netbooks

UK PC Market Suffers Worst Decline in Five Quarters

Tablets and smartphones make gains, while sales of desktops and laptops slump

13 years ago

SMB Smartphone, Tablet Adoption On The Up

More and more SMBs are providing their staff with smartphones, tablets and netbooks according to IDC

13 years ago

Asus Drops Plans For UK Launch Of Seven-Inch Tablet

The Asus 7 inch tablet will not be hitting UK shores after an executive said there was no demand for…

13 years ago

Market Swings Allow Intel To Increase Its Lead Over AMD

Intel's chip sales figures have been damaged by booming tablet sales but the cloud has helped to balance its performance

13 years ago

Acer Chairman Predicts Ultrabook Surge

Acer Chairman T.J. Wang has predicted a good year ahead for ultrabooks thanks in part to falling prices

13 years ago

Dell Axes Inspiron Mini Netbooks For Ultrabooks

Dell has discontinued its once popular netbooks as it pursues lighter and thinner machines such as ultrabooks

13 years ago

Intel Restructures For The Ultra-Mobile Age

Intel is ramping up its efforts to move into tablets and smartphones with a mobile and communications unit

13 years ago

Acer Reaffirms Netbook Commitment

Acer is to continue championing the netbook form factor, amid the rising focus on ultrabooks and tablets

13 years ago

One In 10 Computers Sold Will Be Chromebooks

Dixons says Chrome OS will combat the threat of tablets and establish itself in the 2012 market

13 years ago

$300 Million Set Aside For Ultrabook Developers

Intel’s investment arm laying out $300 million to encourage ultrabook hardware and software partners

13 years ago

Acer Drastically Scales Back Tablet Targets

Acer has slashed its tablet shipment targets by almost 60 percent in the face of ongoing iPad domination

13 years ago

Gartner Claims 2011 Will See Slow PC Unit Growth

PC growth will be supported by healthy professional replacements over the next 18 months, the report says

13 years ago

Asus Releases Open Source Ubuntu Netbooks

Asus is reafirming its commitment to open source with the news that it will ship netbooks running Ubuntu

13 years ago

Chromebook Will Struggle Against Windows, Tablets

Google's cloud-based Chromebook device could find itself squeezed between Windows and tablets, says Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Acer Mulls Software Purchase For Better Tablets

Acer is reportedly close to make a software development purchase to boost its tablet and netbook portfolio

13 years ago

Acer Boss Resigns After Clash With Board

The boss of Acer has resigned after clashing with the board over the future direction of the company

14 years ago

Why Is Google Bothering With Chrome OS?

Android runs on tablets, so why is Google pressing on with its plans for Chrome OS? Tom Jowitt has the…

14 years ago

No Chrome OS Netbooks For Christmas, says Google

Chrome OS has been delayed said Google CEO Eric Schmidt, though no one at Google or the computer makers will…

14 years ago

Electronics Retailer Backtracks Over iPad ‘Cannibal’ Comment

The boss of US electronics retail giant, Best Buy, has said that his comments that the Apple iPad was hitting…

14 years ago

Dell To Begin US Pre-Sales Of Streak Tablet

Dell will begin pre-sales of its Streak tablet PC on 12 August

14 years ago

Google Planning Chrome OS Laptops

Dell has said it's looking at building laptops based on Google's chrome OS

14 years ago

Netbook Sales Expected To Grow To 58 Million

Research firm ABI predicts the market will keep growing this year with shipments totaling 58 million

14 years ago