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New documents in the PowerPoint format leaked the Internet and revealed some facts about a new super-slim Android 3.0 tablet to be announced by Lenovo soon. The tablet targets enterprise market and has a number of links and apps that will allow it to connect to existing enterprise directories, and management and security applications.

In a separate PDF file it was also revealed that Lenovo is preparing a new notebook series. According to the PDF, the notebooks' battery will run three times longer and charge 2.5 times faster compared to those in Lenovo's existing ThinkPad line.

According to the forecast made by market research firm HIS iSuppli, half of the notebooks and a growing number of PCs shipped in 2011 will feature graphics-enabled microprocessors as designers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) increase competition for the units that raise multimedia speeds without additional hardware.

HIS says that the processors with built-in graphics capabilities will be installed this year on 115 million notebooks, half of total shipments, and 63 million desktop PCs, or 45 percent of the total.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is launching an ultra thin notebook in a move to increase its presence in the mobile PC market dominated by the Cupertino based Apple Inc.

The South Korea’s electronics maker is one of the strongest rivals matching Apple in the industry of smartphones and tablet computers.

According to the rumors coming from some moles Acer, Asus as well as Lenovo are preparing to launch MacBook Air clones as early as next year.

While the notebooks will be reportedly "ultra-thin" - 13.3in and 14in – a great number of ports along with removable batteries and hard drives rather than SSDs will make them hardly competitive with Apple’s Air.

The only specs info available is that the laptops will use Intel's 'Sandy Bridge' next-gen 32nm processors. The Air alternatives will be out by the end of Q1, the moles claimed.
 

Shares of Best Buy Co declined over 15% on Tuesday as the largest online retailer reported an unexpected decrease in fiscal third-quarter profit and cut its outlook. The No. 1 U.S. electronics retailer’s (BBY 35.52, -6.18, -14.82%) profit dropped as lower demand for televisions, notebook computers and videogames led to a sales shortfall in the U.S. While margin widened slightly, analysts said they were concerned that it came at the expense of sales.

A British pop singer Lily Allen is suing Apple in a move to learn who and how hacked her MacBook.

The lawsuit appeared the only way to obtain such kind of information. Because when initially Lily approached Apple the company refused any assistance.

This isn't the first time Apple has run afoul of the singer's ire, back in 2007 Allen complained on a radio interview that Apple bullied artists into providing exclusive content in order to gain visibility on the front page of iTunes.
 

Fall is the time digs are leaving for colleges and universities. 

So the need to replace desktop for some 15in notebook arises.

New figures from Gartner reveal that PC shipments in Western Europe increased by 19.6% in the second quarter as compared with the same period a year ago. Gartner reports that 15.6 million units were sold for the quarter, with the consumer market outshining the professional segment.

The consumer market was led by sales of notebooks and all-in-one PCs. Mini-notebooks or netbook sales grew less than 10 percent for the first time but still comprised 19 percent of mobile PC sales in Europe.

More and more users today report overheating of their portable devices like laptops, netbooks or computer tablets which in some cases result in absolute damage. It shows that like human beings technologies also need a proper care during summer days. As you may know chips installed into laptops turn off as soon as they reach 80 or 90 degrees C. While this protects the processor you may have other problems like spoiled or damaged hard drive which should be kept under temperature that does not exceed 40 degrees C.

 Another case ended with the victory of Securities and Exchange Commission. This time the SEC has accused one of the largest computer-making company Dell. It was announced that on Thursday several former executives of Dell, and its founder, Michael S. have agreed to pay more than $100 million in penalties.  

On Monday Toshiba announced a dual-screened mini notebook which can be used by customers as an ebook thus rivaling such popular devices as Apple iPad and Amazon Kindle.

Using a software keyboard customer can turn the device into conventional PC, and turning it 90 degrees customer can use the device an ebook reader.

The company plans to roll out the device for the sale in Japan in late August and some time later in Europe, the United States and other markets.

As it has recently become known, this fall Intel targets to attack the mobile market with no less than six new notebook processors. 

One of the processors, Core i5 580M (2.66GHz stock, 3.33GHz Turbo), has previously been unveiled.  The two other dual-core will come along with this one: Core i5 560M (2.66GHz stock, 3.2GHz Turbo) and Core i7 640M (turbos to 3.46GHz).

According to a recent report by Gartner sales of PCs across the globe have increased almost 1/5 over the previous year from 308.3 million to 376.6 million.

When it comes to revenue the market saw a 12% growth to $245.4 billion explained by the stable demand among consumers in the developed nations who treat computers as a necessity.

Apple Inc has refreshed its entry-level MacBook laptop. The company has increased the processor speed and prolonged the battery life. Still the price remains at $999.

According to the new specifications now Apple MacBook is stuffed with Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz processor instead of 2.2GHz. The battery life is now 10 hours. The same is used in the higher-priced MacBook Pro line. Like the batteries used in those more expensive cousins, the MacBook's is within the case, and cannot be swapped out by the user.

Two new environment friendly laptops were introduced by Acer this week. The two notebook models were labeled by the environmental group, Greenpeace, as being virtually free of two toxic substances, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFR).

Acer Aspire 3811TZ and Aspire 3811TZG, which represent slim, light laptops that use Intel's ULV (ultra low voltage) Core 2 Duo microprocessors for long-lasting batteries, were certified by Greenpeace.