Intel Corp. is leading the charge to make Windows-based notebooks lighter, more portable, and more responsive with its standards-protected Ultrabook brand.Designed to compete with Apple's MacBook Air and iPad, the devices have already
Analysts are questioning whether Microsoft Corp. will be able to reach its goal of unifying tablets and desktop PCs with a single operating system after the software giant unveiled a Windows 8 prototype
Nearly seven months after Intel shelled out US$7.68 billion for antivirus vendor McAfee, the two companies are offering a glimpse of their future.At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco Tuesday, McAfee will
Published on: September 14th, 2011
Robert McMillan
@itbusinessca
So you thought Apple was onto something with the ultrathin, touchscreen slab known as the iPad? Intel would beg to differ, instead seeing swivel tablets in its future.More details about Ultrabooks -- the
Published on: September 12th, 2011
Jared Newman
@itbusinessca
Ultrabooks, a new laptop category introduced by Intel, are thecomputers of the future. They're less than .8 inches thick and lighterthan 3 pounds, and anyone who has used one will tell you it's
Published on: September 8th, 2011
Joseph Fieber
@itbusinessca
Intel Corp. on Wednesday said it would invest $300 million in companies that develop new technologies for Ultrabooks, a class of thin and light laptops promoted as an alternative to tablet PCs.The Intel
Spot shortages of the MacBook Air show that demand for Apple's recently-revamped notebook is off to a strong start, a Wall Street analyst said today."Certain models at some Apple stores are at times
Published on: August 2nd, 2011
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
A 10.5 hour battery life, brilliant HD graphics capability, gestural interfaces, and hardware system prices well below $1,000 are some features of a series of Fusion chips that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc.
Published on: June 14th, 2011
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
Intel's Ultrabooks and Google's Chromebooks are new categories of laptops (or netbooks, if you will), and both want to simultaneously woo you away from your desktop yet prevent you from defecting to tablet-only
Published on: June 2nd, 2011
Melanie Pinola
@itbusinessca
Microsoft today called comments made by an Intel executive about the next version of Windows "inaccurate" and "misleading."One analyst said the bickering between Microsoft and Intel did not signal a breakup of their
Apple Tuesday released four new models of its iMac desktop computer that leave unchanged the aluminum and glass design, but that now boast powerful quad-core Intel processors and Apple's high-throughput Thunderbolt I/O interface.Also
Published on: May 4th, 2011
John Cox and Ben Camm-Jones
@itbusinessca
Intel Corp. announced an update to its vPro processor line March 7, including upgraded anti-theft technology and identity protection geared toward SMBs. With the 2nd Generation Intel Core vPro processor family, based on
Published on: March 16th, 2011
Harmeet Singh
@itbusinessca
The timing of AMD's release of its AMD Fusion APU (accelerated processing unit) chip couldn't have been better for the netbook market.Faced with lagging sales on one front and the growing consumer interest
Published on: January 14th, 2011
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
Each year, as the tech world converges on Las Vegas for the giant Consumer Electronics Show, a few common themes emerge. This year, expect those themes to centre on fast laptops and desktops
Published on: January 4th, 2011
Edward Albro
@itbusinessca
