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Gaming Comes in a 14.1-Inch Form Factor

Today, Micro Star International (MSI) has announced the availability of a new 14.1-inch notebook, specifically designed to meet the requirements of today's gaming users. As expected, the new portable computer system is powered by Intel's recently released Intel Centrino 2 technology, which, combined with se...

29 August 2008
08:20 GMT

Fujitsu Siemens' LIFEBOOK Series Upgraded to Centrino 2

It's been over one month since Intel finally unveiled its latest generation notebook platform, the Centrino 2. Since then, several manufactures have announced their own Centrino 2 notebooks, some of which have already been benchmarked and tested. However, more notebooks based on the new platform are still to eme...

29 August 2008
05:47 GMT

Samsung's X360 Is 'Lighter than Air'

Despite not being the biggest brand in the portable computer systems market, Samsung can still pride itself with some interesting notebook designs. According to recent rumors, the South Korea-based company also plans to release a new ultra-portable computer, of which it says it will be “lighter than air.”...

29 August 2008
03:02 GMT

Dell to Roll Out New Studio XPS Notebooks in November

Dell, one of the leading vendors of portable computer systems, plans to restructure its brands, making its XPS notebook lineup part of the recently introduced Studio products. According to several leaked slides, just recently posted, the Round Rock, Texas-based company is expected to release two new Studio XPS notebo...

28 August 2008
04:45 GMT

New Notebooks for Gamers and Business Users - Courtesy of ASUS

ASUS is one of the leading manufacturers of motherboards, portable computing systems and more. As far as portable systems go, one of its most successful product lineups is, without a single doubt, the Eee PC family, which currently counts no less than 12 models. However, the Taiwanese manufacturer also boasts an impr...

25 August 2008
06:54 GMT

Exclusive ASUS N10 Photos Surface

Since yesterday brought us news about ASUS' upcoming, Atom-powered, fully fledged 10-inch notebook that won't be part of the company's vast Eee PC lineup, today we already have the first pictures of the product, which have surfaced on the Internet. This could only indicate that the Taiwanese manufactur...

22 August 2008
03:44 GMT

Toshiba Has Two New Centrino 2 Notebooks

Almost one month ago, Intel was rolling out its next-generation mobile platform, the Centrino 2. Since the release date, a number of manufacturers have announced and even released their own Centrino 2-based notebooks, and amongst them is also Toshiba. The company has just recently introduced its summer collection for...

21 August 2008
08:15 GMT

ASUS Preps Atom-Powered 10.2-Inch Notebooks

As mentioned in a number of our previous articles, Taiwanese manufacturer ASUSTeK is expected to release a new lineup of Atom-powered portable computer systems that will not be part of the company's Eee PCs. The new lineup is meant to provide users with a highly portable computer system with enhanced computing f...

21 August 2008
05:11 GMT

Dell Extends Support for Defective NVIDIA GPUs

As most of you remember, one of the main reasons for NVIDIA's low financial results for last quarter was the reported issue it had with some of its graphics chips designed for notebooks. The issue has been highly mediated and, up to this moment, a number of Dell, HP and even Apple MacBook Pro users have reported...

19 August 2008
10:32 GMT

HP Announces 3 New Notebooks for Business Travelers

Hewlett-Packard, the leading manufacturer of portable computer systems, has announced today three ultra-portable notebook computers, including a 3-pound EliteBook, the company's smallest and lightest notebook with a built-in optical drive. A new high-performing, ultra-thin convertible tablet that measures only 1...

18 August 2008
09:17 GMT

128GB SSD Option for Dell's XPS M1330 and M1530

If you happen to be a Dell fan and have recently been surfing its official website, you might have noticed a new option for two portable computer systems. The company's XPS M1330 and M1530 will now offer users an option for an "Ultra Performance" 128 Solid State Drive.This might not be as impressive as the relea...

14 August 2008
05:23 GMT

Acer's Gateway Announces Centrino 2 Gaming Notebook

Gateway, now known as a subsidiary of Acer Inc., has announced today the release of its Cetrino 2-based P-7811FX notebook, designed for those gaming users that also take great pleasure in multimedia entertainment. The product has been released just in time for the "Back-to-School" shopping frenzy, which is a rather c...

14 August 2008
04:17 GMT

NVIDIA Marches on - Intros New Quadro FX GPUs

As you have probably heard - or even read in some of our previous posts - HP, Lenovo and Dell have recently announced the release of a number of business-oriented notebooks. Some of these have one thing in common, namely that they come equipped with an NVIDIA Quadro FX mobile GPU. On that note, the Santa-Clara based ...

13 August 2008
09:48 GMT

New Latitudes for Business Users, Courtesy of Dell

Despite yesterday's many rumors and speculations, Dell has not released its highly anticipated Mini Inspiron. However, loyal fans will probably be glad to hear that the company has brought to light a completely new line of Latitude and Precision laptops. Designed for business users, Dell's newly released po...

13 August 2008
03:53 GMT

MSI Announces New EX310 Notebook

Taiwanese manufacturer MSI recently announced the launch of the new EX310 notebook, packing a 13.3-inch LCD display that can provide a maximum resolution of 1280 by 800. The notebook comes to perfectly integrate in the company's lineup, between the 10-inch Atom-powered Wind notebook and the 14.1-inch P400.Unlike...

12 August 2008
08:17 GMT

New Dream Color Products from HP

HP, the leading manufacturer of portable computer systems, introduced yesterday at SIGGRAPH a new portable system meant to expand the company's current DreamColor technology portfolio. The EliteBook 8370w Mobile Workstation with DreamColor Display has been designed to offer to professionals an exceptional color ...

12 August 2008
06:41 GMT

Lenovo Unveils ThinkPad W700 Mobile Workstation

Following the Intel Centrino 2 launch "madness," Lenovo has decided to roll out a new notebook for professionals. Part of the company's ThinkPad series, the new W700 is essentially a portable workstation that offers designers an interesting pack of features, including a built-in digitizer and an integrated color...

12 August 2008
04:34 GMT

Lenovo Notebook Business Sees Strong Q1

While ASUS' notebook business is going through a rough patch, competitor Lenovo appears to be doing quite well. The company announced today that its revenues were up 10% during the fiscal first quarter. According to the official line, the successful first quarter is due to the strong notebook sales and an expand...

8 August 2008
06:32 GMT

HP Inspired by Apple's iPhone

HP, the leading vendor of computer systems, is working on an array of new products, including notebooks, which will provide the same finger-tapping features that have made Apple's iPhone such a popular device. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company has high hopes that, within 18 months, it will be abl...

6 August 2008
10:52 GMT

Intel's Calpella to Be Launched in Q3 2009

Although people are just getting used to Intel's latest mobile platform, the Centrino 2, the Santa Clara-based chip manufacturer is already planning ahead. The company is reported to be working on the development of their next-generation mobile platform, which follows the current one codenamed Montevina.Details ...

5 August 2008
10:52 GMT

MSI's Latest Notebooks Are Centrino 2

MSI, one of the largest Taiwanese manufacturers of computer hardware products, has recently launched new notebooks designed to meet the requirements of today's gaming users. With these two additions, MSI is taking a step forward, in line with its competitors, which have already launched their Intel Centrino 2-ba...

5 August 2008
03:31 GMT

New Products Showed at the AMD Consumer Electronics Event '08

AMD showcased some of its current products and technologies at a small gathering the company hosted at the London NYC Hotel. A few products developed by AMD's partners were also put on display at the event, along with demos for the products slated for release in the following months. The guys from Hot Hardware a...

31 July 2008
04:52 GMT

NVIDIA to Launch New Notebook Chips

Despite all the recent articles that claim that NVIDIA is due to launch its latest GeForce cards today, the Santa Clara chip manufacturer might actually have a little surprise in store for everybody. The company could actually release some notebook chips today, pushing the desktop GeForce range back for a later relea...

29 July 2008
09:05 GMT

Back to School with New Inspiron Systems

Today is clearly shaping up to be one of Dell's best days, as the American systems vendor has just unveiled one very interesting and highly anticipated product, the Studio Hybrid PC. But that's not all that Dell has prepared for this year's "Back to school" season, as the company has also announced two...

29 July 2008
05:13 GMT

ASUS Already Shipping Centrino2 Notebooks

ASUS looks to be keeping things really focused with its portable computer systems lineup. And that's somewhat explainable, taking in consideration that the company's CEO has set a rather impressive target, at least for the Eee PC lineup. But the fully-fletched notebook lineup might also deal with such a hig...

22 July 2008
14:51 GMT

Bentley Laptop Gives You That Bentley Feel

A new portable computer has been released for Bentley users. What you're to understand by the phrase "Bentley users" is that this new product comes with quite a price tag attached to it, a thing that can be easily explained by the fact that it's Bentley-branded. Even more, it comes at a time when everybody ...

22 July 2008
08:37 GMT

LG Also Goes Centrino 2

If you are getting ready to acquire a new Intel Centrino 2-based notebook and you haven't yet decided which manufacturer to go with, then you might want to check out what LG has announced it has to offer. Apparently, the Korean manufacturer too has jumped on the Intel Centrino 2 bandwagon, by releasing its own n...

21 July 2008
13:06 GMT

Toshiba Pushes Notebook Storage to 400GB

Toshiba, one of the leading manufacturers of storage products, announced yesterday a new line-up of high-performance 2.5-inch hard disk drives, including a low-noise flaghisp model that pushes areal density to 477Mbit/mm2 to achieve a capacity of 400GB. The company also announced five new drives that bring new levels...

17 July 2008
08:29 GMT

Voodoo's Envy Might Just Be the Coolest Notebook

Once or twice, you might have found yourself wondering about which was the coolest notebook on the market. If that be the case, you're about to get an answer to that and, surprisingly enough, it has nothing to do with Apple's MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air for that matter. This is actually a notebook that will...

17 July 2008
04:02 GMT

Intel Optimistic about the Notebook Market

It appears that Intel is very optimistic about its business, especially when it comes down to the notebook market, one that is apparently expected to grow at a faster pace than initially believed, mostly thanks to the latest netbooks that have been released or announced by various manufacturers. Since Intel is curren...

16 July 2008
05:33 GMT

New ThinkPad Notebooks Are Also Based on Centrino 2

It seems that this has been one busy day for Lenovo, which has stepped forward with a number of new notebooks, all based on Intel's latest Centrino 2 processor technology. And this was to be expected from one of the leading portable computer system makers. Especially since a number of other manufacturers have al...

15 July 2008
11:36 GMT

Lenovo Extends IdeaPad Series with Centrino 2 Notebooks

Lenovo introduced today four new notebooks, as part of the company's IdeaPad lineup. Designed to bring consumers new color alternatives, as well as new features, Lenovo's latest IdeaPad notebooks may be on their way to a successful run, especially given that these new models are based on the recently releas...

15 July 2008
10:27 GMT

Intel Working on Future Intel Centrino 2

As you already know by now, Intel has finally rolled out its latest mobile platform, the Intel Centrino 2. And, from the looks of it, what we are being offered right now is not all that the new platform is capable of - in fact, upcoming releases will bring us WiMAX and smaller chips for thinner notebooks like the Mac...

15 July 2008
06:19 GMT

First Intel Centrino 2 Gaming Notebook, Courtesy of OCZ

As most of us expected, Intel unveiled yesterday its highly anticipated Centrino 2 platform, paving the way for the future of notebooks. As a result, we are already seeing a number of system manufacturers releasing their own implementations of the newly announced platform. In fact, OCZ has already decided to throw in...

15 July 2008
04:41 GMT

Dual-Touchscreen Notebook Might Overshadow MacBook Air

Forget about Apple's MacBook Air, Asus' Eee PC or even Voodoo PC's Envy because, in just two years, these notebooks will no longer be considered cool. In fact, over this period of time, notebooks will change so much that you will not even require a keyboard. And that is because, according to an Italian...

11 July 2008
08:07 GMT

Seagate Raises Storage Capacity for Desktop HDDs to 1.5TB

As far as storage is concerned, Solid State Drives are expected to impact the market in a very significant way. And it seems that this is what all storage manufacturers are concerned about these days, according to all the recent news. With all that, Seagate comes to counter this trend - by announcing today the releas...

10 July 2008
10:22 GMT

Voodoo's Envy Available for Pre-Order

As some of you already know, last month, Voodoo PC released two new computer systems that came with some very unique features. One of those computer systems was the Voodoo Envy, an ultra-portable notebook that could actually prove to be an Apple MacBook competitor, the only difference being that it runs on Windows. A...

8 July 2008
06:06 GMT

Apple Slashes MacBook Air (SSD) Price by $500

Apple has slashed the price on its high-end MacBook Air (SSD) by as much as $500. The price reduction is most significant for those looking to acquire a unit, especially the model featuring a 64GB, solid state drive.Various reports are noting that the price of the 64 GB SSD drive has been dropped by as much as $400, ...

4 July 2008
03:09 GMT

ASUS Steps Forward with the ASUS B51

Asus, one of the leading manufacturers of computer hardware products announced yesterday the release of its ruggedized computing solution for mobile professionals. Coming in the form of a compact, Intel-based notebook, the ASUS B51 has been designed to withstand tough environments, while being capable of providing a ...

3 July 2008
04:04 GMT

Dell Announces New 'Studio' Brand Notebooks

Dell surely wants to climb to the top on the notebook market, especially now, when consumers show increased interest in the mobile PC area. The company has already taken a step forward with the roll out of its low-cost, Eee PCs-like "E" and "E Slim" notebooks. Now, it focuses on getting the gap between its Inspiron a...

27 June 2008
04:31 GMT

Korean Children Can Play with LUKID

Most of you might not be aware of the Daewoo brand, but at some point this company was the second largest conglomerate in Korea after Hyundai and followed by LG and Samsung. Although the company has lost its glory days, it's still far from becoming a small corporation, which is why their latest release comes as ...

23 June 2008
09:13 GMT

Panasonic to Expand Its Toughbook Lineup

Panasonic is one of the leading manufacturers of consumer electronics but its presence on the computing market is rather small. The company's product lineup includes portable computers, printers and networking products while the Thoughbook series currently includes three separate models, known for providing a ru...

23 June 2008
08:34 GMT

The Notebook Market Keeps Surprising Us

The market share registered by notebook sales during the first quarter of this year is meant to impress even the most optimistic analysts, even though everybody is aware of the fact that notebooks lead by far in PC sales these days. The year-over-year growth registered by all major notebook manufacturers, except for ...

19 June 2008
07:01 GMT

Toshiba Adds 128GB SSD to Protégé

With all the recent talks about the future of storage for both portable and desktop computer systems, it comes as no surprise that Toshiba chose to feature its latest Protégé ultraportable laptop with a 128 GB SSD. And, just in case you're not familiar with the Protégé family, the com...

18 June 2008
04:56 GMT

HP Still the Number 1 Notebook Brand

As most of you already know, the biggest players in the notebook or portable computers market are HP, Dell and Acer. A recent study by DisplaySearch has found that while the notebook market shrunk 6% from Q1 to Q2 this year, it was up 35% on-year in Q1 2008, with 31 million units shipped. According to the same study,...

13 June 2008
07:13 GMT

Taiwanese Manufacturer Displays Puma and Montevina-based Notebooks

Talk about the speed of technology. No sooner did AMD release its notebook Puma platform and we are already seeing a notebook based on this specific platform. And where else could this be, unless at this year's Computex trade show. Apparently, a second-tier Taiwan-based notebook manufacturer, named Clevo, has di...

5 June 2008
05:24 GMT

Computex 2008: ASUS Brings Notebook with Built-in Projector?

Turning our attention, yet again, towards the most interesting product releases displayed at this year's Computex show, we find something that has not officially made it into the spotlight. As he was walking around among the booths at Computex, a journalist got to cast his eyes on a product which, at a first gla...

5 June 2008
03:11 GMT

Samsung Plans to Change the Notebook Market

Although Samsung isn't the biggest player on the notebook market, the consumer electronics company has quite a few pretty decent models which provide a good ratio of computing power and portability. However, not being among the top notebook brands doesn't stop the company from researching and coming up with...

4 June 2008
05:44 GMT

Notebook Users, Get Ready for Extreme Graphics!

AMD is clearly proving itself to be one of the leading manufacturers of computer graphics worldwide. The Sunnyvale-based company has just unveiled its latest notebook-oriented technology, dubbed ATI XGP. The new product is an external PCI Express 2.0 graphics platform, designed to bring to notebook computer users the...

4 June 2008
05:01 GMT

AMD Steps Forward with Its Next-Generation Mobile Platform

AMD has finally decided to go official with its next-generation notebook platform, which some of you might know as Puma, after participants at this year's Computex were able to see AMD-based notebooks. The new lineup is said to bring significant improvements in HD visual performance, while also increasing the en...

4 June 2008
03:45 GMT




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