Samsung to unveil new Galaxy and Ativ Windows devices on June 20

Only a few months after Samsung debuted its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, the company is gearing up to launch a new set of devices.

Microsoft’s Surface Pro: A better tomorrow (review)

For all of its failures as a pure tablet, the Surface Pro is a compelling offering as an ultraportable/tablet hybrid.

Lenovo product prez shrugs off the Microsoft Surface threat

Lenovo product president Peter Hortensius says Lenovo's latest convertible tablets aren't direct competitors to Microsoft's surface tablet. Whether that's true remains to be seen.

Intel’s checklist of innovations coming in the next 18 months on the PC

Intel's Kirk Skaugen says there are more innovations coming for the PC in the next 18 months than have come in the next decade

Convertible tablets and gesture recognition to be the stars of Intel’s developer conference

Convertible tablets and gesture recognition to be the stars of Intel's developer conference next week.

HP’s new Windows 8 Ultrabooks are all about touchscreens (and one makes a kick-ass tablet)

Say what you will about Windows 8, but it sure is getting PC manufacturers to bring out their innovation guns. Take HP, which is today announcing three new Windows 8 Ultrabooks -- one of which could be its answer to Microsoft's Surface tablet.

Tablet computer sales will overtake notebooks by 2016

Sleek, fast and slim notebook computers are coming as early as this fall. But that might be the last hurrah of the laptop.

Synaptics ForcePad: But does it type in ALL CAPS when you hit it hard?

Synaptics announced today that is releasing three new touch-focused technologies for laptops and other mobile devices: ForcePad, ThinTouch, and ClearPad. But the most interesting new technology is ForcePad ...

Windows 8 will be available on October 26th, Microsoft confirms

Mark your calendars folks, Microsoft’s Windows head Steven Sinofsky just announced that Windows 8 will officially be available on October 26th, 2012.

Sinofsky made the announcement at Microsoft’s annual sales meeting today. Microsoft previously hinted that Windows 8 would be …

Intel beats earnings expectations but cuts revenue guidance

Intel beat analysts’ expectations for its earnings for the second quarter today, reviving hopes that the PC isn’t dead. But the company also cut its revenue guidance somewhat for the third fiscal quarter, citing a challenging macroeconomic environment.

Intel is …

Intel lays down more rules for Ultrabooks, launches low-voltage Ivy Bridge chips

With the definition of what makes an Ultrabook becoming increasingly muddy these days, Intel has stepped in to provide more requirements for its new ultraportable laptop label in a blog post this morning.

Now in addition to thickness and 5-hour …

Intel laptops and tablets will soon ship with built-in, always-on WiFi

Intel just made a million nerds swoon with the announcement that it would be giving the gift of free, universal WiFi to new ultrabooks and tablets.

The chip maker, which powers a huge range of devices from multiple manufacturers, is …

AMD contends its split-personality PC brains are better than Intel’s

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is introducing a new generation of chips that combine graphics and processors on a single integrated circuit. Code-named Trinity, the new chips are supposed to stop Intel from dominating the consumer Ultrabook laptop and all-in-one desktop …

Intel expands in all directions where computing can be found

Intel chief executive Paul Otellini addressed Wall Street analysts this morning with the message that Intel isn’t a dinosaur clinging to the PC chip market, but a fleet competitor expanding in all directions where computing can be found.

The world’s …

HP launches dozens of Intel-based Ultrabooks for back-to-school shoppers

Hewlett-Packard has joined the swarm of computer makers introducing Ultrabook laptops based on Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors.

HP introduced new consumer Ultrabooks and business laptops under the Pavilion dv and Sleekbook brand names. HP has more than 30 new …

Intel launches Ivy Bridge with 37 percent faster processing

The long-awaited next generation of Intel processors has arrived. Intel announced its 22 nanometer processors, coded-named Ivy Bridge, at a press conference Monday.

We all knew Ivy Bridge would be fast, but these new processors are about 20 percent faster …