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There are noticeable stats, weird ones, and of course, the good old constructive ones. Fresh reports emerging from Google exposed by Ad Age plunges into the last category. Going with Google’s numbers, consumers are increasingly beginning to embrace mobile internet-capable devices other than laptop or PC in the five major markets (that is, US, UK, [...]

  Not so long time ago, tablets are Windows notebooks with touchscreen displays. These notebooks could be folded flat and can be used as slates. These convertible laptop-style tablets are still around and new models are being made. The Gigabyte Booktop T1132N is a convertible notebook that runs with an Intel Core i5 processor clocked [...]

Reports from a recent study indicate that consumers are choosing 14 and 15 inch notebooks over ultraportable devices. The most affected however, seems to be 13 inch notebooks. MSI are no longer offering their X360, which features a 13 inch display, while Lenovo will stop making the ThinkPad X300, another notebook that sports a 13 [...]

The latest version of Ubuntu has been released as a beta version. This brings Ubuntu up to version 10.10. Ubuntu 10.10 is due to be officially released, out of beta sometime in October but, if you can’t wait until then, you can download the beta version here. As it is a beta though, it’s recommended [...]

Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS), one of the world’s biggest optical drive manufacturers for desktop PCs and laptops, recently unveiled the world’s first Blu-ray Disc combo drive with a built-in SSD specifically for use in notebooks and other types of portable devices. They’re calling it the HyDrive, and from the looks of it, it just might [...]