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Monday, June 17, 2013
Chromebooks will now be carried in over 3 times more stores than before, or more than 6,600 stores around the world, Google announced today.
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Intel expands the portfolio of current generation coprocessors with new Intel Xeon Phi 3100 and 7100 product families, providing a variety of cost and performance options. Intel also today disclosed the next generation of 14nm Intel Xeon Phi technology, codenamed "Knights Landing."
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Nero is offering owners of Nook tablets the power of photo streaming and social photo sharing with their new NeroKwik app.
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Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, is the world?s new No. 1 system with a performance of 33.86 petaflop/s on the Linpack benchmark, according to the 41st edition of the twice-yearly TOP500 list of the world?s most powerful supercomputers.
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Patriot and Meteor Entertainment, a publisher of online games, today launched a Supersonic RAGE XT promotion bundle with Meteor's online mech action game, HAWKEN. This bundle pairs the 64GB USB 3.0 Supersonic RAGE XT flash drive with a 7-day HAWKEN Double XP Boost for the popular multiplayer mech combat video game.
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With the acquisition of SeaMicro, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has a chance to take share in the mainstream server-computer market, in which Intel sells about 96% of the chips, according to IDC.
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Samsung has begun mass producing the first PCI-Express (PCIe) solid state drive (SSD) for next-generation ultra-slim notebook PCs.
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
It seems that we will eventually see Intel coming up with the first 8-core processor for desktops in 2H 2014. The enthusiast-grade Haswell-E 'Hallo' platform will reportedly offer DDR4 memory support, will be unlocked and quad channel memory with up to 16 threads.
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Friday, June 14, 2013
Google seems to be avoiding getting involved in a price war with Amazon.com, Acer and Asus in the tablet market, as the latest reports indicate that The Nexus 7 tablet will be priced at $299.
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Toshiba has expanded its package line-up of interface-converter bridge LSIs for high resolution LCD display that are used in tablet PC, Ultrabooks and other applications.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Accelerating the implementation of big data solutions, Intel announced the Intel Enterprise Edition for Lustre software to make performance-based storage solutions easier to deploy and manage.
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During last week's Computex Taipei trade show, Noctua gave an update on its cooperation with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) specialists RotoSub, exhibiting a prototype of the first CPU cooler with integrated ANC as well as an early prototype of an ANC fan for watercooling radiators.
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Super Talent Technology today announced its Super Hybrid drives for enterprise and desktop consumers.
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Alienware introduced its latest and most powerful gaming laptops with the unveiling of the Alienware 14, Alienware 17 and Alienware 18 at E3 in Los Angeles. The systems feature a bold new design and high performance.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
HP today announced the first phase of HP SMB IT in a Box, an expanded big data portfolio, new and enhanced HP ProLiant servers along with a new flash strorage torage portfolio.
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Intel today announced the Intel Solid-State Drive DC S3500 Series, its latest solid-state drive (SSD) for data centers and cloud computing.
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Seagate is adding pressure to rival WD with the release of a NAS HDD lineup. Just like the recently released WD Red series of HDDs, Seagate's HDDs are targeted towards 1- to 5-bay NAS units.
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AMD today confirmed previous information with the release of an ultra-fast member of its AMD FX family of CPUs, the AMD FX-9590 processor clocked at 5 GHz.
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Apple has been busy today annoucing its updated iOS7 amd Mac OS X Mavericks operating systems, the upcoming MacPro, new Haswell-based MacBook Air models as well as the highly rumored iTunes Radio service.
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Sony and HTC are reportedly the latest to release new phblets - devices that share features from both phones and tablets.
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Samsung will launch a 12.2-inch version of its Galaxy Note device soon, which will reportedly have a 2,560 x 1,600 pixel IGZO display.
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Friday, June 07, 2013
Mushkin today launched the Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD alongside Mushkin's "Pacific Rim Sweepstakes" which will run from June 5, 2013 until August 17, 2013.
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Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues posted a year-over-year decline of -0.9%, totaling just over $5.9 billion, in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC).
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Thursday, June 06, 2013
As part of promtotion if the Thunderbolt technology, Intel is also showing off a small thumb drive which packs Thunderbolt technology to provide ultra-high data transfer speeds compared to the typical flash drives that plug into USB ports.
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Kingston today announced a series of Intel XMP-validated HyperX memory solutions for the 'Haswell' 4th generation Core i7, i5 and i3 processors and Z87 chipset-based platforms.
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At its Dell Enterprise Forum customer and partner event, Dell today unveiled new storage solutions based on both MLC and SLC SSDs, with data automatically moved between those two tiers of storage.
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Among today's attractions at ASRock's booth at COMPUTEX 2013 was the three 'Masters of Overclocking' that showed how a 3.5GHz Intel Core i7-4770K CPU can be overclocked to 6.5GHz using a subzero cooling setup.
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AMD's rumored "Centurion" processor clocked at 5GHz could appear sooner than expected as Gigabyte is already showcasing at Computex a motherboard that supports the ultra-fast processor.
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Transcend today announced the addition of the SSD740 2.5" SATA III 6Gb/s solid state drive (SSD) to its industrial SSD product line.
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Fujitsu today announced its updated FMV Series lineup of consumer-oriented personal computers. The new lineup includes four new models in three product families. They feature enhanced design and performance specifications as well as a touchscreen display compatible with Windows 8. The new models will be available in Japan from June 7, 2013.
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Sony added the VAIO Duo 13 and VAIO Pro 13/11 to its
summer 2013 VAIO line-up.
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In his first COMPUTEX keynote address as head of Microsoft?s OEM Division, Corporate Vice President Nick Parker hosted a lineup of new tablets and PCs from manufacturers as well as smartphones, servers and embedded industry devices.
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AMD completed its 2013 APU lineup with the release of
the Elite A-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) for
desktops, codenamed "Richland".
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At an industry event in Taipei today, Hermann Eul,
general manager of Intel's Mobile and Communications
Group, unveiled new details about the company's
forthcoming Intel Atom processor-based SoC for tablets
("Bay Trail-T") due in market for holiday this year.
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Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Intel's "Next Unit of Computing" (NUC) devices will be supported by the new Haswell processors, and UIntel showcased a compatible motherboards at Computex.
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LSI announced the channel and OEM availability of the Syncro CS solution - a cost-effective and easy to deploy storage solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) and remote and branch offices.
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Coinciding with new processor launches from AMD and Intel, Futuremark tdoday released PCMark 8 Professional Edition for Windows.
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Toshiba today introduced three new devices in its Excite family of Android tablets, along with a completely redesigned Qosmio X75 laptop and PX35t All-In-One Touchscreen Desktop Computer.
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Qualcomm has expanded its Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processors portfolio to include support for Microsoft Windows RT 8.1.
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Corsair's presence at Computex is strong and brings four
gaming keyboards, two gaming mice, new mid-tower PC
cases as well as the Corsair Vengeance Pro Series of
DDR3 memory for overclockers.
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Crucial today announced new Crucial Ballistix Sport
SODIMMs, designed to boost performance of gaming
laptops, and the Crucial Ballistix Sport XT memory
modules for gamers and enthusiasts.
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Asus Maximus VI Formula and Maximus VI Impact
motherboards, Poseidon water-cooed graphics card, G750 notebook and
Tytan G30 desktop all showcased at Computex, along with
the Sonic Radar audio visualization utility for
enhanced gaming.
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Dell announced a new XPS and performance and security enhancements to several models of Windows 8 PCs today at Computex.
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Intel today officially announced its dual-core Haswell
processors along with 22nm quad-core Intel Atom SoCs for
tablets and smartphones.
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Monday, June 03, 2013
SanDisk has expanded its solid state drive (SSD) portfolio at Computex with the addition of three new models ? the high-performance SanDisk Extreme II SSD for technology enthusiasts and gamers, as well as two new OEM SSDs for notebooks and tablets.
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Super Talent today released the UltraDrive MX3 SSDs.
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Dell is expanding its range of hybrid devices with the XPS 11, which can transform from tablet to laptop.
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Broadcom has expanded its 5G WiFi portfolio with a line of 2x2 5G WiFi products for connected home devices, including PCs, tablets, set-top boxes, TVs, and retail routers.
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Today Intel launched the Intel Server Board S1200V3RP
family of server boards and systems.
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ARM today announced, at DAC 2013, the AMBA 5 CHI
(Coherent Hub Interface) specification which will enable
ARM Cortex-A50 series processors to work together in
high-performance, coherent processing "hubs", and to
deliver the high data rates in servers and networking.
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OCZ Technology will showcase its storage solutions for client and enterprise computing along with announcing its new line of Fatal1ty Series power supply products at Computex 2013 in Taipei, Taiwan June 4 through June 8.
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Taiwan's PC makers Acer and Asus are unveiling a new
generation of ultra-thin laptops at the world's
second-biggest computer show this week.
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Both Seagate and WD have started shipping their ultra-thin hard disk drives for ultrabooks. WD is offering its 7mm WD Blue HDDs with capacities of up to 1TB, while Seagate is releasing its 5mm Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDDs, available in capacities 320GB and 500GB versions.
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Samsung said on Monday it will use Intel processors to
power a new version of one of its GALAXY Tab 3 Android
tablets, a major victory for the U.S. chipmaker, which
is struggling to find its footing in the mobile market.
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Toshiba will start sample shipments of its enterprise SSD (eSSD) "PX02SM" series, including "PX02SMB160", which has a 1.6TB capacity, in July.
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ARM on Monday announced at Computex an optimized IP
solution - the ARM Cortex-A12 processor, the Mali-T622
GPU, Mali-V500 video solution and POP IP technology -
designed to power mid-range mobile devices smartphones
and tablets.
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Sunday, June 02, 2013
ASUS and Gigabyte have today announced their servers and mootherboards based on the for new Intel Xeon processors based on the Intel Denlow platform.
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ASUS today announced four new desktop PCs with the
latest 4th generation Intel Core processors for
productivity and entertainment.
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G.SKILL announced the "DDR3 3000MHz 32GB(4x8GB)" memory kit, the latest addition to the TridentX Series designed for the latest 4th Gen Intel Core Processors and Z87 system.
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Saturday, June 01, 2013
Intel has decided to launch the first batch of its fourth-generation
"Haswell" quad-core processors for laptops and desktops prior to their official presentation at Computex.
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The Supreme Court of the Netherlands has dismissed Apple's request to ban sales of tablets made by Samsung.
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Friday, May 31, 2013
Microsoft's marketing team this week has targetted Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy S4, using seperate blog posts and web sites.
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Microsoft is trying to attract buyers for its ARM-based Surface RT tablet offering a free touch cver with every purchase of the tablet.
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Taiwanese Asustek and Acer have alrady started teasing consumers with 'mysterious' videos related to new products that will be on display at Computex 2013 in Taipei.
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GLOBALFOUNDRIES will unveil a set of certified design flows to support its most advanced manufacturing processes at next week's 50th Design Automation Conference (DAC) in Austin, Texas.
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Japanese cooling-expert Scythe is introducing a new lineup of native 140 mm axial-fans.
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
ASUS' new PQ321 True 4K UHD Monitor supports an 31.5-inch Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 resolution - equivalent to four Full HD displays stacked side-by-side.
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Intel is making another step into the rising mobile device market by stiking an agreement with Samsung to offer the Korean company processors for its upcoming budget Samsung tablets, such as the Galaxy Tab 3.
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WD expands its product portfolio addressing small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB) with the addition of WD Sentinel RX4100, its first 1U rack-mount small business storage server.
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Factory revenue in the worldwide server market decreased 7.7% year over year to $10.9 billion in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), according to IDC.
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Amazon's e-readers and tablets are expected to reach China as early as June 7.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
PMC has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Integrated Device Technology, Inc.?s (IDT) Enterprise Flash Controller Business and certain PCI Express (PCIe) Switch assets for $100 million, subject to certain purchase price adjustments.
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Toshiba today introduced the company's first Windows 8 device designed for business users, the Portégé Z10t Detachable Ultrabook.
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Kingston today announced the latest addition to its SSDNow family, the KC300 solid-state drive, which is based on an LSI SandForce second-generation SF-2281 processor.
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Supermicro today announced new X10 Motherboard and Server Building Block Solutions that support Intel's future Xeon processor E3-1200 V3 and 4th Generation Intel Core processor families.
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Microsoft has released its Surface Pro to Japan and has included an option for larger storage.
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MediaTek today announced the availability of the new quad-core application processor -- MT8125 designed for the tablet markets.
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AMD today unveiled a new family of low power server processors: the AMD Opteron X-Series optimized for scale-out server architectures.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Can a $200 ultrathin-type PC be made for consumers, especially as these advanced notebooks now cost upward of $600 or more? The answer seems yes, especially if Intel is willing to cut the price of its semiconductor components to PC makers, according to IHS.
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ARM today made available a power-optimized dual-core hard macro implementation of the ARM Cortex-A15 processor.
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Visitors of Plextor's booth at Computex will get a chance to preview Plextor 's new generation of SSDs using 1Y nm flash and to see the company?s current range of storage devices.
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NASDAQ has granted the OCZ's request to remain listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market, subject to the condition that OCZ is current in the filing of its periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission by September 16, 2013.
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International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that tablet shipments will exceed those of portable PCs this year, as the slumping PC market is expected to see negative growth for the second consecutive year.
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In the first quarter 2013, worldwide server shipments declined 0.7 percent year-on-year, while revenue declined 5.0 percent from the first quarter of 2012, according to Gartner, Inc.
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WD today announced availability of its innovative WD Se line of hard drives, designed for scale-out datacenter deployments, mid-sized network attached storage (NAS) deployment, and backup/archiving applications.
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Monday, May 27, 2013
The Wikipad 7, a device that combines gaming with the
functionality and portability of a tablet, thanks to its attachable game
controller will soon be reaching the market shelves.
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Sunday, May 26, 2013
An original 1976 Apple I home computer was sold for $671,400 at the Breker auction house in Germany.
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
GIGABYTE on Friday presented the GIGABYTE BRIX, a compact PC, combining a small and sleek form factor chassis design with a choice of Intel Core processors, SSD storage, integrated Wi-Fi, USB 3.0 plus dual digital display outputs.
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Friday, May 24, 2013
Verbatim is expanding its V3 Store'n'Go USB drive range with the V3 MAX, a product line that is offering faster USB 3.0 connection and data
transfer speeds.
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Microsoft is offering two new mice designed specifically for Windows.
These are the first mice from Microsoft to include a Windows button on them, giving you quick and easy access to specific features in the OS.
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On Thursday Microsoft announced it will deliver a new generation Kinect for Windows sensor next year, offering businesses access to natural technology and hoping that they will develop and deploy touch-free applications for their customers.
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
OCZ today released the Vertex 450 SATA III SSD Series featuring the company's proprietary Indilinx Barefoot 3 M10 Series controller and designed to bridge the gap between high performance and mainstream solid-state storage.
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Amazon.com is expanding the distribution of its Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9, which are both now available for preorder in over 170 countries, and its Appstore open in nearly 200 countries.
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Lenovo Group had a strong showing this year with record full-year sales, earnings and income, despite the steep fall of the PC industry.
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HP is announcing some new Windows 8 PCs today - including a brand new portable All-in-One PC called the HP ENVY Rove 20. Most if not all these new PCs all come with touchscreens.
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AMD today launched three new additions to its 2013 A-Series and E-Series Mobile Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) lineup -- delivering solutions positioned to address today's PC market with increased performance and power efficiency, as well as a superior gaming and graphics.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The ASUS Transformer Book TX300 is now available at Amazon, B&H, BestBuy.com, CDW, Excaliber PC, PC Connection, and Tiger Direct starting at $1,499 (U.S.).
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