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Lenovo ThinkPad T430 Review

A superb new keyboard and more than 13 hours of battery life make the ThinkPad T430 an excellent business laptop.

Posted 7/2/2012

20 Worst-Named Phones and Tablets

These days it's just not good enough to give your phone or tablet an unassuming name like the RX-5050 or M3420e. Instead, mobile device makers spend their days masterminding memorable monikers tha...

Posted 6/28/2012 12:34:40 PM

NPD: Ultrabooks Shine As Overall Notebook Market Struggles

For all the less-than-flattering things some people say about Ultrabooks -- they're nothing but MacBook Air clones, the "Ultrabook" definition is too broad, etc. -- the long-lasting notebooks appear t...

Posted 6/28/2012 9:07:50 AM

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Samsung Series 7 Chronos 17-inch Review

The 17-inch version of the Samsung Series 7 Chronos provides an excellent multimedia experience in a sleek design with a bright HD display and JBL speakers.

Posted 6/28/2012

NPD: Tablet Shipments to Surpass Notebooks by 2016

Tablet sales may already be booming, but one research group says that Google's getting into the arena just when things are starting to get really good. The analysts at NPD DisplaySearch have gazed int...

Posted 6/27/2012 8:56:53 PM

Buyer Beware: The Hottest Running Laptops

It's barely summer and already temperatures around the country have started to soar. While you can escape all that rising mercury with your ol' buddy Central Air, there's another heat that's harder to escape: a notebook that runs too hot.

Posted 6/27/2012 11:40:04 AM

What is an Ultrabook?

You've seen them in commercials. All over Best Buy. And a lot more are popping up alongside the MacBook Air, whether it's in coffee shops or at 30,000 feet. But what exactly is an Ultrabook? According...

Posted 6/26/2012 3:16:49 PM

Intel to Ultrabook Makers: Step Up Your Game

If Intel has its way, Ultrabooks won't need their own moniker for that much longer. We'll just call them laptops, because they'll all be super-thin, offer the responsiveness of a tablet, and last five hours or longer on a charge.

Posted 6/26/2012 11:56:41 AM

Dell's New XPS 14 and XPS 15 Aluminum Ultrabooks Boast 8 Hours of Battery Life

Hot on the heels of its newInspiron notebooks, Dell lifted the veil on its redesigned high-end laptops, the XPS 14 and XPS 15. Likeprevious models of the XPS line, the new XPS 14 and 15 offer outs...

Posted 6/26/2012 11:37:02 AM

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Dell XPS 14 (2012) Review

The Dell XPS 14 is one of the longest lasting Ultrabooks yet and features Nvidia graphics, but the relatively heavy weight and high price give us pause.

Posted 6/26/2012