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• 15 January 2013

• News: Surface Pro vs. the world: How much PC can you get for $1000?

  Looks can be deceiving, and that's definitely the case with Microsoft's upcoming Surface Pro tablet. At first glance, the Surface Pro seems barely different than the Surface RT. Thicker, sure, but a casual once-over could miss that detail, and it otherwise mimics the size and aesthetic of its ARM-powered predecessor.

• News: HP fends off Lenovo, reclaims PC crown

  In its battle for the top spot in the rocky PC industry, Hewlett-Packard has edged out rival Lenovo to take back its leadership position.

• 14 January 2013

• News: Top Gadgets: A roundup of what the web liked best

  This year's Consumer Electronics Show is drawing to a close and most tech sites are handing out opinions and awards about which gadgets were the best in show for 2013.

• 11 January 2013

• News: PCs move out of the show's limelight

  PCs were upstaged by tablets, smartphones and TVs at this year's International CES show, with some companies maintaining a smaller presence or holding back product announcements for a later date.

• 10 January 2013

• News: ASUS Taichi 21 to finally go on sale in Australia this month

  ASUS today confirmed that its Taichi 21 hybrid Ultrabook is expected to be in Australian stores by 21 January. It has been a long time coming for this 11.6in hybrid product, which we initially reviewed back in November 2012, and it's sure to get a fair bit of interest from consumers due to its innovative design.

• News: Windows 8 fails to lift the PC market in Q4

  Microsoft's Windows 8 OS failed to provide a spark to PC sales during last year's fourth quarter, with worldwide unit shipments falling by 6.4 percent compared to the same quarter in 2011, according to research by IDC released on Thursday.

• News: Wintel PC share to fall to 65% in 2013

  Windows laptops and PCs under full-frontal iPad and Android tablet attack.

• 09 January 2013

• News: Tablets threaten laptops, but there's more to this picture

  This is it: 2013 is the year that tablets surpass notebooks in sales and assume their rightful place atop the mobile computing gadget throne. Don't start playing "Taps" for the notebooks just yet, though--they're not really going anywhere.

• News: Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 arrives in Australia

  PC manufacturer, Lenovo, has launched its ThinkPad Tablet 2 in Australia through distributors Ingram Micro and Synnex, following the product’s US release in late December.

• News: Acer takes on Apple with retina-class laptop displays

  Apple caught the PC industry off-guard in June when the company delivered the MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The four-megapixel LCD renders text and graphics with extreme clarity, and most who saw the display came away impressed.

• News: Intel mum on speed improvements for Thunderbolt

  Intel said it is working to make the Thunderbolt data transfer technology faster as it wages a speed race with the USB 3.0 protocol, but the company declined to say when improvements will be finished.

• 08 January 2013

• News: AMD not interested in low-cost tablets

  AMD is not interested in entering the low-cost tablet market and will rely on Windows 8 as it tries to find its bearings in the fast-growing tablet market, the company said.

• News: Tablets to dominate laptops in 2013, but not without a fight

  Asus , Lenovo, Intel and Nvidia are using CES to show off their latest tablet and PC innovations headed to store shelves later in 2013. But gadget makers would be better off focusing on slates rather than notebook PCs, one market research firm suggests.

• News: The iPad Will Not Replace the Laptop in 2013

  While the iPad has made giant strides in the enterprise, it is still hobbled because it doesn't replace laptops in many use cases because of immature tablet apps and security concerns. But the case for tablets in the enterprise will only get stronger in the next few years.

• News: Intel pledges $599 touchscreen ultrabooks later this year

  Intel has released a new, low-power Core processor for ultrabooks and pledged that touchscreen ultrabooks will be available for as low as US$599 by the end of the year.

• 07 January 2013

• News: Lenovo's hybrid laptops get smaller with the Yoga 11S, Helix tablet

  Lenovo continued its deluge of new Windows 8 product offerings at CES 2013, with key additions to its line of Windows 8 hybrid laptops announced Monday, including a smaller IdeaPad Yoga 11S. These new laptops follow up on the company's earlier announcements of touch-based additions to its IdeaPad and ThinkPad clamshell line.

• News: HP highlights skinny monitors, media player, and budget Windows 8 laptops at CES

  Hewlett-Packard's top CES 2013 product announcement is about a display. That's right: Not a laptop, not a tablet, but a relatively pedestrian PC display. Now, perhaps, we can see why the company didn't rent any booth space in Las Vegas this year.

• News: HP's touch Sleekbook cheaper alternative to ultrabooks

  Hewlett-Packard has priced its new Pavilion Touchsmart Sleekbook laptop at US$699, claiming it's the most affordable device in its category.

• News: Lenovo storms CES with a deluge of Windows 8 hardware

  Lenovo, stop. Please -- just stop. The sheer volume of your CES offerings is out of control, and we're not sure the world can absorb so many new Windows 8 hardware announcements in a single day.

• 04 January 2013

• News: Future Tech 2013: The PCs, tablets and cutting-edge hardware of tomorrow

  The forward march of technology moves at a dizzying pace. Yesterday's gadgets look like quaint antiques. Today's gadgets are already tainted by the mark of familiarity. And tomorrow's gadgets appear to be magical, enchanting, engineering wonders.

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