CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
ASUS Brings Windows 8 and Android Together in Their New Transformer Book Trio

Don't be fooled by that last statement, however, as both types of software are touch screen compatible, even when in laptop mode. A rarity for Android, the tablet's 11.6 inch, 1080p screen runs Android on Intel's Atom Z2760 platform. The tablet and screen also pack 2GB of LP DDR2 RAM, ranging from 16 to 64 GB of storage.

 

DELL
Dell’s New Latitude 3000, 5000, & 7000 Series Business Ultrabooks Set New Standards with Security & Functionality

Now here’s where things start to get really good. Dell stated that their Latitude 7000 series are “the world’s most secure ultrabooks with best-in-class endpoint security solutions”. It’s a pretty bold statement, but it looks like they’re backing it up.

 

LAPTOPS & ULTRATHIN ULTRABOOKS
Windows 8.1 Reached the RTM Milestone, Consumers Patiently Wait For Final Release in October

Advances since Windows 8 are highly anticipated, with countless new functions and features in favor of making the operating system more palatable for desktop and notebooks. Great news for those who raised their hands regarding Windows 8 issues, the awaited return of the Start button for 8.1 is expected.

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
World’s Thinnest, Lightest, and Most Powerful Workstation – Dell’s RUMORED Precision M3800

The Precision M3800 will be accompanied by an NVIDIA Quadro graphics chipset and fourth generation Intel Core i7 processor. To sweeten the pot, it comes equipped with a QHD+ 3200x1800 pixel multi-touch IGZO display – pretty impressive considering its small size (for those of you doing the mental math, that beats the 2880x1800 resolution on the Retina display offered by the MacBook Pro).

 

THE RED-HEADED GEEK SHOW
E22- Microsoft Drops Fees, Sony’s Smartwatch2 & Ear Implant | Red-Headed Geek Show

A man named Rich Lee is an individual who has become the first person to surgically implant a magnet into his ear for it to work as headphones. Inserted into his tragus is the magnet and around his neck is … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
“Surveillance-Proof” Encryption: Silent Circle by PGP Creator & a Navy SEAL

Silent Circle pledges to never provide law enforcement access back-doors & operates in such a way that the company retains almost no user data.

 

LAPTOPS & ULTRATHIN ULTRABOOKS
“World’s Thinnest” Ultrabook Laptop AGAIN: Such is LaVie X – NEC

The entire ecosystem of smartphone, tablet, and laptop manufacturers seems to be fanatically dedicated to device anorexia.

 

LAPTOPS & ULTRATHIN ULTRABOOKS
Microsoft Surface Tablet is Not a Shot Across the Bow: It’s a Real Torpedo – Opinion

Macroruffian-Giganticus seems to be so uncertain of the survival of its operating system products that it is apparently quite willing to eat its own friends alive.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Intel Ultrabooks’ 40% Market Share Magical Mystery Tour: Parsing the Numbers

As materials become thinner, cheaper & lighter, mainstream adoption of ultrabooks will increase exponentially, as ultrathins become the new norm.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Dell XPS Duo 12 Laptop-Tablet & XPS 10 Tablet-Laptop: Faces of Convergence

Convergence of devices into hybrid or convertible forms is clearly the order of the day, and Dell Inc. will make two significant contenders.

 

INTEL
World’s Lightest Full Carbon Fiber Ultrabook – Gigabyte X11, Andy Warhol, & Our Tech Friend Déjà vu

If it's thinner, faster, or lighter; it's either a fashion runway model, an Olympic athlete, or an ultrabook laptop.

 

LAPTOPS & ULTRATHIN ULTRABOOKS
Samsung to Inject $4-Billion Tech Investment Into Austin Texas – Silicon Hills

Samsung Electronics will be the largest foreign investor in Texas, with more than $13-Billion with a "B" invested since 1996.

 

DELL
“World’s Most Powerful” Mobile Workstations & Linux to Boot – DELL Precision M6700 & M4700

While typically factual, such claims are almost short-lived enough to live up to Andy Warhol's statement that "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes".

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Ultrabook Laptops’ Ultrathin Display Screens = Temporary Repair Price Fluctuations

In the short-term new technologies, as always seen historically, will mean an upward fluctuation in the price of parts & repairs; & as always, that situation will be self-correcting. Even now, the cost-differential is not extreme.

 

DELL
Dell XPS 14 Ultrabook vs Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook – Primary Differences

Weight, battery-life, display size, and port options will certainly be decisive factors for both businesses & individual consumers.