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Steve Ballmer to deliver CES keynote, Windows 8 will be the real star

It's hard to believe, but with the show still six months away, we're already getting bombarded with CES-related e-mail. We do have one piece of intriguing news to report at this early stage of the game: Steve Ballmer is set to kick off the festivities with the preshow keynote on January 9th and it's a safe bet the presentation will be ...

Posted on July 10, 2011 | Tags: cea, ces, ces keynote, ces preshow keynote, CesKeynote, CesPreshowKeynote, consumer electronics show, ConsumerElectronicsShow, keynote, Microsoft, preshow keynote, PreshowKeynote, rumor, rumors, steve ballmer, SteveBallmer, tablet, tablets, win 8, win8, windows 8, Windows8, windwos 8, Windwos8

Microsoft unveils Windows 8

Here's a quick look at the new start screen for Windows 8 running on a Dell XPS Development Tablet. The tablet supports both touch and external keyboard interfaces. The UI is ridiculously smooth, it seems even quicker than Windows Phone 7. On tablets Windows 8 will support PlayBook like bezel gestures (the gestures actually take place on the ...

Posted on June 01, 2011 | Tags: d9, Microsoft, operating system, OperatingSystem, OS, steven sinofsky, StevenSinofsky, tablet, tablet pcs, TabletPcs, tablets, touchscreen, video, windows, windows 8, Windows8

Intel reveals skinny Ivy Bridge ‘Ultrabooks,’ Moore’s Law-defying Atoms

Press Released: Intel's Maloney Talks Mobile Growth, Industry Opportunities at Computex New Roadmaps Across IntelÂ® Coreâ„¢ and Atomâ„¢ Processor Families to Usher in Next Wave of Laptops and Connected Mobile Devices NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Intel defines new category of mainstream thin and light mobile computers, called Ultrabookâ„¢. Intel aims to shift 40 percent of consumer laptops to the Ultrabookâ„¢ by end of 2012. Separately, Intel is accelerating the Atomâ„¢ processor roadmap to a one-process-generation per year cadence to enable a wider range of optimized solutions for multiple ...

Posted on May 31, 2011 | Tags: 14nm, 22nm, 32nm, 3d transistor, 3d transistors, 3dTransistor, 3dTransistors, Asus, asus ux21, AsusUx21, atom, cedar trail, CedarTrail, Computex, Computex 2011, Computex2011, culv, intel, intel atom, intel core, IntelAtom, IntelCore, ivy bridge, IvyBridge, laptop, laptops, medfield, netbook, netbooks, notebook, notebooks, oak trail, OakTrail, processor, processors, sean maloney, SeanMaloney, smartphone, smartphones, tablet, tablets, ultrabook, ultrabooks, ulv, ux21

ARM Expects Half of Mobile PC Market by 2015

ARM Holdings hopes to wrestle dominance of the mobile PC market from Intel and have ARM-based processors in more than half of all tablets, mini-notebooks and other mobile PCs sold in 2015, the company's president said Monday. The U.K. company, which licenses its designs for use in chips made by companies such as Samsung and Nvidia, is betting that growing consumer interest ...

Posted on May 30, 2011 | Tags: a15, arm, arm cortex, ARM Cortex A15, arm holdings, ARM processor, ArmCortex, ArmCortex-a15, ArmCortexA15, ArmHoldings, ArmProcessor, chip, Computex, Computex 2011, Computex2011, cortex, Cortex A15, CortexA15, forecast, low-powered chips, Low-poweredChips, mobile pc, mobile processor, MobilePc, MobileProcessor, multi-core, multicore, processor, processor speed, ProcessorArchitecture, ProcessorSpeed, projection, quad-cablecard, QuadCore, smartphone, smartphones, tablet, tablets, tudor brown, TudorBrown

NVIDIA’s quad-core Kal-El used to demo next-gen mobile graphics, blow minds

You might think yourself too grown-up to be wowed by shiny, glittery things, but we doubt many will be able to watch NVIDIA's new Glow Ball tech demo without a smidgen of childlike glee. Built to run on the company's quad-core Kal-El processor, it shows us the first example of true dynamic lighting on mobile devices and also throws in some ...