Getac Technology and Bin Chuan Enterprise are set to start shipping newly-manufactured laptop casings made of a composite of fiberglass, metal and plastic.

The Taiwan-based supply chain companies have produced these cases for Ultrabooks that will be released in the second quarter of this year.

This development follows Intel’s suggestion to find other durable materials for Ultrabook laptop bodies other than Unibody’s aluminum alloy casings. Metal alloy currently strains the budget of manufacturers because of its relative high price.

Moreover, Apple uses a lot of the production capacity of metal alloy cases for their laptops starting in 2008 when they first used these cases for the MacBook.

Getac Technology is creating the composite cases through rapid heat cycle molding RHCM. The company has a monthly capacity of 4.5 million fiberglass-metal-plastic cases.

They also have yield rates greater than 90%. While the Bin Chuan Enterprise is hiking its production capacity of the cases to 1.8 million.

The new cases by Getac Technology and Bin Chuan Enterprise lower the selling price of Ultrabooks by around $50 to 100 as compared to models with Unibody aluminum alloy cases.

Companies such as Asustek Computers, Lenovo, Hewlett Packard and Acer are all expected to release models with such new cases at around $699-799.

via digitimes

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HP wants to focus their future marketing strategy on security. The company believes that it would help them gain more consumers if they stress their campaign on a certain quality that their products posses.

Security is an issue of tremendous importance for HP, especially in the face of widespread hacking and other forms of cyber threats. Other factors that necessitate a good security strategy include the changing business models and the demographics of the workforce, the rise of mobile computing, the growing pervasiveness of cloud computing, and the increase of dependence on social media.

Currently, there are security solutions available such as AES encryption for flash drives, hard disk drives and solid state drives. The problem is that these are a bit pricey and are often insufficient against the various threats.

HP is planning to offer strong security solutions for products targeted at individual consumers, medium-scale businesses and big enterprises.

The security solutions involves a layered system of defense against the various risks. Among others, this includes identity management, access management, information security management, endpoint security, application security, and network management.

HP has developed this system alongside their partners in technology development and services. Through this, they have created not only viable solutions, but also cost-effective ones.

Via: softpedia

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A new notebook is now available from HP. The model is Pavilion dv6-6c00.

This laptop, dubbed as an Entertainment Notebook PC, runs on Intel Core i3-2370M processor with a clock speed of 2.4 GHz coupled with Intel HM65 Express Chipset.

It is equipped with a 320 GB storage capacity and 2 GB of DDR3 RAM, which is expandable up to 16 GB. This laptop runs on Windows 7 Home Premium Operating System.

Spanning 15.6 inches, its screen has an LCD display with HD BrightView and LED backlighting. It has a pixel display resolution of 1366 x 768.  There are two user-accessible memory slots, a Blu-ray Player and SuperMulti DVD Burner, an HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone.

This laptop also carries the standard ports and slots, including VGA, HDMI, and RJ45. There are as well USB 2.0 and 3.0 slots and microphone-in and headphone-out jacks too.

The notebook also sports a Digital Media Card Reader for Secure Digital and Multimedia cards. For its network interface, it has Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN. It also comes with a 6-cell Lithium-Ion battery.

Among the included software are Recovery Manager, HP Support Assistance, Windows Live Essentials, Rara Music, Symantec Norton Internet Security, Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe Reader.

The HP Pavilion dv6-6c00 sells for 42,000 Yen or around $548. This includes 1 year of warranty.

via laptops.techfresh

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HP has launched recently a new addition to their line of notebooks in Japan. The notebook is called the Pavilion dv7-6c00.

Said notebook is packed with an Intel Core i7-2670QM processor with a clock speed of 2.2 GHz. It has a standard memory of 8 GB DDR3 (2 x 4 GB) which is expandable up to 16 GB DDR3. Two memory slots are accessible to the user. It also comes with a 2 x 1 TB SATA hard drive as well as a Blu-Ray optical drive with SuperMulti DVDR/RW Double Layer.

It has a screen of 17.3 inches which has High Definition + BrightView LED-backlit display. The resolution is 1600 x 900. The GPU is AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT with a dedicated 2 GB GDDR5.

Apart from these, the notebook also carries several expansion features, including 2 USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI port, a VGA port, a RJ45, 2 headphone-out ports, a microphone-in port, plus 2 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports. There is likewise a Multi-Format Digital Media Card Reader.

Users may also enjoy its webcam which is an HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone along with its Beats Audio speaker which has been integrated with HP Triple Bass Reflex Subwoofer.

The HP Pavilion dv7-6c00 costs 49,980 Yen or about USD 656.

Via: laptops.techfresh

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For some users, an inexpensive laptop is enough. With its low-end processor, small hard disk storage capacity, as well as run of the mill graphics, a cheap laptop often answers the needs of users who rarely work on said devices.

However for users who perform heavy-duty work and thus want to make the most out of their notebooks, a more powerful laptop such as the HP Pavilion g6-1c58dx is suitable.

So, it is good news that some retailers like the Apple warehouse MacMall is currently selling the device for the price only $384.99.

The HP Pavilion g6-1c58dx sold by MacMall offers a quad-core AMD A6-3400M processor. This is partnered with an AMD Radeon HD 6520G discrete-class graphics. The 500GB hard drive with 5400 rpm also works with 4GB DDR3 SDRAM.

This notebook is also equipped with a 15.6-inch LED-backlit LCD screen wth widescreen HD display. Among its other add-ons are a multiformat DVDRW/CD-RW drive, 3 USB 2.0 ports, webcam, microphone and a media reader for various formats. There are also built-in high-speed wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n or built-in 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN for connectivity.

This is a good deal considering that Onsale has a Pavilion for the same price that only has a dual-core AMD processor.

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Intel’s Cedar Trail platform may not have the APUs like that of AMD E-series , but this hasn’t stopped HP from using it in order to refresh their Mini 110 and Mini 210 netbook computers. Intel’s Cedar Tail platform is made up of the Cedarview processors and the NM10 chipset, with the latter alsobeing used by for the Pine Trail netbook and nettop platform.

The CPU on Cedar Trail are built using the 32nm fabrication process and features a unified architecture that packs the processing cores, memory controller (apparently connected to the CPU via an FSB bus) as well as the GPU on the same die. The latter is actually based on a PowerVR design and features hardware decoding capabilities for a wide number of HD formats, such as MPEG2, VC1, AVC, H.264 and Blu-ray 2.0.

In the Mini 110 and 210, customers can choose between the 1.6GHz Atom N2600 and 1.86GHz N2800 processors which can be supported by either 1GB or 2GB of RAM. Netbooks can pack hard drives reaching up to 500GB, while the rest of the specs list includes 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth and 100Mbps LAN connectivity, VGA webcam, a built-in media card reader and a 6-cell battery.

The keyboard is spill-resistant and comes with a 10.1-inch LED backlit screen that uses a 1024×600 resolution in the Mini 110 and 1368×768 in the 210.

The two systems will start at 279 and 309 EUR, which translates into about $367 to $407 US.

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The HP TouchPad tablet has made its comeback on Woot again at a good price . Available for $219.99, plus $5 for shipping, buyers will be getting refurb units. However, the fact that HP had directly offered the 32GB model for $149.99 in the past may not suit the taste of some consumers.

The 32GB TouchPad features WiFi capability, so that users may get the benefit of WiFi Internet. The screen is a 9.7-inch capacitive LCD and the tablet rocks webOS 3.0 and has Bluetooth 2.1. With the TouchPad being discontinued, I don’t know how many folks will be interested. You can run Android on the tablet if you are the hacking sort.

Though it’s a refurb unit, the tablet comes with a 90-day warranty from HP. So, if the machine malfunctions within the first three months, users can still have the device fixed at no extra cost.

Finally, the refurbished HP TouchPad may be offered at a higher price, but users may find this a great deal if they want the TouchPad.

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The new HP Slate 2, which is powered by Windows 7 is now available for the reduced price of $499.95. The original price is $799. This price reduction follows the discontinuance of the production of the HP Slate 500.

Several changes have been made with the new HP Slate 2. For example, the older version had a slower processor, Intel Atom Z540. Its design was likewise less sleek than the current model. In almost all other aspects however, the two are similar.

The HP Slate 2 sports a 1 GHz Intel Atom Z670 processor and an Intel System Controller Hub (SCH) SM35 chipset. It has  a maximum memory of 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM and is equipped with a 64 GB Solid State Drive internal drive. It also has Broadcom Crystal HD video for 1080p video playback. Its screen is an 8.9″ diagonal WSVGA touchscreen.

Other features include connectivity via Wi-Fi, Ethernet and Bluetooth 4.0 plus HS combo. There is also VGA webcam, a rear camera, and an external USB 2.0 CD/DVD R/RW optical drive. Several of pre-installed apps are HP Slate Camera, Evernote, Swype Virtual Keyboard as well as Support Assistant.

The $499 HP Slate 2 is available from B&H.

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HP recently introduced to the public a new 14-inch notebook in their Pavilion line. The model is called the Pavilion dm4-3000, and it will soon go on sale in Japan.

Weighing only about 1.97 kilograms, and measuring less than an inch from the front, the HP Pavilion dm4-3000 promises to be light but packed with great features. Among its key features are its Windows 7 Home Premium Operating System, an Intel Core i5-2450M processor, and RAM of 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3. The Pavilion dm4-3000 also has a hard disk drive of 750 GB SATA at 5400 rpm and graphics powered by AMD Radeon HD 7470M (1 GB GDDR5 dedicated).

It also has two user-accessible memory slots, and a SuperMulti DVDR/RW with Double Layer Support optical drive. Its screen spans 14 inches and has HD BrightView LED-backlit Display. The pixel resolution is 1366 x 768. This laptop also carries useful ports such as a VGA, HDMI, USB 2.0 and 3.0, and RJ45. As well as it has a headphone-out and microphone combination jack and a Digital Media Card Reader for various formats.

The Pavilion dm4-3000 is equipped with a TrueVision HD Webcam with Skype support and Beats speakers. This notebook will sell for around $1,036 or 79,800 Yen.

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It is now safe to say that netbook interest are not on the highs right now with iPad and other tablets populating the market. Still, there are people that loves to have full computing experience in a small and inexpensive package. Ultrabooks are out of the equation because of its steep price.

HP has added the Mini 1104 to the netbook market. Its specs won’t wow everyone, as well as its design. It’s a utilitarian device because aimed at business and studying users.

The Mini 1104 runs on a dual-core, Intel 1.6GHz Atom N2600 processor and GMA 3600 GPU. It also has 2GB of RAM and 320 GB of 5400 RPM HDD. The 10.1-inch screen has a resolution of 1024×600. For connectivity and peripherals, the Mini 1104 has 3 USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet and VGA out. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are also supported. HSPA+ and GPS are optional. This netbook can be purchased with Windows 7 or FreeDOS installed.

The HP Mini 1104 is a decent but uninspiring alternative to a mobile-OS tablet for users. But it’s cheap at only $399.

Source: Netbooknews

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