It’s been a couple of weeks since our last “best laptop” article, mostly because I had concerns about recommending anything with AMD’s Richland and Intel’s Haswell processors right around the corner. At this point, it looks like Haswell is going to be a relatively small portion of Intel’s shipments for the near term, with a heavy focus on higher performance quad-core parts and Ultrabooks—basically, a focus on the more lucrative markets. AMD’s Richland APU on the other hand will be a drop-in replacement for Trinity that offers slightly faster CPU and GPU performance, but nothing earth shattering. That leaves plenty of room for laptop recommendations for the next several months, and today we’re going to look at the business sector. Let’s first start by discussing...
Intel Not Selling MeeGo, Says Manager
Responding to this week's rumors that Samsung might be looking to acquire MeeGo, the Linux-based mobile operating system introduced by Intel and Nokia, Intel's Systems Software Division manager Doug...
7 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/8/2011Dell Precision Mobile Workstations: Now with Larger and Faster SSDs
I recently received an email from a reader asking for advice on the "best" laptop Dell has to offer. The reader's work is footing the bill, but with the...
9 by Jarred Walton on 9/8/2011GeForce GTX 570M Available in MSI's GT683DXR and GT780DXR
We've known the GTX 570M was coming for a while now, but MSI is the first to start shipping notebooks with the new GPU. Sitting between the GTX 560M...
5 by Jarred Walton on 9/7/2011Droid Bionic Officially Announced: On Sale Tomorrow!
It's finally here, and hopefully worth the wait! Verizon Wireless and Motorola Mobility announced this morning the new and improved Droid Bionic, the first dual-core, 4G LTE handset. After...
6 by Jason Inofuentes on 9/7/2011Nexus S 2.3.6 Update Lands - Voice Fix Included
If you're a lucky owner of a Nexus S, Google's second flagship device that launched in December, chances are that you're well aware of the rather nagging voice search...
1 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 9/2/2011Dell XPS 15z: Sincerely Flattering
With the relaunch of their XPS branding, Dell has released quite a few interesting laptops during the past three quarters. Their latest addition to the line is the thin...
76 by Jarred Walton on 9/2/2011Qualcomm Atheros Acquires Bigfoot Networking
It feels like just yesterday that I was finishing up the review of Bigfoot Networks' Killer Wireless-N 1102, but in fact it has been a whole three weeks. My...
5 by Jarred Walton on 9/1/2011IFA 2011: Toshiba's AT200 Is The Thinnest Android Tablet
Toshiba is joining the race to produce the thinnest possible tablet with their newly announced AT200 tablet, successor to the Toshiba Thrive/AT100. Eschewing the full sized ports and chintzy...
10 by Jason Inofuentes on 9/1/2011Sony Enters Tablet Market - Announces Two Tablets
Sony has finally made it official, they are entering the tablet business. This move has been anticipated for a while now so this may not be a big surprise...
40 by Kristian Vättö on 8/31/2011Department of Justice Files to Block AT&T-T-Mobile Merger
The United States Justice Department has filed to block AT&T's proposed buyout of T-Mobile today, saying that the merger would "remove a significant competitive force from the market." The potential...
16 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/31/2011Samsung Releases Series 7 Laptops: Aluminum Body and SSD Caching
Samsung has released four new laptops today. They are branded as Series 7 and will be available in October. These are also the first laptops with SSD caching. Read...
55 by Kristian Vättö on 8/31/2011Hands on with the US-bound Samsung Galaxy S IIs
Samsung has already sold 5 million of them in 85 days in Korea and Europe, but until now the Galaxy S II has been just a dream in a...
36 by Jason Inofuentes on 8/31/2011HP to Produce One More Run of Touchpads
The HP Touchpad's saga continues: after being introduced, discontinued, and liquidated, HP now says that it will be manufacturing a "limited quantity" of the tablets before the end of...
10 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/30/2011New Tetris Coming To The 3DS This October
If the dearth of world-famous puzzlers was keeping you from picking up a Nintendo 3DS, it’s about time you started saving up: the Hudson Soft-developed Tetris: Axis will be...
6 by Craig Getting on 8/29/2011Samsung Announces Galaxy S II LTE and Tab 8.9 LTE for IFA
Let's be clear, this fall has easily one of the busiest release schedules, and Samsung's not interested in making it any easier. In addition to the US SGS II...
9 by Jason Inofuentes on 8/28/2011Droid Bionic Arrives September 8th
It's been a long time since CES, but the wait is nearly over. Per Motorola's Droid Bionic Twitter account, the Bionic will grace Verizon's network on Sepember 8th. Earlier...
23 by Jason Inofuentes on 8/28/2011Razer Announces Blade Gaming Laptop
Razer, a gaming-centric company known primarily for its mice and keyboards, today announced that they would be introducing a gaming laptop, the Blade, in Q4 2011. The $2799.99 laptop is...
21 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/26/2011HP EliteBook 8760w: Color, So Dreamy
Just over ten months ago, we had a chance to take a look at a very big, reasonably impressive mobile workstation: HP's EliteBook 8740w. It sported HP's DreamColor IPS...
83 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/25/2011Nokia Releases Three Smartphones with New Symbian "Belle"
Nokia has revealed three new smartphones today: Nokia 700, Nokia 701 and Nokia 600. Nokia 600 Nokia 700 Nokia 701 Screen Size 3.2" 3.2" 3.5" Resolution 640x360 640x360 640x360 Display Type N/A AMOLED IPS NAND 2GB + microSD 2GB + microSD 8GB + microSD CPU ARM 11 @ 1GHz ARM...
19 by Kristian Vättö on 8/24/2011Sprint to Carry Next iPhone, Says Wall Street Journal
Sprint will be joining AT&T and Verizon in carrying Apple's next iPhone, reports the Wall Street Journal citing "people familiar with the matter." This would make Sprint the third...
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