government-style security features, but its performance, price and peripherals will fit just fine in educational settings.

  • By John Breeden II

From an $8,150 laptop to disposable smart-phone satellites: A mobile timeline

Fueled by government research, advances in portable computers, untethered phones and wireless communication standards ushered in today's anytime, anyplace way of doing business.

  • By GCN Staff

Panther laptop blurs the lines between portable and workstation

It's no lightweight, but for workers who need portability while running 3D, CAD and other powerful apps, the Panther is built for the job.

  • By John Breeden II