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• Dell's Ivy Bridge Latitude laptops offer 32.7 hours battery life

  By Agam Shah | 31 May, 2012 20:22

  Dell on Thursday announced Latitude business laptops with Intel's latest Core processors that can provide around 33 hours of battery life, but only when combined with attached battery packs.

• New wave of ultrabooks to include 30 touchscreen models, Intel says

  By Agam Shah | 31 May, 2012 04:05

  A fresh crop of ultrabooks sporting Intel's latest "Ivy Bridge" Core processors will start to go on sale next month, including 30 models with touchscreens, Intel said Thursday.

• Windows 8, ultrabooks to get top billing at giant trade show

  By Michael Kan | 30 May, 2012 22:05

  Windows 8 and ultrabooks are expected to take center stage at the Computex trade show in Taipei next week, as industry giants Microsoft and Intel try to develop products that can compete better against Apple's iPad.

• Apple ramps up new MacBook Pro production, to hit stores in July

  By Ashleigh Allsopp | 30 May, 2012 08:29

  Production of Apple's new MacBooks is ramping up, causing labour shortages in the supply chain.

• Samsung preps two new Chromebooks as Google updates Chrome OS, Apps

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 29 May, 2012 18:50

  Samsung will launch this week two new Chrome OS-based computers, a laptop and desktop that have been designed to be significantly faster and more versatile than previous models.

• Mystery Dell XPS 14 laptop packs high-end features in Ultrabook form

  By Melanie Pinola | 24 May, 2012 21:25

  What's this? An unannounced 14-inch Ultrabook called the Dell XPS 14 has popped up on Amazon. The specs suggest this superthin laptop will give other Ultrabooks a run for their money--it's got an Ivy Bridge processor, Nvidia discrete graphics, an HD+ display, and 12 hours of battery life.

• Windows 8 touchscreen devices to be priced higher: Dell

  By Agam Shah | 23 May, 2012 09:43

  Touchscreen laptops and tablets with the upcoming Windows 8 OS will be priced higher than their non-touchscreen counterparts, according to Dell's CEO, Michael Dell.

• Via announces $49 PC with Android OS

  By Agam Shah | 23 May, 2012 03:18

  The price bar for PCs keeps dropping, with chip maker Via on Tuesday announcing a US$49 APC computer with a customized version of Google's Android operating system.

• Intel: Ultrabooks offer more choice, better value than MacBook Air or iPad

  By Melanie Pinola | 01 April, 2012 06:03

  With the superhigh-resolution third-generation iPad selling like hotcakes, and a refresh of the MacBook Air expected soon, Windows-based laptops are seemingly becoming a dying breed in this "post-PC," Apple-dominated era.

• Growth 2012: From backyard to boom

  By Hafizah Osman | 09 February, 2012 14:18

  iiNet: The third in a series of 10 interviews with channel-relevant technology companies that have achieved significant growth over the last three years

• HP is ready to get back to business

  By Jared Newman | 29 October, 2011 08:12

  After a crazy year for HP that included a failed tablet, a hasty decision to abandon the PC business (a decision now abandoned), and a CEO shakeup, the company seems eager to get back to business as usual.

• WWDC 2012 forecast: Cloudy with a chance of new MacBooks

  By Ian Paul | 16 May, 2012 04:16

  Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is less than one month away, and speculation is high about whether Apple will announce new iCloud features, refreshed MacBook Pros, overhauled versions of iOS and OS X and maybe even a new smartphone during the conference.

• Five good laptop bargains to consider

  By Melanie Pinola | 08 May, 2012 11:34

  Laptop manufacturers are hard at work updating their laptop lines and making new models using Intel's latest Ivy Bridge processors. If you're in the market for a new laptop, however, it may make more sense for you to buy a slightly older laptop running second-generation Sandy Bridge and save a few hundred bucks. Here's how to decide which purchase is your best option.

• Where did I come from? The origin(s) of my MacBook Pro

  By Josh Fruhlinger | 08 May, 2012 06:52

  I remember when I bought my first new Mac. The label on the box read something like "Assembled for Apple in California." Famously, that has now changed: Apple computers (and iPhones, and iPads) are assembled in China, and the conditions of the workers there came under scrutiny when Mike Daisey's one-man show about his trip to Foxconn factories there was featured on NPR's This American Life -- scrutiny that continued despite revelations that Daisey fabricated some of the incidents he described.

• What will Windows 8 touchscreen laptops look like?

  By Melanie Pinola | 02 April, 2012 23:36

  Windows 8’s touch-centric interface will help to usher in a new wave of laptops with tabletlike touchscreens. To make it easier for users to tap and swipe on even superthin Ultrabooks, laptop makers will break out of the traditional clamshell shape and introduce laptops with more unusual designs.

• Guide: How to protect your laptop

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 14 March, 2012 00:01

  A laptop's portability makes it convenient - and an easy target for thieves.

• Laptops of 2012: What to expect

  By Jason Cross | 01 December, 2011 01:59

  Tablets and smartphones are in, but don't count laptops out. Impressive new laptops planned for 2012 promise to be thinner, lighter, and faster, as well as to carry longer-lasting batteries.

• Technology argument 1: Tablets vs. laptops vs. smartphones

  By Agam Shah | 04 November, 2011 09:40

  Many people today carry multiple mobile devices to access data anyplace, anytime. But a question always lingers: between a smartphone, laptop and tablet, which should you carry on the road?

• NEWS FOCUS: Everything you need to know about Ultrabooks

  By Melanie Pinola | 20 September, 2011 01:16

  The Ultrabook, a new class of ultraportable laptops defined by Intel, has been making waves lately as the next major step in laptop design.