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MacBook Pro gets Core 2 Duo upgrade

News The high-end laptops, geared toward business and creative professionals, are still available in 15-inch and 17-inch models in the familiar brushed aluminum. Now equipped with Core 2 Duo processors, the 15-inch MacBook Pro is available in 2.16GHz...

25 October 2006, 9:53

Apple upgrades MacBook Pro laptops

News The laptops are still available in three models: two 15.4-inch versions that retail for £1,299 and £1,599, and a larger, 17-inch edition that costs £1,799. But with Tuesday's update, the lower-end 15-inch model is now equipped with 2.2GHz Intel...

6 June 2007, 11:24

PS3 queuers get free 46-inch Sony TV

News Just minutes before the tills were due to start ringing, a Sony representative made the shock announcement that everybody registered in the queue would receive a free Bravia 46-inch plasma HDTV, something which took some time to sink in with the...

23 March 2007, 10:40

Matsushita to launch 37-inch LCD TV

News Panasonic maker Matsushita, the world's largest plasma television supplier, said it will launch 37-inch LCD TVs in September, modifying its policy of covering demand for 37-inch and larger flat TVs with plasma models.

10 August 2007, 10:17

Sharp unveils 108-inch LCD TV

News Sharp took the wraps off a 108-inch LCD television, what it called the world's largest, during a press conference on Sunday on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. LCD televisions are also beginning to challenge plasmas in sales...

8 January 2007, 9:05

Apple launches 17-inch MacBook Pro

News Apple on Monday debuted a 17-inch MacBook Pro, expanding the screen size of its latest laptop line. The MacBook Pro, which was announced in January and features Intel's Duo dual-core chip, is currently available with a 15-inch screen.

25 April 2006, 11:50

How about a 20-inch laptop?

News But are consumers ready to lug around a 20-inch laptop? IDC predicted that 12-inch ultraportables and 14- and 15-inch wide-screen displays will fuel 62.5 million notebook shipments this year. Samsung has already shown its upcoming 19-inch laptop to...

25 October 2005, 11:57

News.blog: Asus readies 13.3-inch laptop

News With a black piano finish and a leather wrist rest, the Asus U3 joins the Apple MacBook and the Sony Vaio CZ in the ranks of sleek-looking 13.3-inch laptops. Like the others, the U3's 13.3-inch display size definitely hits a sweet spot between...

9 August 2007, 10:45

News.blog: Panasonic to debut 150-inch plasma

News Panasonic is expected to unveil a 150-inch plasma television during a keynote speech Monday by Toshihiro Sakamoto, president of the Panasonic The 32-inch TVs, shown first at Ceatec outside of Tokyo last October, measure 19 millimetres wide.

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4 January 2008, 8:36

Sharp's hyper hi-def experimental LCD

News Sharp has produced a 64-inch LCD monitor that provides screen resolution two or three times that of normal high-definition screens. Six 52-inch LCDs can be popped out of a single sheet. The smaller glass sheets processed in sixth- and seventh...

5 October 2006, 11:46

PowerBook screen riles Apple customers

News Some Apple users are complaining that, although the new 15-inch PowerBook packs in more pixels, the screen also displays unwanted horizontal lines. Both the 15-inch and 17-inch models were updated with new, higher-resolution screens.

19 December 2005, 8:38

Texas company demos carbon nanotube TV

News Texas-based Applied Nanotech, in conjunction with six Japanese electronics firms, has created a prototype of a 25-inch TV that is brighter and crisper than the ones available today, thanks to carbon nanotubes.

8 September 2005, 10:21

Seagate launches perpendicular drives

News Seagate has announced its first 3.5-inch disk drives using the groundbreaking perpendicular storage technology that it hopes will break through the storage limitations that are beginning to impact on hard-drive technology.

19 April 2006, 10:12

Small hard drives faster than ever

News Seagate announced a new, faster class of 2.5-inch hard drives on Tuesday, an important part of the effort to get the smaller devices to replace the 3.5-inch drives that currently prevail in much of the server market.

17 January 2007, 9:22

Apple recalls MacBook Pro batteries

News Apple has initiated a voluntary recall for some of its 15-inch MacBook Pro batteries, citing performance concerns with the rechargeable batteries. Under its free Battery Exchange Programme, Apple will replace the batteries for 15-inch MacBook Pro...

1 August 2006, 10:30