News tagged with tablet laptop

High-tech gadget show opens doors in Vegas

The International Consumer Electronics Show kicked off on Tuesday with a dazzling array of high-tech gadgetry including ultra-thin laptops, snazzy smartphones, iPad rivals and flat-screen and 3D TVs.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Intel backs ultra-light laptops with new age controls

US chip giant Intel on Monday heralded a coming wave of affordable high-powered, thin laptops that could double as tablet computers and be controlled by gestures or spoken commands.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Google's maps go indoors with new mobile feature

Google's next frontier in digital mapping will span the world's shopping malls and airports.

Technology / Software

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Iridium launches Wi-Fi hotspot for extreme roaming

Want to get email on your iPhone or BlackBerry in the middle of the ocean, or in the Arctic? Now you can - but it'll cost you.

Technology / Telecom

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Sales of new chip lift AMD to 2Q profit

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has been punished so hard for unexpectedly ousting its CEO more than 6 months ago that the second-quarter profit it posted Thursday gave investors a measure of confidence about its direction.

Technology / Business

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Smartphone use to soar in Asia: Nielsen

Smartphone use is poised to soar in Asia bringing with it a dramatic change in how people there access information on the Internet, according to industry tracker Nielsen Company.

Technology / Business

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Intel updates Atom processor roadmap

(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel is one the biggest names in PC processors, if not the single biggest, but as is the way with all markets as new things come in the landscape can change in the blink of an eye. When the ...

Electronics / Hardware

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Tablets leave netbooks in the dust as even laptops lag

There was a time when Steve Mehta was on his laptop nonstop. Nowadays, he hardly touches it.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Google-powered laptops to go on sale June 15 (Update)

The first laptops running on a Google-designed software system will go on sale in the U.S. and six other countries next month.

Technology / Software

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Best of Android packed into 'Ice Cream Sandwich'

Google on Tuesday said it is packing the best of its Honeycomb tablet computer software into a new "Ice Cream Sandwich" version of Android for mobile devices.

Technology / Software

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Rumors about two new Sony laptops abound

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is Sony trying to out Macbook the Macbook? That is the rumor floating around the tech world today. According to a rumor report, first put out by Sony Insider, the company is allegedly working ...

Electronics / Hardware

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Tablets, smart gadgets rule at Consumer Electronics Show

Slick touchscreen tablet computers and smarter devices for the home and the car took center stage as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) wrapped up on Sunday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Tablet computers come of age in 2010 with iPad mania

Yearning for an Internet-linked gadget bigger than a smartphone but smaller than a laptop merged with always-connected lifestyles to make tablet computing a defining trend for 2010.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Tablet computer sales to hit 208 million in 2014

Sales of tablet computers like Apple's iPad are expected to soar from nearly 20 million units this year to 55 million next year and over 208 million in 2014, market research firm Gartner said Friday.

Technology / Business

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Tablet computers 'job one urgency' at Microsoft: Ballmer

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday that developing Windows-based tablet computers and getting them to market is "job one urgency" for the US software giant.

Technology / Software

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