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Netbooks may have lost their fame, but they are still out there, some new models even appearing from time to time, like the Gateway LT4004U. The new product that Gateway has put together is a more or less common netbook, albeit powered by a new-generation Intel processor. The central processing unit (CPU) in quest... |
13 February 2012
02:54 GMT |
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Lenovo has again posted its financial results and, as has become easy to expect from this particular IT player, its evolution during the latest quarter was positive indeed.
Lenovo wasn't much of a PC brand name a few years ago, but it soon became one of the fastest-growing IT companies in the world.
This situ... |
9 February 2012
02:48 GMT |
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There seems to be quite a bit of fuss about ultrabooks, just as Intel hoped for, and the latest reports on the matter should be just what prospective customers want.
Ultrabooks have begun to steadily drop in price, according to a recent report posted by news and rumor site Digitimes.
HP, Lenovo and Acer have are a... |
7 February 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Micro-Star International's collection of entry-level mobile personal computers has just grown by one, though we cannot really say there is anything particularly revolutionary to see here. The company has completed the preparations for the shipping of the MSI Wind U180 Cedar Trail netbook. There was no loud a... |
7 February 2012
11:25 GMT |
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Apple is selling a refurbished MacBook Air packing a 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, and 256GB of NAND Flash for just $1,099 - a $400 discount from the notebook’s original retail price.
Originally released October 2010, this MacBook Air is the first redesigned model with a square-ish appearance and FaceTime cam... |
7 February 2012
11:19 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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Ramona Fricosu, the woman ordered by a court to decrypt the contents of her laptop until February 21, revealed through the voice of her lawyer that she might have forgotten the password to the encrypted drive. According to Wired, the defendant hasn’t taken this position in court, but her attorney states that p... |
7 February 2012
02:54 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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Acer did say it was changing the way it approached the IT market, but its tactics vary more from country to country than some may have thought.
One of the most recent reports published by Digitimes deals with the tactics that Acer means to employ in Brazil.
As some may or may not know, the company does not exactl... |
1 February 2012
13:31 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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It may not be known far and wide as the biggest promoter of netbooks, but Samsung does have a significant presence on that market, enough that it decided it was time for a particularly specialized entry-level PC.
Samsung has announced the NC110-Pororo, a low-end mobile personal computer that has a very specific seg... |
1 February 2012
02:49 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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Acer has reiterated its plans to change its strategy for 2012, revealing a few moves for this year and beyond, or so reports state.
Digitimes has once again provided information on what a world-class IT player is thinking of doing in the short- to mid-term.
Apparently, Acer intends to change the way it goes about ... |
31 January 2012
05:47 GMT |
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We already knew that Windows 8 was going to bring a slew of new features to the table, but we hadn't heard of Kinect-supporting laptops until today.
Nevertheless, that is exactly what recent reports say ASUS is working on.
To be a bit more specific, ASUS supposedly has two prototype netbooks with Windows 8 and... |
27 January 2012
11:20 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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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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Laptop owners usually have to get a pair of headphones if they actually want to enjoy good sound, assuming they don't just settle for the built-in speaker.
For those who own notebooks, especially large ones like those with 17.3-inch screens, JLab invented the B-Flex X-Bass USB speaker.
Since the screen is more... |
25 January 2012
10:59 GMT |
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Even though Atom-powered netbooks aren't expected to hold onto their market share much longer, HP still thinks there are enough prospective customers out there to warrant a new release. It wasn't long ago that we learned about how some parties believed that Intel's Atom line of netbook chips, and net... |
24 January 2012
16:31 GMT |
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In a case that may set a controversial precedent, a woman accused of financial fraud was ordered by a court to provide the prosecution incriminatory data stored on her encrypted laptop computer.
According to Wired, Colorado U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn ruled that the Fifth Amendement is “not implicated... |
24 January 2012
06:19 GMT |
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We now have a new and unique laptop to gush over, one dubbed “eCog Mercury” and made by modder John Dunn.
Then again, this is not so much a new laptop as it is a Sony Vaio F with a very unusual casing.
Made of brass and wood, the case evokes what is known as the “Steampunk” style.
The casin... |
21 January 2012
06:41 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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Eurocom has just announced that four of the company’s mobile workstations with Nvidia Quadro professional GPUs have now gained support for the Quad buffering technology enabling them to support 3D stereoscopic images.The technology is available in the Eurocom Panther 2.0 and 3.0, Racer, and Neptune notebooks, a... |
18 January 2012
04:14 GMT |
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Since the technology for absorbing solar energy has finally reached the stage where it can actually provide a relevant amount of power, Samsung has decided to put it to work. Samsung recently said that it had every intention of becoming the greatest supplier of laptops worldwide. The NC215S netbook, like the yell... |
16 January 2012
05:04 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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Fujitsu has many things on display at this year's CES and one of them is a mobile personal computer whose greatest asset is a long battery life.
The Fujitsu Lifebook SH771 is not exactly the newest of notebooks.
After all, it was originally launched months ago, in late October, 2011.
That didn't stop Fu... |
12 January 2012
10:25 GMT |
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Since Intel now has a new line of Atom central processing units, it makes sense that it would upgrade all product lines that rely on such chips. The latest batch of notebooks to be updated is a certain educational line aptly named Classmate PC. Essentially, it is composed of clamshell and convertible platforms, n... |
11 January 2012
09:57 GMT |
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Looks like ASUS wants to make sure the Zenbook ultrabook is appealing to as many people as possible, men and women alike.
Its latest move consists of expanding the range of available color options.
There are two new colors, namely Hot Pink and Rose Champagne.
The pink of the lid contrasts with a charcoal grey keyb... |
10 January 2012
11:36 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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One would think that a purposely thin storage unit would not get to have too great a capacity, but Crucial subverted these expectations with the m4 SSD series.
Crucial has just sent out an announcement about its latest series of solid state drives.
Given all the hype raised for Ultrabooks, one may be able to guess... |
6 January 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Toshiba's NB510 netbook may not be set to officially debut before CES 2012, but that doesn't mean some photos of it can't show up in the meantime.It so happens that Notebook Italia just uncovered a few press shots.There seem to be black, red and blue versions of the mobile PC, all powered by the Intel ... |
6 January 2012
02:41 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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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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In addition to a pair of different computers, HP has prepared a trio of displays, only two of which can perfectly be defined as kin.
Out of the three monitors that HP has created for businesspeople, the two that can be called siblings are HP LV1911 and LV2011.
Armed with LED backlighting and affordable prices, th... |
4 January 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Intel's Cedar Trail CPU platform is out and about, so Micro-Star International decided to build a netbook called Wind U180.This is a relatively generic low-end device, like netbooks always have been meant to be.With a screen size of 10.1 inches and a resolution of 1,024 x 600 pixels, the laptop relies on an Atom... |
4 January 2012
13:41 GMT |
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The Ideapad S110 laptops that Lenovo has just revealed has some major implications that may not be apparent at first glance.
As we already covered here, the item is a netbook in all but name.
Lenovo chose to dub it a mini-notebook instead, even though the screen size (10.1 inches) and the rest of the specs clearl... |
30 December 2011
18:01 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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Cooling stands for laptops usually don't break off from their 'standard' pad shape, but Evercool added something extra to the White Knight.
This thing is not only big enough to hold notebooks of up to 17 inches, but also has a metal frame and metal feet.
It weighs 1.8 kilograms (3.96 pounds) and feat... |
27 December 2011
16:41 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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Anyone thinking that they would like to see some more use from their laptop's USB 3.0 processor may be interested in what Targus has to offer.The company invented a docking station that plugs into an USB 3.0 port and distributes the bandwith across more than a few other connectors.The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interfa... |
23 December 2011
10:10 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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Dell might be doing what Acer plans to do, only faster, as its online store has been quietly removing some products, like the Dell Mini line of netbooks.
Yesterday, we heard it mentioned that Acer will reduce its number of product lines by two thirds starting in next year (2012).
Now, it looks like Dell is doing ... |
16 December 2011
04:28 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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Looks like Intel's notice that the 2013-bound Haswell platform will only support the embedded DisplayPort specification is forcing Acer to take preemptive measures. Currently, laptops use screens that employ the LVDS interface (low-voltage differential signaling). Only a few notebooks have made the switch to... |
14 December 2011
11:24 GMT |
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Mixel decided it was high time the world knew that it was its invention that enabled Toshiba's Qosmio laptops to deliver high-quality, wide-angle 3D playback without need for glasses.
Toshiba Qosmio F750 is one example of a top-tier notebook that gets a medal for actual 3D playback without glasses.
Through a ... |
14 December 2011
10:32 GMT |
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The HP 635 is a nifty tool for those who are looking for an inexpensive notebook suitable for personal use or for a small business. HP 635 comes with a dual-core AMD CPU and embedded graphics card; the 15.6" backlit LED screen supports HD media and the HDMI port lets you connect it to a bigger screen if needed. The c... |
13 December 2011
10:24 GMT |
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Samsung isn't about to lag behind in the Ultrabook race, slow though it is, and its latest product release proves it.
It looks like Samsung just launched two of those super-thin, super-light but also super-expensive computers called Ultrabooks.
Granted, super expensive may be a bit much, but not overly, since... |
12 December 2011
21:11 GMT |
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One might say that it was inevitable that something like this would happen, especially since Ultrabooks were, regardless of what some may say, envisioned as a means to secure the PC market form the tablet segment.
According to Digitimes, ASUS has decided to create a convertible Windows 8 ultrabook.
That is, an ult... |
9 December 2011
19:01 GMT |
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