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If anyone had told us this two years ago, or even early last year, we may have been a bit skeptical, but netbooks look like they are ready to disappear. The latest company to add weight to this expectation is Lenovo, who may cease online sales of netbooks soon. Reports say that there was even a “temporarily... |
27 February 2012
20:11 GMT |
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Eurocom has always been known for its high performance desktop replacement laptops and mobile workstations, so it comes as no surprise that the company has announced that its systems can now be configured with Intel's high-performance 520-series SSDs. The 520-series of solid state drives was designed by Intel t... |
24 February 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Origin has multiple high-end computers up for sale, but it decided it was time for another one, so it put together the EON17-X3D, a mobile PC powered by Intel's X79 chipset.
The notebook that the company has created relies on a second-generation six-core central processing unit to bear the brunt of computing w... |
22 February 2012
08:28 GMT |
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The existence of extraterrestrial life has been officially acknowledged by one of the greatest IT brands.
Basically, ASUS' computer warranties have a clause that clearly says there will be no support in case of alien invasions.
Could this mean that there is an extraterrestrial armada coming to destroy us all? ... |
21 February 2012
11:08 GMT |
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Apple is reportedly gearing up to launch a new MacBook Air model, boosting Quanta's revenues in the process, according to a new report from Asia.
Taiwanese trade publication DigiTimes reports that "Apple [is] set to launch a new MacBook Air model [and] Quanta's revenues are expected to grow further in the ... |
21 February 2012
09:52 GMT |
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Gigabyte has taken a break from launching wireless mice and, instead, has built the next best thing, a peripheral that never lets its cord hang all over the place.The new product to leave the company's labs is called AIRE M1 Retractable Optical Mouse.As its name implies, it has a cord that can be pulled complete... |
16 February 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Looks like Acer is wiling to really bet a lot on the ultrabook market, even if it intends to do the same as its peers and not drop prices overly fast. While figuring out its finances for the past year, Acer reportedly set a very lofty goal as far as ultrabooks are concerned. Long story short, it means to ship twi... |
16 February 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Though Intel is loath to admit it, Ultrabooks have sold poorly, with only 20% of the global notebook sales being accounted for by them.
Intel hoped for 30% or 40%, and still does, but there doesn't seem to be much chance of this hope becoming reality.
According to Taiwanese product makers, the reason for all... |
15 February 2012
06:02 GMT |
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We have already seen that the prices of existing Ultrabooks are going down, but it looks like there may be some extra good news coming our way.
People thinking of buying a new PC but who aren't sure if this is the best time may want to learn about this latest tidbit.
Though it was only an off-hand mention at... |
14 February 2012
08:49 GMT |
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Yesterday, many websites reported that HP unveiled a 15-inch version of the Envy Spectre Ultrabook in Taiwan, after citing an article published by DigiTimes.The news however seems to be wrong as Laptoping has recently uncovered that the notebook everybody thought to be a larger 15-inch Envy Ultrabook was actually the... |
12 February 2012
12:31 GMT |
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A report citing people familiar with Apple’s roadmap is reiterating an old rumor saying the company will revamp its entire MacBook Pro line, both inside and out, giving the laptops a design akin to that of the popular MacBook Air.The news isn't exactly breaking, since there has been a lot of talk about the... |
12 February 2012
10:51 GMT |
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There is a certain company in Japan that decided to offer something to the customers from its domestic market, so out came the GXT P170HBD-G580 TWIN-Drive SSR2.
This notebook has, one might say, “atypical” specifications even for those who think they know what to expect from a high-end, gaming mobile PC... |
10 February 2012
08:54 GMT |
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There is a new 3D technology in town, though it isn't so much a new 3D panel as it is a means to turn a regular 2D laptop screen into a 3D display.
Basically, Spatial View has created the 3DeeScreen, a display meant to be installed over the 2D LCD of a 15.6-inch laptop.
As long as the mobile personal computer... |
7 February 2012
08:34 GMT |
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Intel has really taken its job seriously as promoter of ultrabooks, having started to actively push as many brands as possible towards adopting new laptops.
For those that haven't learned yet, the promise of ultrabooks as cheap as $599 (456 Euro), along with some encouragement from the Santa Clara company, has ... |
6 February 2012
10:56 GMT |
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Dell will soon launch a new notebook from the Alienware series, the line known for being both powerful and good-looking. Bearing the name of M18x R2, it will be so powerful that it will barely break a sweat when playing a game, regardless of how hardcore the graphics settings are. The again, when a PC has mighty, n... |
3 February 2012
11:27 GMT |
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AMD's recent Financial Analyst Day event exposed many things about what the company would and wouldn't be doing over the next few years, but that wasn't everything that was revealed.
It so happens that, in addition to AMD itself, Compal also made a revelation, or it might be more accurate to say that... |
3 February 2012
03:42 GMT |
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Samsung may not yet be shipping the Series 5 ULTRA collection of mobile computers, but it will start to do so soon enough, so it went ahead and introduced the pair.
The Series 5 ULTRA could be said to have a fairly self-explanatory name, since it is composed of Ultrabooks.
There are, or there will be, both 13-inch... |
1 February 2012
04:49 GMT |
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Looks like all those reports about Windows 8 laptops featuring Kinect are true, though our dreams of having technology like in spy movies may not become reality as quickly as people hope.
People may or may not remember the recent reports about a pair of ASUS laptops on which Microsoft's Kinect sensor was insta... |
31 January 2012
10:38 GMT |
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Anyone wondering when Kepler was going to start shipping may have finally gotten their answer, as far as the chips intended for mobile PCs are concerned anyway.
The time of arrival for NVIDIA's next-generation graphics solutions is supposed to be the second quarter of 2012.
That means the April-June period, a... |
27 January 2012
11:04 GMT |
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People interested in buying a mobile personal computer with more graphics performance than the average laptop may want to look at the BTO GSN721GW TYPE-GX.
PC specialist Lesance has unveiled a reference notebook with a screen size of 17 inches and intended to work as a portable substitute for desktops.
In other wo... |
27 January 2012
08:30 GMT |
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Panasonic has been quite active on the mobile device market lately, but the latest notebooks may stand out a bit more than the others.
Panasonic Japan has reportedly introduced two mobile personal computers with a screen size of 12.1 inches.
Obviously, these are not netbooks, since the form factor for those parti... |
26 January 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Panasonic is getting ready to release a couple of refreshed J10 mini notebooks in the Japanese market which pretty much resemble their predecessors, but arrive with slightly improved hardware specs to make them even faster than before. The J10 series is an interesting appearance on the notebook market since these li... |
26 January 2012
06:10 GMT |
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If anyone was wondering what had come of Chromebooks now that everyone seems to be all about tablets, the answer, or part of it, is that they are about to start being used in US education.
Right to the point, Google has revealed that 27,000 of these machines are going to reach schools across 41 states.
The move wil... |
26 January 2012
05:11 GMT |
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LG is serious about its effort to help turn 3D into a more readily available technology, so it went ahead and built, among other things, the A540 notebook.
The A540 is one of those laptops that possesses every trait needed to make people reconsider their view that a laptop should be as thin and light as possible.
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23 January 2012
14:11 GMT |
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People who want their portable computers to be visually sophisticated and light may want to take a look at the slightly upgraded VAIO S, VAIO Z and VAIO E systems that Sony is preparing. Sony's VAIO series of laptops is about as focused on aesthetic value as it is on performance, being intended for the so-call... |
23 January 2012
02:49 GMT |
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Acer continues to be one of the more determined makers of mobile personal computers, having decided to be quite proactive on the ultrabook market. Digitimes continues to periodically provide rumors and reports about some of the companies on the IT market. It so happens that one of its most recent entries has to do... |
19 January 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Anyone wondering what ASUS is up to, now that CES 2012 is over and done with, can take a look at a certain business-oriented mobile PC from the Pro B series. This is one of those fairly regular cases when an as-yet-unannounced product gets fully exposed by an eager retailer. Amazon is the culprit this time, while ... |
18 January 2012
04:20 GMT |
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Samsung decided to make the Series 7 Gaming Laptop more appealing to young people and ladies, but instead of going for pink or blue it has chosen bright yellow as the theme color.
Yellow laptops aren't overly common, even among those product lines that make a point of offering more case color options than usua... |
16 January 2012
02:56 GMT |
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It appears that Samsung is one of the companies with great ambitions regarding the mobile personal computer market.
According to a new report, the company wants to eventually become the top supplier of notebooks.
CES 2012 has already seen a variety of mobile PCs being unveiled.
Samsung's Executive Vice Presi... |
14 January 2012
06:34 GMT |
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AMD doesn’t have a booth of its own at this year’s CES fair, but the chip maker did hold a few press-only demos at the show, one of which showcasing a next-generation Trinity notebook APU with a TDP of only 17W.
Destined to be used in ultra-thin notebooks, AMD’s take on Intel’s Ultrabook conc... |
11 January 2012
02:14 GMT |
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Gigabyte really did not hold back when it issued the latest press release, the one that lists its CES-bound mobile computers, including the P2532F and Booktop M2432 notebooks. We already talked about the convertible T1006 Netbook and the S1081 windows tablet. Now, two more powerful mobile personal computers are t... |
9 January 2012
05:41 GMT |
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Today brings a rather short assortment, with the Gigabyte T1132N notebook BIOS being the most interesting listing. Gigabyte T1132N is a nifty computer that changes shape so that one can use it as a desktop unit, as a laptop or as a tablet. With an innovative 3-1 booktop design, the Gigabyte T1132N is as versatile as ... |
6 January 2012
11:40 GMT |
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After looking at the Super Ultrabooks, an All-in-One 3D PC and even a Glasses-Free 3D Laptop now we finally get to the P535 notebook.
In part, the P535 is similar to the A540: they are both 15.6-inch notebooks, they both have 3D support and neither settles for the integrated Intel HD graphics.
Granted, buyers of ... |
5 January 2012
19:01 GMT |
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LG is going to bring out all the guns at the upcoming CES trade show, or enough of them so that onlookers won't easily be able to tell the difference.
Of course, once they lay eyes on the A540 notebook, they may forget all about LG's other products, for a while at least.
This is one of those notebooks wh... |
5 January 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Looks like LG has settled well into its seat on the Ultrabook train, its attitude suggesting it really is enthusiastic about the new product type.
As is fairly common, companies aren't waiting for CES to start before they launch their products.
Samsung. HP, Velocity Micro and others have already proven this ... |
5 January 2012
06:01 GMT |
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HP was feeling particularly dramatic this start of the new year, so it made a 30-second teaser video of the Envy 14 Spectre notebook.Alas, the cinematic masterpiece practically doesn't reveal anything, except that the item is black on the outside and has a perfectly working hinge.Envy 14 Spectre may or may not b... |
3 January 2012
03:10 GMT |
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Asus and Green Hornet star Jay Chou have joined forces again and this time they came up with a redesigned version of the N Series N45 laptop which is now called the N45J Mystic Edition.Best known in Asia as a singer-songwriter, Jay Chou has tweaked the notebook to sport his signature as well as the cover art from his... |
30 December 2011
04:41 GMT |
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The Lenovo IdeaPad U260 laptop is definitely not a new product (it originally came out in 2010) but we figured we should still pass the word about its sudden price drop.
Sure, this is a temporary bargain, but when a notebook goes from $1,199 (926 Euro) to half of that ($599 / 463 Euro), lights start flashing.
The... |
30 December 2011
02:22 GMT |
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Meet Eee PC 1225B, the most powerful member of Asus' Eee family. This netbook is running on a dual-core CPU architecture, aided by a Radeon HD 6320 built-in graphic card, and a maximum of 4GB DDR memory (2GB is standard configuration).
If you're looking for a computer packing together small size and brawn,... |
27 December 2011
08:32 GMT |
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Mouse Computer has just launched a product, a mobile personal computer, that could leave prospective buyers around the world wanting.
This is not through some price tag that is humongous beyond all reason, or due to underwhelming performance.
What may leave people jaded is how the Mouse Computer i950PA5-SP has on... |
27 December 2011
08:00 GMT |
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Intel has recently notified its hardware partners that the company will “fully release” its 10Gbps Thunderbolt technology in April of 2012, several PC players already preparing to launch motherboards, notebooks and desktop systems supporting this interconnect.The date announced by Intel seems to match clo... |
27 December 2011
03:26 GMT |
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If anyone was hoping for a shiny new, powerful gaming notebook by Christmas, they will have probably looked at other things besides Razer's Blade by now. After all, though the company intended to have it ship in time for the holidays, it failed to deliver on its intentions. In fact, it appears that no hopefu... |
23 December 2011
08:44 GMT |
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Samsung has just revealed that a special edition of its Series 9 notebooks will hit South Korea soon at an estimated price of $2,510 (1,918 EUR) after conversion. Sammy Hub says that you will be able to choose between two color options, Moonlight Blue and Rose Gold, both of these coming with a crystal design pattern... |
23 December 2011
04:59 GMT |
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Starting with the second quarter of next year, notebook manufacturers are expected to release an important number of Intel Ivy Bridge powered notebook designs and one such upcoming model was recently spotted at the FCC.The notebook is built by HP and will come as an addition to the company’s ENVY line bearing t... |
22 December 2011
19:11 GMT |
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Looks like Samsung might have a reason to brag and boast, having secured the seventh spot on the worldwide laptop market.
According to Yonhap News, Samsung's share of the global laptop market has increased from 1.4% in 2007 to 6.5% in the third quarter of 2011.
This puts it ahead of Sony and Apple, as well as ... |
21 December 2011
08:35 GMT |
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Acer is really sticking to its role as provider of notebooks, taking to making ultrabooks with a visible enthusiasm, or so one could claim after the most recent rumors about it.
Looks like Acer might be working on an ultrabook that is, or will be, much bigger than most so far.
In fact, it will probably be among the... |
21 December 2011
07:30 GMT |
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Looks like IBM really wants to take the fiction out of Science Fiction and turn it into Science Fact instead.
Many people are probably familiar with the concept of technopathy, basically the ability to control technology with a thought, or a few thoughts depending on context.
It so happens that this, among other t... |
20 December 2011
04:49 GMT |
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It took a while, but the Qualcomm Gobi 3000 mobile broadband technology has found a new home in a number of HP mobile personal computers, especially business ones.
HP won't be including the software with every one of its machines, instead sticking to a select number of them.
After all, the notebooks that will... |
16 December 2011
10:16 GMT |
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This is one move that other companies might end up following starting next year.
Acer just decided, if Digitimes is to be believed (and the news and rumor site often is, even if it is wrong about things once in a while), that it was time to simplify its product lineup.
As such, it will reduce its number of product ... |
15 December 2011
10:54 GMT |
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MSI showcases a new laptop designed for gaming purposes, dubbed GT685, seemingly the smaller brother of top-drawer model presented yesterday, the MSI GT783.Just like the more hardcore model, the MSI GT685 is powered by a 2nd generation Sandybridge Intel Core i7 CPU, able to deliver enough processing power to let you ... |
15 December 2011
10:05 GMT |
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