Latest Laptops News

17 September 2013
News: Dell introduces $349 Inspiron 11 touchscreen laptop

Dell has introduced an 11.6-inch Inspiron 11 touchscreen laptop starting at US$349 as the company reshapes its consumer laptop lineup with a new naming scheme and models.
13 September 2013
News: Tablet shipments to surpass PCs in Q4 2013

Tablet shipments will surpass total PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2013 (Q4 2013), forecasts IDC.
News: The 7 key lessons of IDF

Let's face it: Intel's track record of anticipating trends in computing is, in a word, lousy.
News: SK Hynix shifting more production to DRAM after price jump

SK Hynix will increase DRAM production at its headquarters, the company said Friday, following a price spike in memory chips after a fire at a company factory in China.
12 September 2013
News: Why Bay Trail makes more sense for Chromebooks than Haswell chips

More Chromebooks are coming from companies like HP, Acer, and Toshiba, but they might not be the ultra-cheap, browser-based laptops we've gotten used to seeing over the last year.
News: Intel: 'Touch as a supply issue is completely gone'

A lack of available touchscreens, which helped crimp early sales of Windows 8 notebooks, are now "completely gone," Intel executives said Wednesday.
News: Haswell Chromebooks promise the all-day battery life of old

Acer, Hewlett-Packard, and Toshiba plan to launch Chromebooks in the fourth quarter with Intel's "Haswell" processor inside, returning to what the Chromebook was originally known for: all-day battery life.
News: Google's Chromebook enters adulthood, thanks to Intel

Intel's decision to bring its Haswell chips to Google's Chromebook might make it the system it was meant to be.
News: Google, Intel cement ties on Chrome OS, could weaken Wintel

New Chromebooks announced this week signal Intel's willingness to broaden its horizons and work with companies like Google, at the expense of its long-standing Windows partnership with Microsoft.
11 September 2013
News: IDF 2013 keynote: Intel announces Bay Trail tablet CPU, slew of Haswell Chromebooks

Intel on Wednesday ended weeks of speculation by launching "Bay Trail," the next-generation Atom Z3000 chip that pushes tablets towards PC-esque levels of performance.
News: An ultrabook workstation is not an oxymoron to HP

Usually, workstations are big and brutish. But HP is betting that workstation users are just like everyone else and want thin and light systems.
News: Intel, Google show 'next-generation' Chromebooks

Intel and Google showed off the next generation of Chromebooks from Hewlett-Packard, Acer and Toshiba, which will be faster and more power-efficient than predecessors.
News: New Lenovo ThinkPads range from budget laptops to benchmark-eating behemoths

Last week, Lenovo unleashed a flood of new ThinkPads and IdeaPads, but the world's top PC maker isn't stopping there. On Wednesday, Lenovo announced seven additional ThinkPad laptops are receiving a Haswell refresh, bringing Intel's latest power-sipping processors to more of the company's laptop lineup.
News: Intel to demo notebook PC with integrated Kinect-like sensor at IDF

On Wednesday, Intel will show off a notebook with an integrated camera capable of interpreting gestures and understanding voice commands at its Intel Developer Forum, executives said.
News: Hands-on with Bay Trail: Intel's latest, best hope for tablet relevance

High-performance tablets are about to become very, very cheap, if Intel has any say in the matter. The company took the wraps off its newest system-on-chip (SoC) at the annual Intel Developers Forum (IDF) Tuesday. Code-named Bay Trail, the new processor family will power new Windows and Android on tablets priced as low as $199.
09 September 2013
News: New 'Haswell' Chromebooks expected this week at IDF

New Chromebooks running Intel's latest Haswell processors are expected to be announced at the Intel Developer Forum this week, according to a source familiar with the plans.
06 September 2013
News: From calculators to tablets, Intel to emphasize mobile era

Intel's dominance of the chip market is starting to wane as PC shipments slump and smartphone and tablet adoption grows, but the manufacturer will try to prove it can make fast and power-efficient processors for mobile devices at its annual developer gathering next week.
05 September 2013
News: Toshiba intros new Satellites

Toshiba took the wraps off a new Windows 8.1 tablet and two new Windows laptops at IFA Berlin today. Toshiba is tapping two CPUs from Intel's all-new Bay Trail family--the Celeron N2810 and an unspecified Atom processor--as well as a low-cost chip from AMD's new Temash family of APUs.
News: Asus demos two new Zenbooks, three Transformers, laptop

Asus continues to break new ground in computer form factors, announcing a number of new PC products at the IFA show in Berlin today. The company demonstrated two new additions to its Windows Transformer line of convertible tablets, two glass-enveloped Ultrabooks, and what must be an extremely inexpensive ultraportable laptop. Asus also showed off a new Android-powered Transformer with a 2560-by-1600-pixel display.
03 September 2013
News: Lenovo's ThinkPad T440 packs dual batteries, runs up to 17 hours

Lenovo has introduced the ThinkPad T440, a laptop that comes with two batteries to provide up to 17 hours running time, the company said Tuesday.