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Desktops and Notebooks and news, product reviews and analysis of desktops, PCs, notebook PCs, laptops and tablet PCs. eWEEK Desktop and Notebook coverage also includes news, product reviews and analysis on external hard drives, device management, peripherals and enterprise computing. eWEEK Desktop and Notebook follows such desktop and notebook vendors as Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell, Lenovo, Asus, Gateway, Acer, Toshiba, Assus, Intel, AMD, Nvidia and VIA.
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CEO Eugene Kaspersky says iOS-based devices, such as the iPhone and iPad, will need antivirus software, and he laments that Apple won't let his company develop it.
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CEO Steve Ballmer didn’t actually say that 500 million Windows 8 devices would be sold by the end of next year; he was talking about Windows in general. But there are a number of factors to consider in evaluating the ultimate market impact of Windows 8.
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Following its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google is working on a 7-inch Android tablet, according to a DigiTimes report.
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Dell's Windows 8-based Latitude 10 tablet seems to have received a premature introduction, due to a leaked document. Here, several experts weigh in on a remaining mystery—its price.
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The networking and collaboration vendor instead will focus on growing its software efforts, such as the Jabber UC platform and WebEx online meeting solution.
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Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard each introduced a mountain of new PCs in the last few weeks. Speed, thanks to new Ivy Bridge processors from Intel, was a major focus for HP, Lenovo and other PC makers, along with features like smaller footprints, smarter cooling technologies, super-quick boot-up times and enterprise-grade security solutions—all important features for business users and the IT professionals who have to keep track and maintain their company’s PC fleet. However, of course, the most fun announcements are for the machines that make a person instantly wish his or her IT manager were shipping one their way (in exchange for their current phonebook-like laptop). Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, hit on this in a May 21 research note. Gottheil wrote, "For PCs, consumerization means business users (who are consumers when they are not at work) will demand PCs that share the characteristics of the PCs they buy for personal use: good design, light weight, good battery life, instant-on, good audio." Hear, hear! Below is a collection of recently introduced desktops and notebooks from the likes of HP, Lenovo, Dell and Asus most any business user would be happy to find on her desk—at work or at home.
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Apple’s third-generation iPad, two months after going on sale, has matched the user numbers of the original iPad, according to data from Localytics.
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NEWS ANALYSIS: As HP changes emphasis, will it relinquish some of its global services business to IBM so it can focus on research and development and building new Converged Cloud systems?
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The qualification of Nvidia’s Icera 410 LTE chipset on AT&T’s 4G network means Nvidia-based 4G devices will be hitting the market later this year, the company said.
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Nvidia's Tegra 3-based Kai platform will enable OEMs to make quad-core Android-running tablets that are priced at $199, according to company officials.
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It seems as if many of us didn’t really have much of a winter in 2012, but suffice it to say we’re all a lot happier that the longer days and warmer weather are on the schedule for the next few months. Unfortunately for you, you’ll also be working through most of the dog days of summer waiting for that vacation to start in earnest. Now that Memorial Day is almost here, and with it the unofficial start of the summer, eWEEK has put together a list of must-have gadgets that can keep you mobile and fully functional, whether you’re on the road, on-site or trying to sneak out early to grab some sun at the beach. From tablets, such as the new iPad, to portable speakers, to the latest in smartphones and ultraportable laptops, and even mobile photo printers, we’ve got you covered so you can at least enjoy a little summer sun and maybe even get some work done, too.
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AT&T gave some New Yorkers a boost recently, upgrading 2G bandwidth to 3G and 4G, in support of higher-speed users, which the spectrum wars are all about.
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"We continue to face a weak overall demand environment," CEO Meg Whitman said on the quarterly results call to analysts.
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Dell's latest earnings highlighted the company's need for its own tablet to answer the iPad. While Dell has a "full complement" of devices planned, the company, like many other PC vendors, is waiting on Microsoft to launch Windows 8 later this year.
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Lenovo will soon overtake longtime PC sales leader HP, according to several analyst reports released this week. Experts are pointing to its diverse product strategy, success in China and lower-margin PCs.
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Lenovo X1 slims business laptop dimensions and pushes power.
The Lenovo W520 mobile workstation stuffs nearly twice the compute and memory capability over the previous generation 15.6-inch professional grade laptop while losing nearly a pound of weight. Smart sub systems also reduce heat and extend battery life on the ISV-certified road warrior.
The Dell Vostro 460 is ideal for those companies that want to keep their employees working productively. But for more resource-intensive needs, there are better options out there.
Thunderbolt and performance improvements make this more than just “this year’s model.”
Oracle continues Sun’s remote desktop effort against VMware and Citrix and increases support for Windows 7 and remote desktops running on Windows Server 2008 R2.
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