But Sanchez said IBM expects notebook prices to stabilize over the next year, as the excess supply in the market, which partly drove price cuts this year, begins to evaporate.

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Hybrid hard disk drives and some dual storage computers appear to be the great hope of notebook computers over the next few years.

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"The notebook market is growing for at least the next two to three years, and with the entry of new mobile Internet devices, the market can easily double in size, changing the profile of the industry dramatically, " President Gianfranco Lanci of Acer said in a Reuters interview.

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The next time you hinge open that notebook PC and smile at a feature that makes it easier to use, give a thought to Bill Moggridge, who passed away Saturday from cancer at the age of 69.

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Officials found a piece of notebook paper "showing a diagram of the Columbine High School cafeteria with two X's next to the pillars, " and a list of how many people were there before and after the first lunch period, the sheriff's department said.

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