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Article | 15/05/2013 Lenovo and Apple grew as bottom fell out of PC market in Western Europe
PC shipments in Western Europe declined by 20.5 percent during the first quarter: The only vendors to see shipments grow were Lenovo and Apple, which ...
Article | 11/04/2013 End is in sight for Intel's Atom netbook-specific processors
Intel's Atom processors designed for netbooks could be on their last leg, with analysts saying that the chip maker could be tweaking its product road ...
Article | 12/11/2012 Acer ships $199 C7 Chromebook
Acer has started shipping the C7 Chromebook netbook starting at US$199 with Google's Chrome OS and Intel's Celeron processor.
Article | 17/12/2011 Dell pulls back from netbook market
Dell has confirmed that it has ceased production of its Inspiron Mini netbook computer, in effect ending its pursuit of the receding netbook market, a...
Article | 15/11/2011 Hard drive shortages will result in more expensive PCs: Gartner
Enterprise users and consumers who have held off buying new PCs recently may come to regret their decision as a hard-drive shortage following floods i...
Article | 22/10/2011 Sprint cutting unlimited 4G data plans
Sprint Nextel is ending unlimited data plans for all devices except smartphones, bringing the era of all-you-can-eat mobile data in the U.S. nearer to...
Article | 13/09/2011 Amazon said to weigh subscription plan for coming tablet
Amazon's coming tablet could feature an annual library subscription model that would let readers access older books, according to a report in the Wall...
Article | 8/09/2011 Amazon redesigning site for tablets, report says
Online retailer Amazon.com is reportedly redesigning its Web site, which sells everything from books to electronics and handbags, with a focus on supp...
Article | 29/06/2011 Acer ships first Chromebook in US for $349
After a short delay, Acer has started shipping its AC700 laptop with Google's Chrome OS in the U.S., priced at US$349.
Article | 2/06/2011 Intel: Atom's multiple OS feature an edge over ARM
Intel officials say vendors are beginning to use Atom processors to power tablets not only because the chips can run Windows 7, but also because they ...
Article | 1/06/2011 Acer to launch tablet running Intel's MeeGo
Acer will launch a 10-inch tablet at the end of this year using both Intel's Atom processor and its mobile operating system MeeGo.
Article | 1/06/2011 Intel's new Atom processor to lower netbook prices
Intel on Wednesday said it has introduced a new Atom processor to bring down the price of netbooks in emerging markets to under US$200, but the lower ...
Article | 31/05/2011 Intel: Ultrabook is not a sign it failed in tablets
Intel's proposal of a new class of laptop, the Ultrabook, isn't an admission that it is losing the battle to put its microprocessors in tablets, accor...
Article | 31/05/2011 MSI shows new thin-and-light laptops and tablets
MSI is showing off new X-Slim laptops at Computex that are less than an inch thick, contain the latest Intel and AMD processors, and offer over eight ...
Article | 12/05/2011 Google Chrome notebooks due in June from Acer, Samsung
Samsung and Acer will begin selling notebook PCs running Google's Chrome OS in June, as Google presses ahead with its project to position this new ope...