AMD
What is the Consumerization of IT Trend? – Executive Digest

A trend is developing in which employees will bear substantial costs associated with owning and operating computing devices which serve the interests of corporations. The "wireless" device will prove to be stronger than a leash made of steel wire. That trend is the IT-ization of Employees.

 

APPLE
5 New Ultrabooks / Laptops + 1 Ghost = 2012

The next 18 months will see the Ultrabook / Ultrathin tidal-wave covering the global landscape, driven not only by improvements, but also by pent-up demand from corporate IT departments and consumers that have delayed purchases because of world-wide economic conditions. Here are 5 players and a yet-to-be-born machine.

 

AMD
Ultrabooks & Ultrathins: The Incoming Tidal-Wave

Intel has taken an initiative so bold and defined, with clear and workable methods of implementation, that the results in the next 18 months could electrify notebook industry sales-volume in a manner similar to jump-starting your car's battery with a 50,000-volt power line.

 

DELL
DELL Discontinues Netbooks – A Short Story with a Long Future

Dell confirms consumer-oriented netbooks, with screens 10-inches or smaller, are essentially finished, having been diminished by rising tablet sales. Dell says its future lies in thin and powerful, which certainly means ultrabooks for the immediate future.

 

DELL
That Round Logo on Some DELL Products May Actually Be the Winners’ Circle

More than ever the accelerating trend is definitely toward thinner & lighter, while sacrificing none of the power and battery life of thicker, heavier machines. Both the Dell INSPIRON 14z and the XPS 14z have taken a big step in that direction, and the differences between them are somewhat analogous to that automotive scenario.

 

DELL
Shift Happens & It May Not Smell Like Coffee at Dell

With Dell, Acer, and HP seeing declines of more than 10 percent, Lenovo and Apple were the only PC makers in the top five that that gained market share in year over year numbers. Lenovo grew a whopping 28 percent, while Apple added more than 13 percent.

 

DELL
Dell Kills Its Last Android – The Streak 7

Dell Streak 7 tablets are being discontinued, at least in North America. China will still have a 10-inch version, and the 7 will still continue to be distributed in a number of markets including Australia. Earlier in 2011 the Android based 5-inch version of the Streak bit the dust as well; and that was the last of the android-based Dell tablets.