It was until Consumer Electronics Show 2012 that the ultrabooks meant a super slim laptop incorporating a feather weight existence, with optical drive and an SSD storage device. However, the event showcased a slew of new laptops that had none of these features and still were marketed as Ultrabooks, example Samsung Series 5 Ultra. This […]
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But both Intel and PC makers have released a number of new laptops with the Ultrabook moniker attached to them, that the users have ended up confused which one is an ultrabook and which one is just laptop. After the release of Macbook Air by Apple in 2007, the concept was to introduce Windows-based laptops […]
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However, the likes of Series 5 and Envy 14 Spectre have diluted the concept of the moniker with thicker and heavier notebooks. In addition, the optical drives and platter-based hard drives have made the customer more confused than facilitated. Remember the time Intel launched the Centrino series of circuits. Centrino name meant that a laptop […]
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(Reuters) – A person at Goldman Sachs Group Inc, who has not been identified or charged in a broad U.S. insider-trading probe, was caught on a wiretap leaking secrets about Intel Corp and Apple Inc, a lawyer for former Goldman board member Rajat Gupta said in court on Friday. Lawyer Gary Naftalis, in a heated […]
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High profile technologies companies such as HP, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia and Vodafone have agreed with the CEOE employers and associations of self-ATA and CEAT to provide technical support and training to small and medium enterprises for the adoption of new technologies and in particular, programs in the cloud ( cloud computing ). The initiative, called the Competitiveness […]
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The European Commission has opened a formal investigation against the Korean company, Samsung, to determine if they improperly used some of its patents to "distort competition in the European market for mobile devices" in their war against U.S. computer giant Apple. They have accused the Korean firm of using anticompetitive tool, in violation of the treaty to meet the […]
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Apple’s products expectations were always high but without the figure of Steve Jobs, analysts have had doubts about whether Apple would exceed sales or not. But Apple has returned to destroy all the odds as they ended the first quarter of the fiscal year on a high with 117% rise in profit, up to 13.061 […]
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The two renowned Smartphone manufacturers of the world, Intel and Samsung are set to merge their operating systems: Bada and Tizen respectively to overcome the popularity of Android operating system. Android brand has led to remarkable success last year but has also brought problems: Apple disputes the claim for infringement of several of its patents. […]
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Dell came late in the ultrabook segment but it started off to a good start. The Consumer Electronic Show, 2012 was the opportunity the company was looking for. On the second day of the event Dell introduced the first of its super-thin laptops, the XPS-13. The powerful brand, XPS, attached to the name gives extra […]
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The XPS-13 has not embraced Intel’s new line of Ivy Bridge chips, designed for mobile devices and ultrabooks. Therefore, the company was a little hesitant in taking the name ‘Ultrabook’ at the event. However, all things considered, the device did fall in the category of extremely thin laptops. Inside the cover is a Core i7 […]
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A year ago no one had heard of the name ‘Ultrabook’ in the world of technology; even tech experts were oblivious of the terminology. There was no mention of this term in the Consumer Electronic Show, 2011. However, this technology has evolved to such an extent in just one year that the 2012 edition of […]
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Now, the picture is totally different. With the involvement of different actors in this segment, the concept of ultrabooks does not remain the same. Worst case scenario is that the very term will be lost in the crowd of different slim notebooks coming to the market this year. Now-a-days, an ultrabook can vary from 11-, […]
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