One of Sony’s first ultrabooks is headed to the US soon.. and in an odd move for the company, the Sony Vaio T13 will actually be one of the cheapest ultrabooks available from any company. Traditionally Sony has positioned its computers as premium alternatives to its competitors products. The Verge reports that the thin and […]
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Asus TAICHI packs two displays into one ultrabook
There are a few different ways to design a notebook so that it can also be used as a tablet. You can offer a detachable keyboard, a hinge that lets you twist the screen and push it down over the keyboard, or a design that lets the screen rotate within its frame. Asus opted for […]
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Asus Tablet 810 packs Windows 8, Atom CPU, detachable keyboard
The Asus Tablet 810 looks like a slightly larger version of the Asus Tablet 600, but there are four key differences between these tablets: The Tablet 810 has an Intel Atom Medfield x86 processor, not an ARM-based CPU. It runs the full Windows 8 operating system rather than Windows RT. It has an 11.6 inch […]
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MSI S20 ultrabook converts into a Windows 8 tablet
The MSI S20 is one of the first slider-style ultrabooks, with a full QWERTY keyboard which hides away behind the display when you just want to use the computer in tablet mode. MSI is introducing the S20 at the Computex show in Taiwan this week. The notebook has an 11.6 inch display, measures less than […]
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Asus Tablet 600: Windows RT on a Transformer-like tablet
The Asus Transformer Pad line of tablets are some of the most popular Android tablets on the market, thanks in part to the optional keyboard dock that Asus offers for those that want to turn their tablets into laptops. Now Asus is getting ready to launch a line of Windows tablets with a similar option. […]
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Acer Aspire S7 ultrabooks to feature Windows 8, HD touchscreens
Acer’s next-generation ultrabooks will feature high definition touchscreen displays and the Windows 8 operating system. The Acer Aspire S7 series ultrabooks will also come in two sizes: you’ll be able to pick one up with an 11.6 inch or a 13.3 inch screen. Up until now Acer has only offered ultrabooks with 13.3 inch or […]
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Acer introduces 10.1, 11.6 inch Windows 8 tablets for $600 and up
Acer has unveiled two of the first tablets designed to run Windows 8. The Acer Iconia W510 features a 10.1 inch display and will run about $799 when it hits the market, while the Iconia W700 has an 11.6 inch screen and a $999 price tag. Update: Acer has adjusted the pricing. The Iconia W510 […]
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Asus, BlueStacks to bring Android apps to all Asus PCs
Asus and BlueStacks have announced a partnership that will allow users to run Android apps on a Windows PC. If you’ve got an Asus computer with the asus@vibe app store, you’ll be able to download the BlueStacks App Player for PC and Android apps starting June 4th. That should cover most Asus computers released in […]
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Fedora 18 will support secure boot on Windows 8 PCs
The folks behind the popular Fedora Linux operating system have good news and less good news for open source software enthusiasts. The good news is that they’ve come up with a method that will make it easy for anyone to install the next version of Fedora on hardware designed to run Microsoft Windows 8 without […]
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Mysterious Pegatron E-Tab 4G shows up in benchmark results
Pegatron is a Taiwanese device manufacturer that builds products for other companies, much the way Foxconn or Wistron does. So when benchmark results for an unannounced Android device called the Pegatron E-Tab 4G show up online, you can be pretty sure that’s not the name this tablet will be sold under. But it certainly looks […]