Acer adds a new Ivy Bridge laptop, the Aspire V5

From CNET News.com: Adding to the growing list of laptops with Intel's new third-generation Core i-series CPUs, Acer has announced the Aspire V5. Not exactly ultrabook-thin, the 14 and 15-inch V5 models are being pitched as thin-and-light on a budget. Acer says they are, "Great for...

Prices of Hard Drives to Return to Pre-Flood Levels Only in 2014

From X-bit Labs: Although production of hard disk drives (HDDs) is rapidly recovering from the catastrophic Thailand floods that occurred in October, HDD average selling prices (ASPs) are not expected to decline to pre-disaster levels until 2014, according to an IHS iSuppli. The two...

Nvidia: First $199 Kai Tablets Will Be Announced This Year

From PC World: The first tablets based on Nvidia's Kai platform, which is being built to enable quad-core, 7-inch Android devices for around US$200, will be announced in the second half of the year, an Nvidia executive said this week.

"During the course of the second half of the...

Lenovo, Samsung Join the Windows 8 Touch-PC Feeding Frenzy

From DailyTech: Now Lenovo Group ltd. (HKG:0992) and Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KSC:005930) have added to the Windows 8 feeding frenzy with new models of their own.

Lenovo has trotted out a new Windows 8 tablet in the ThinkPad line. The much beloved plain-jane ThinkPads have...

AMD Debuts New Brazos 2.0 Platform for Netbooks, Low-Cost Laptops

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday introduced its new-generation platform for low-cost personal computers, such as netbooks, nettops and inexpensive laptops. The new Brazos 2.0 has higher performance than the predecessor and promises better battery life for 18W...

HTC: Yeah, we'll give Sony's PlayStation Certified a go

From CNET News.com: Sony just got an ally to help with its mobile gaming initiative.

The company said yesterday that handset maker HTC had signed on to support its "PlayStation Certified" program with the intent of bolstering the mobile gaming capabilities of its devices.

The...

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