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Microsoft prepares Vista for launch
News Microsoft is also doing away with the notion of Media Center and Tablet PC as distinct flavours of the operating system, as was the case with Windows XP. With Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate, consumers will be able to buy a machine that has...
27 February 2006, 9:42
Samsung Q1 UMPC launches in US
News Samsung's Q1 device, which was first shown at the CeBIT trade show in Germany in March, uses Intel's ultralow-voltage Celeron, running at 900MHz, has 512MB of memory and runs a version of Windows XP Tablet PC edition that is customised to enable...
2 May 2006, 10:47
Lenovo launches new wide-screen ThinkPads
News The laptops are the focal point of a new worldwide branding strategy that's anchored on the Lenovo name and ThinkPad products such as the X41T, Lenovo's first tablet PC. Lenovo leads other companies in PC shipments in China, but it lags behind Dell...
14 September 2005, 9:03
Intel lines up WiMax for laptops
News Not quite a handheld, and not quite a laptop, the Ultra Mobile PC looks like a shrunken Tablet PC in its early days as a prototype. Intel unveiled a new generation of its Centrino laptop technology as well as the Ultra Mobile PC during the...
8 March 2006, 9:13
Low-cost Windows gaining ground
News Microsoft's other key projects are a crackdown on piracy, and efforts to get customers in developed nations to buy more PCs as well as machines running pricier versions of Windows, such as Tablet PC or Media Center edition.
29 July 2005, 8:32
Photos: Laptops at CeBIT
News Asus is also showing a military-grade tablet PC. The convertible device (from clamshell to tablet) has a 7-inch 800x480-pixel TFT screen and includes a camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS capabilities. CeBIT 2007 brought plenty of opportunities to...
19 March 2007, 10:35
Intel delivers cheaper Pentium Ms
News Gateway will make the Pentium M 715 available as an option on its Gateway M275 tablet PC, the low-price Gateway M405 and the performance-oriented Gateway 450, a company representative said. Several PC makers added the Pentium M 715 to their...
23 June 2004, 15:20
Note-taking tool casts wider net
News Thanks to its built-in handwriting recognition, OneNote originally was expected to appeal mainly to those using devices based on Microsoft's Tablet PC format. But the application also has found a receptive audience among college students, who...
21 April 2004, 8:25
Microsoft sells 20 million copies of Vista
News The company eventually added the Tablet PC and Media Center editions, and over time, Media Center became the dominant version on retail shelves. Of course, the PC market has grown substantially since XP hit store shelves.
27 March 2007, 9:15
Sony reveals VAIO makeover
News Despite its small contour -- 167mm (width) by 108mm (height) by 26.4mm (depth) -- and weight of 550g, the tablet-like PC features Intel's ultra-low voltage Celeron M 900 MHz processor and can run Microsoft's Windows XP operating system.
10 May 2004, 16:00
Gates brings it home for Microsoft
News Gates also showed off a new tablet PC from Toshiba, one of the first models that will include a second SideShow display for access to alerts and notifications even when the screen is closed. Also on display will be a new ultramobile PC from Medion.
8 January 2007, 11:00
Falling prices drive UK notebook sales
News While desktop PC sales dipped 6.6 percent, enterprise servers grew 2 percent and tablet PCs by 4 percent over May 2003. The marker researcher said overall PC market in the three countries could grow by 5.8 percent in the second quarter, if seasonal...
21 June 2004, 9:40
Vista to come in six different flavours?
News Various Microsoft executives have also noted that with Vista, high-end laptops should be able to combine both Media Center and Tablet PC capabilities. With Windows XP, Microsoft has its mainstay home and professional editions, as well as Tablet and...
14 September 2005, 9:46
News.blog: Microsoft's MP3 player sparks rumours
News Now, I love a frenzy as much as the next person, but remember that Origami turned out to be a pricey little tablet PC with not much more battery life than a standard PC. The rumours are flying fast and furious when it comes to Microsoft's plans to...
12 July 2006, 12:51
HP touts 'little iron' for the home
News The tx1000us laptop is HP's first Tablet PC for consumers and is designed as an entertainment option. If it's January, and the PC industry is clogging up Las Vegas, that means it's time for another round of pitches about how PC technology is poised...
8 January 2007, 9:23


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