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Lenovo IdeaPad U310 Touch hands-on

, Jan 7th 2013 Discuss [1]

Lenovo is announcing its fair share of brand new products at CES 2013, but its also giving some of its older products a refresh so they'll act as better Windows 8 machines. One such line of products getting a refresh is the Lenovo U series. This is essentially the same exact thing as older IdeaPad U310 models, but there's one key feature being added with this latest release: touch. Read The Full Story

Lenovo ThinkPad and IdeaPad refreshed with an Edge at CES 2013

, Jan 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

Starting things off fresh for CES 2013, Lenovo has just announced a new lineup of touch-based devices running Windows 8. The company unveiled new additions to the IdeaPad U series of Ultrabooks and the Mainstream Z Series, as well as the new ThinkPad Edge E431 and E531 business-minded laptops. Read The Full Story

HP EliteBook Folio 9470m Ultrabook Review

, Jan 3rd 2013 Discuss [3]

What we’ve got here is the HP EliteBook Folio 9470m Ultrabook, a business-oriented notebook made to work in the Windows 8 environment with an amalgamation of hardware that’s precision-tuned to suit your in- and out-of-office needs. At first glance, this machine doesn’t strike one as the most unique piece of machinery on the planet – it’s a silver laptop, after all. But what it lacks in unique aesthetics, it more than makes up for in details that we’d consider suggesting this device to friends for on their own.

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MSI Slider S20 Ultrabook coming Q1 2013

, Jan 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

It's been a little while since we last heard about MSI's Slider S20 convertible. We ended up getting hands-on session with the device at Computex 2012 back in June, and it was later tipped for an October release, but that obvious has yet to happen. However, the company just announced that we should be seeing the new Ultrabook sometime in Q1 2013. Read The Full Story

Samsung announces enhanced Series 7 Chronos and Series 7 Ultra to be displayed at CES

, Jan 3rd 2013 Discuss [1]

Samsung has announced the enhanced Series 7 Chronos, as well as the new Series 7 Ultra ultrabook, both of which it will show off at the upcoming CES 2013 event. The Series 7 Ultra model 730U3E is the first in a series of ultrabooks Samsung has planned, while the enhanced Series 7 Chronos features a lighter body and a processing power boost. You can check out pictures of the machine after the jump. Read The Full Story

Samsung refreshes Series 7 Chronos with AMD Radeon HD 8870M graphics

, Jan 2nd 2013 Discuss [2]

Just in time for CES 2013, Samsung has updated its Series 7 Chronos notebook with a few welcomed upgrades -- the most notable upgrade being AMD’s Radeon HD 8870M graphics chip. There's not too much information on the new laptop to go around, but it does have a RAMaccelerator, which promises 50 percent faster app loading, a full HD display, and JBL speakers. Read The Full Story

Velocity Micro reveals NoteMagix Ultrabook lineup

, Dec 31st 2012 Discuss [1]

There's a brand new Ultrabook in town sporting Intel inside from Velocity Micro, with three new models pumped up for the new year. This lineup comes in with three notebooks by the names of NoteMagix U430, NoteMagix U450, and NoteMagix U470, each of them coming in with a unique chassis and no Bloatware at all, whatsoever. These units are pumped up and ready for the big time, too with solid aluminum bodies and less than 4 pounds to any one unit. Read The Full Story

Intel reportedly prioritizing voice control for 2013 Haswell Ultrabooks

, Dec 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel is reportedly pushing for voice control as a standard feature of Shark Bay based ultrabooks in 2013, with a combination of hardware and software for speech recognition tipped to join the minimum spec list. The hands-free technology would join touchscreens as part of Intel's premium feature-set for next-gen ultrabooks, Fudzilla reports, though exactly how such a system would be implemented is unclear at this stage. Read The Full Story

AMD Radeon HD 8550M graphics leaked in ASUS VivoBook U38DT

, Dec 17th 2012 Discuss [2]

It would appear that AMD is plotting a next generation line of mobile graphics, as a card from the company's 8000 series has appear in a listing for an incoming ASUS ultrabook. Details are still pretty slim, and when that's coupled with the fact that AMD has yet to announced the 8000 family of GPUs, it's hard to know what's really going on. Still, if the listing on German retailer Cyberport is to be believed, the ASUS VivoBook U38DT will ship with an AMD Radeon HD 8550M under the hood. Read The Full Story

GE announces new thin-as-a-credit card cooling system for ultrathin laptops and tablets

, Dec 12th 2012 Discuss [2]

Anyone who's ever looked inside a computer or laptop at the hardware knows that there are a lot of components inside the chassis of computing systems that take up a lot of space. Typically, one of the thickest parts of many computer systems is the heatsink that keeps the processor cool. Many of those heatsinks require big blocks of copper or aluminum and cooling fans. Read The Full Story

Dell now offering XPS 13 Ultrabook running Ubuntu

, Nov 30th 2012 Discuss [6]

Dell has launched an Ubuntu version of its attractive XPS 13 ultrabook. The ultrabook is aimed at developers, offering them "the essentials they want" bundled up in a Linux-harboring device. The laptop is available for purchase now from Dell starting at $1,449. You can also nab a Windows version of the machine if Ubuntu isn't your thing. Read The Full Story

Asus delays dual screen Taichi ultrabooks

, Nov 28th 2012 Discuss [4]

Asus has announced that it has delayed shipments in the US for the interesting dual screen Taichi ultrabook. Those machines have been available for US customers order from several websites including Amazon.com. The Taichi is a dual screen ultrabook with a screen on the outside for tablet use and a second screen on the inside for traditional notebook use. Read The Full Story
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