AMD
Intel’s Thunderbolt vs AMD’s Lightning Bolt or Just an Open Source Standard?

Don't ever think for even a minute that the best technologies always win. They frequently don't. A gorilla at the playground can often beat-up the smaller, but very intelligent so-called "nerd". Intel may know their Thunderbolt will fade from the scene in the same way that FireWire has diminished, but it may still be used to keep the smaller "nerd" from getting a decent meal at the cafeteria. Right about now AMD could really use a good, hot meal.

 

INTEL
Intel, ASML Semiconductor Technology – Betting a Wafer Wager, the Chips are Down

The chips are down on a wafer wager, & Intel is betting on the future arriving a bit ahead of schedule.

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
World’s Thinnest Laptop, Ultrabook, Notebook PC – 15 Minutes of Fame for the Acer Aspire S5 & Samsung Series 9

If you want this prescription, when the doctor says "cough", just cough-up US-$1,400. The Acer Aspire S5 has already taken its magic-marketing pill.

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
SSD Price Trends – Solid-State Drive Price Trends Synopsis

Some solid-state drive (SSD) prices have fallen as much as 73% and are available at less than one-dollar per gigabyte.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
ClamCase ClamBook BYOB Laptop Shell Uses Smartphone as CPU

Bring Your Own Brain, because the ClamCase ClamBook smartphone dock is leaving you to your own devices, and your urge to merge.

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Dual Display Laptops – Seeing Double with Asus Taichi & Lenovo

Two displays facing opposite directions may be considered innovative, but certainly not practical.

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Schott Glass Xensation Shoots at Corning Gorilla Glass 2

What happens when a Schott Glass takes on a Gorilla? Apparently, no broken glass.

 

APPLE
651ppi JDI Display = 2x the Resolution of Apple’s Retina Display

The new kid in town is Japan Display Inc.'s 651ppi, LCD, smartphone display.

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Watch Out for Falling Laptop Prices: Walmart Could Take Lessons from the Notebook Industry

By the end of 2013 it may look as if the ultrabooks, ultrathins trend is a freight train riding a tidal-wave.

 

BATTERY & POWER TECHNOLOGY
Super Lithium-Ion Battery Could Supercharge Phones, PCs, & Cars

When super lithium-ion batteries become common-place in mobile devices, it should be possible to go for days without re-charging for some devices, and twenty-four to thirty hours on a charge for a 2013 thin-and-light ultrabook or ultrathin laptop.

 

LAPTOPS & ULTRATHIN ULTRABOOKS
World’s Lightest 14-Inch Laptop – Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook "consistently exceeds military specifications", and is the tough kind of fighter Intel had in mind when it put hundreds of millions of dollars into the ultrabook initiative.

 

AMD
Liquid-Cooled Laptops: AMD & Intel Water-Cooled Asetek Solutions

No birds were actually stoned, or shot, for this article. It's against our policy to actually "shoot-the-bird" on company premises, but we have been known to "give 'em Dell".

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Driving Convertibles & Merging Laptops + Tablets = Hybrids

Ultimately, many businesses and consumers will find convertible, hybrid, laptop-tablets to be "simply irresistible" to quote a song's lyrics, and resistance will be futile (credit the Borg).

 

AMD
Ultrabooks vs Ultrathins’ Prices – AMD Kicks You Know What

Watch out for falling laptop prices: Walmart may want to take lessons from the laptop industry.

 

AMD
AMD, Intel Chips Power-up Ultrathin, Ultrabook Laptop Sales

You may be excused for momentarily thinking it's a train named hyperbole that's just blowing smoke, with boxcars full of metaphors. You've got to stop doing that.