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Boogie Board RIP eWriter hands-on

Cory Gunther, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [2]

Boogie Board by Improvelectronics may or may not be a device you've heard of before. I guess in a way we could call it a tablet although it isn't really a tablet in today's usual terms -- and instead more of a notepad device. Whether you have a Boogie Board for your kids or to save space and paper in your office you wont want to miss the new RIP -- it can save your notes. Read The Full Story

will.i.am: “The Ultrabook is the new ghetto blaster”

Chris Davies, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [2]

"The ultrabook is the new ghetto blaster" claims will.i.am, proving both that CES is never short of bizarre hyperbole and that Intel's "Director of Creative Innovation" can be always relied on to make nonsensical soundbites. Speaking on stage at Intel's keynote at the tech show, will.i.am revealed that he has been carrying an ultrabook - Intel's new take on the ultraportable segment - for some time now, using it for collaborative music creation with colleagues and fans. Read The Full Story

Lenovo YOGA multitouch Win8 notebook has 360 folding screen

Chris Davies, Jan 10th 2012 Discuss [5]

Lenovo's easel-style IdeaCentre A720 all-in-one isn't the only extra-flexible touchscreen PC from the company at CES; the Lenovo YOGA is a notebook with a patented 360-degree hinge that allows it to fold all the way back around. The 13.3-inch 1600 x 900 multitouch machine can be used as a laptop, as a tablet or stood up on a desk or table, while inside Windows 8 runs on Intel Core processors. Read The Full Story

Samsung Series 9 2nd-gen: 0.5-inch thick ultrabook

Chris Davies, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [5]

Samsung has launched its 2nd-gen Series 9 ultraportable notebook, shaving the 15-incher's thickness down to just 0.58-inches and the weight down to 3.5lbs. Powered by a Core i3/i5 processor, up to 8GB of memory and a 128/256GB SSD, both 13- and 15-inch models are on offer with boot times of just 9.8s and 1.4s wake-from-sleep. Read The Full Story

Gigabyte S1081 tablet and T1006M convertible notebook pack Cedar Trail

Chris Davies, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [1]

Gigabyte has revealed a new tablet, the S1081, and a convertible notebook, the T1006M, at CES 2012, each running Intel's new Cedar Trail Atom CPUs. The Gigabyte S1081 has a 10.1-inch capacitive multitouch display, 500GB hard-drive (or a smaller-capacity, but bump-proof SSD) and USB 3.0, and can be paired with a Multimedia Docking Station that adds a DVD drive and 2.1 speaker system. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad S, Z, G and Y Series notebooks debut

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Lenovo's IdeaPad ultrabooks are probably its computing stars of CES, but they're certainly not the only consumer-focused notebooks the company has this year. In fact, Lenovo has everything from from "mini laptop" S Series - apparently slotting in-between netbooks and notebooks - through the mainstream Z Series models, budget-friendly G Series, and up to the Y Series multimedia machines. Check out all the details after the cut. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad U310 and U410 Ultrabooks revealed

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [2]

Lenovo has followed Wednesday’s ThinkPad launch with a pair of new ultrabooks targeted at consumers at CES today, the IdeaPad U310 and U410. With 13.3-inch and 14-inch displays respectively, the two new IdeaPads have up to 64GB of SSD storage and/or up to 500GB of HDD storage, promising both speedy resume and boot times together with capacious multimedia space.

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Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra: DVD-toting ultrabooks with 8hr battery

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Acer's Thunderbolt-toting Aspire S5 isn't the company's only ultrabook of the day; there's also the Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra, a pair of 14- and 15-inch models with 8hr battery life. Just 20mm thick, despite packing in an optical drive, the two new Timeline Ultra notebooks run Intel Core processors paired with a range of SSD and HDD options. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire S5 ultrabook: 15mm thick plus Thunderbolt

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Acer has revealed the Aspire S5, apparently the world’s thinnest ultrabook at just 15mm at its thickest point, and offering a high-speed 20Gbps Thunderbolt port. The 13.3-inch ultraportable resumes from standby in 1.5s, Acer reckons, and there’s Acer Always Connect to collect social network and email messages while the Aspire S5 is in standby mode; alternatively, you can remotely wake the notebook from your smartphone.

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HP Spectre ultrabook tease continues: Beats Audio included

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [1]

HP has returned to its Spectre teasing, following up on last week's brief ultrabook glimpse with, well, another brief ultrabook glimpse. Set to be unveiled at CES 2012 this coming week, details on the new laptop are still in very short supply, though we do now know that it uses Beats Audio and has an increasingly appealing looking design. Read The Full Story

MSI outs GT783 and GT685 notebook computers

Shane McGlaun, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [2]

MSI has pulled the wraps off a pair of new notebook computers ahead of CES 2012. The first is the MSI GT783 hailed by MSI to be the world's fastest gaming laptop. The machine is running the new second gen 2GHz Core i7 quad-core processor under the hood and has an NVIDIA GTX 580M GPU. That is the fastest GPU around according to MSI. Read The Full Story

LG Z330 and Z430 Super Ultrabooks revealed

Chris Davies, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [6]

Ultrabooks have hardly had a chance to get started, and already LG is looking to refine the term with its new Super Ultrabook LG Z330 and Z430 models. Two of the company's new PCs from its CES 2012 line-up, they join a 3D-centric notebook range - though lack 3D themselves - at the Las Vegas show next week. So, you might be asking, what makes an ultrabook "Super"? Read The Full Story