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Tablets, laptops and more from Computex 2010

Tablets, laptops and more from Computex 2010

Take a look at the latest tablets and notebooks announced at Computex in Taipei, including the Eee Pad and Eee Tablet from Asus. Read more

2 June, 2010 by Dan Ackerman
Hitachi lifts lid on <endeca_term>ultrathin</endeca_term> 7200rpm drive

Hitachi lifts lid on ultrathin 7200rpm drive

...the Travelstar Z7K500 7mm-thick, 2.5-inch hard drive. The new ultrathin Travelstar Z7K500 hard drive (left) and a standard 9.5mm, 2.5... Read more

23 February, 2012 by Dong Ngo

AMD Ultrathins to challenge Intel Ultrabooks

In June, AMD will launch a new platform codenamed Ultrathin to compete against Intel-based Ultrabooks, according to an unconfirmed report in... Read more

17 January, 2012
Seagate GoFlex Slim (320GB)

Seagate GoFlex Slim (320GB)

With an ultrathin, sturdy design and fast performance, the Seagate GoFlex Slim external hard drive... Read more

7 April, 2011 by Dong Ngo

Quantum dots boost graphene's photodetector dreams

...sounding property. "In particular, we are looking at placing our photodetectors on ultrathin and flexible substrates or integrating the devices into existing computer chips and... Read more

18 May, 2012
Lenovo IdeaPad U300s

Lenovo IdeaPad U300s

Lenovo's stylish U300s ultrabook is one of the best-looking Windows notebooks we've seen and matches Apple's MacBook Air nearly spec for spec. Read more

25 October, 2011 by Dan Ackerman
Apple MacBook Air (11.6in./64GB)

Apple MacBook Air (11.6in./64GB)

...a smaller, sub-13in. MacBook and a less-expensive version of the ultrathin MacBook Air. The new 11.6in. version of the MacBook Air kills... Read more

26 October, 2010 by Dan Ackerman

Lenovo Ultrabook U300s hands on

...s current MacBook Air design in being wedge-shaped, though having an ultrathin front edge has no practical advantage. The Ultrabook U300s is more conventionally... Read more

30 March, 2012

SanDisk upgrade drive takes SSDs to Extremes

...year, and Amazon.co.uk has priced it at £920.64. Ultrathin laptops use Flash memory chips without cases to save space, but SanDisk... Read more

15 February, 2012

Can Ultrabooks push up laptop prices?

...nothing really new about the Ultrabook platform. Sony, for example, produced the ultrathin Vaio X505 way back in 2004, which was just as thin as... Read more

3 January, 2012

Hybrid drives threaten the emerging SSD market

...at unbeatable prices. Even though SSDs are finally gaining a foothold in ultrathin devices, where their small size and low power requirements compensates for the... Read more

24 October, 2011

Sony drops netbooks, shows tablets, adds Light Peak

Sony held its annual "Christmas in July" event in London yesterday to give the press a peek at forthcoming products,... Read more

15 July, 2011

Intel outlines 'ultrabook' device category

...as the MacBook Air and Samsung Series 9 laptops both feature an ultrathin profile, but command a higher retail price. One of the first devices... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

Toshiba launches MacBook Air SSDs for the mass market

...models have already appeared with the same model numbers in the latest ultrathin Apple MacBook Air computers. Toshiba has trademarked the name Blade X-gale... Read more

8 November, 2010

Hitachi unveils Z series ultra-thin hard drives

...battery. For more on this story, see Hitachi unveils 7mm Z-series ultrathin hard drives; replaces 9.5mm standard on ZDNet.com Read more

3 June, 2010 by Andrew Nusca

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

4 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

11 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

12 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

13 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

16 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

17 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

17 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

19 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

20 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

21 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

22 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

23 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

24 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

1 day ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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