Lenovo Quietly Introduces IdeaPad Tablet with $199 Price-Tag

From X-bit Labs: Lenovo Group, one of the top PC makers, this week quietly introduced its IdeaPad A1 media tablet designed for price-conscious buyers. Lenovo is the first among leading PC brands to unveil a low-cost slate that provides basic functionality and brings tablets to...

Globalfoundries Discloses Peculiarities of AMD's Trinity

From X-bit Labs: At its annual Global Technology Conference (GTC 2011), Globalfoundries officially disclosed peculiarities of AMD's next-generation Fusion A-series accelerated processing unit code-named Trinity. As expected, the chip will be based on enhanced Bulldozer/Piledriver x86...

Samsung reveals Android-based notepad, updates tablet

From InfoWorld: Samsung is expanding its Galaxy family of Android-based devices with the Note, which allows users write directly on the device’s screen with a digital pen. The company also introduced the Galaxy Tab 7.7, which comes with a Super AMOLED Plus display, at the IFA...

Lenovo Says New Ultrabook Thinner Than MacBook Air

From PC World: Lenovo has jumped on Intel's "Ultrabook" bandwagon, announcing a new IdeaPad on Thursday that the company said is thinner than Apple's celebrated MacBook Air.

The IdeaPad U300S has a 13.3-inch display and is the slimmest laptop on the market, said Michael Littler...

Windows 8 to offer both Metro and desktop interface

From CNET News.com: Microsoft will offer Windows 8 users the option of working in the new Metro interface or sticking with a more traditional desktop environment.

In the latest installment of the "Building Windows 8" blog, Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky confirmed yesterday that Windows...

AMD's Highly-Anticipated Bulldozer Chips May Face Further Delay

From X-bit Labs: A number of market indicators revealed this week that the highly-anticipated microprocessors based on Bulldozer micro-architecture may become available later than expected. Several sources indicated that AMD might be unable to make available the FX-series "Zambezi"...

Nvidia Experiments with Video Games Streaming from PC to Tablet

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. said recently that it had begun experimenting with streaming of video games from personal computers to tablets. The technology will help tablet computers to obtain performance and feature-set of modern graphics adapters on tablets and other small form...

Intel May Be Slowing Down Fab Upgrades

From X-bit Labs: A number of industry reports that emerged on Tuesday suggests that Intel Corp. intends to slowdown aggressive expansion of manufacturing capacities by upgrading fabs next year due to slower than expected growth of demand towards various chips. In particular, there...

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