Gigabyte intros S1081 Windows slate and T1006M netvertible, both packing Cedar Trail

Jan 09, 2012 No Comments

Intel told us to expect next-gen netbooks from a throng of manufacturers, but for some reason it forgot to mention little ol’ Gigabyte. Perhaps that’s why the Taiwanese manufacturer is being slightly standoffish when it comes to detailing its two new 10-inch slates, which both run on unspecified variants of Cedar Trail and have equally [...]

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HP Spectre teaser video: fantastically thin laptop, shrouded in mystery

Jan 02, 2012 No Comments

Why, what’s this? Funny you ask — we’re wondering the same thing. A source at HP just dropped us a mysterious teaser video of a so-called Spectre laptop, a heretofore unannounced lappie that looks to be the company’s next Ultrabook… Tweet This Post

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Facebook Messenger client for Windows slips out for download

Dec 29, 2011 No Comments

We’ve already had an early peek at Facebook’s yet-to-be-released Messenger client for Windows, and now you can give it a shot yourself courtesy of a leaked copy that’s turned up on the TechIT website. Not much in the way of surprises here, but if you’re the sort that prefers desktop applications to websites or mobile [...]

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CUPP’s PunkThis graduates to tablets, earns a degree in security (hands-on video)

Dec 26, 2011 No Comments

Remember CUPP Computing’s PunkThis board we played with at Computex 2011? It’s now left the confines of its 2.5-inch hard drive form-factor and jumped ship from a standard Asus netbook to a Core i5-equipped Eee Slate EP121, taking residence alongside the tablet’s battery… Tweet This Post

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Toshiba debuts Windows 7-based Dynabook WT301/D tablet for Japan

Dec 19, 2011 No Comments

Toshiba’s tablet attention may be focused primarily on its Android-based tablets these days, but the company’s not leaving Windows behind just yet — at least in Japan. That steely-looking slate pictured above is its new Dynabook WT301/D, which packs a 10… Tweet This Post

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Microsoft leak reveals hotfix for underperforming Bulldozers

Dec 18, 2011 No Comments

AMD’s Bulldozer silicon is enormously powerful, but most software isn’t configured to schedule threads for the faux-16 core design. Windows can only see the chip as a quad-core CPU and will randomly assign threads, which ruins the point of Bulldozer’s “Turbo Core” design… Tweet This Post

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Samsung Series 7 Slate PC review

Dec 16, 2011 No Comments

All quiet on the Windows 7 tablet front? Well, no, but we haven’t exactly seen many shots fired lately. Sure, HP recently refreshed the Slate 500 with the Slate 2, but for the most part, products like this have been eclipsed by excitement around Windows 8… Tweet This Post

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Hands on With Twitter’s TweetDeck

Dec 08, 2011 No Comments

TweetDeckInstall Installation is now like a standard Windows application. No Air here.Click here to view this gallery. TweetDeck‘s conversion from eternal beta to version 1.0 is complete, and with this transition comes a fresh, new look, the shedding of the Adobe AIR back end and the graduation to native desktop app… Tweet This Post

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UK courts to introduce tablets, vow to cut back on tree killing ways

Dec 03, 2011 No Comments

It may not be retiring the powdered wigs just yet, but according to The Guardian, the British government is ready to replace traditional paper documents with tablets in UK courtrooms. Starting in April, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will give slates to Welsh and English prosecutors to store all forms and evidentiary items, later extending [...]

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HP Re-Enters the Tablet Race With Slate 2

Nov 03, 2011 No Comments

After nearly exiting the PC business, then changing its mind last week, Hewlett-Packard has proved it’s still interested in capturing a piece of the tablet market with the launch of Windows 7-based Slate 2… Tweet This Post

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HP replaces the Slate 500 with the Slate 2, adds Swype and cuts the starting price to $699

Nov 02, 2011 No Comments

Until Microsoft gives Win8 the final seal of approval, the Windows tablet show must go on, right? Right. HP just refreshed its enterprise-friendly, Windows 7-flavored Slate 500 with the Slate 2, and took the opportunity to knock the starting price down a hundred bucks to $699… Tweet This Post

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NVIDIA’s Jen-Hsun Huang: Windows on ARM should hit tablets first, battling Intel is a bad idea, would love his chips in iPad

Oct 20, 2011 No Comments

NVIDIA’s founder and president Jen-Hsun Huang has never been one to dodge a question, and that made for an excellent closing interview here at AsiaD. Outside of (re)confirming what lies ahead for Tegra, he also spoke quite openly about his feeling towards Windows on ARM in response to a question from Joanna Stern… Tweet This [...]

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