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CES 2012: The Rise of the Ultrabook
If one of themes of the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show was the rise of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android tablets, this year’s CES event will be the year the Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows laptop market is revitalized with so-called ultrabooks. Ultrabooks are not supercomputers packed in small frames, or super electronic reading devices. They’re simply less expensive, Windows…
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Doctors’ Offices to Emerge As Heavy Tablet Buyers in 2012: NPD Group
Tablets will be a fixture in many doctors’ offices in 2012, research firm NPD Group reports. About 75 percent of small and midsize medical practices plan to buy tablets over the next year, according to a recent survey by the company. The results were part of NPD’s third-quarter "SMB Technology Monitor." Released Dec. 29, the…
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Smartphones, Tablets, Ultrabooks to Make Splash at CES: Canalys
A report from IT analytics firm Canalys predicted the key themes likely coming out of the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, anticipating that Intel’s ultrabook category will capture most of the mobile product announcements, with up to 50 new devices expected. Tablet devices are expected to take a back…
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Velocity Micro to Launch Ice Cream Sandwich Tablets at CES
Velocity Micro will join MIPS Technologies in showing off low-cost tablets running Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Chip maker MIPS Technologies teamed with Ingenic to launch the $100 Novo7 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet in China. That 7-inch slate is powered by a…