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This Windows 8 tablet has an Atom processor, solid battery life, and a $430 price tag. Is it compelling as a tablet, and can...

Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

AMD's next-generation Temash SoC is coming soon, and one system based on the...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing

Modern tablets come in all shapes and sizes, and even more variety may be on the way. SamMobile has published purported details on...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Despite their bargain-basement prices, Chromebooks just don't seem to be that popular. Web tracking firm NetMarketShare says the Chrome OS-powered machines make up...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems

Last week, Intel CEO Paul Otellini revealed that touch-friendly notebooks based on the firm's upcoming Bay Trail Atom refresh would cost as little as...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems Personal tech

One of the downsides of today's Ivy Bridge-powered convertible tablets is their mediocre battery life. For example, the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T we...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing

Market research firm Strategy Analytics has released tablet shipment numbers for the first quarter of 2013. The overall market continues to expand, with shipments of...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Last week, Microsoft CFO Peter Klein confirmed the impending arrival of mini Windows tablets. Few specifics have been made public, but thanks to French...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

With the demand for traditional towers dwindling, a lot of the action in the desktop PC industry seems to be focused on all-in-one systems similar...

Type: News story Tags: Systems Mobile computing

The rumor mill has been predicting the arrival of smaller Windows tablets for a while. Microsoft lent weight to those predictions when it lowered...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Windows Personal tech

In the world of convertible tablets, much of the focus has been on devices running Windows 8 and its ARM-friendly RT counterpart. However, according...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech

So, you heard the news: PC sales are tanking. Apparently, nobody wants to buy Dells or HPs anymore; nobody cares about clunky laptops and bulky...

Type: Blog post Tags: Systems Mobile computing Personal tech

The notebook market has turned into a crazy experimental playground lately, where manufacturers are toying with ways to build touch input into their machines. It's...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Intel's next-gen Haswell platforms are just around the corner, and early reports suggest the top Z87 model will have something new in the storage department....

Type: News story Tags: Chipsets Storage

Toshiba is working on a high-PPI competitor to the 13" Retina-equipped MacBook Pro, and the firm appears to have let the cat out of the...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing

We already know Intel's next-generation Atom processor, code-named Bay Trail, will be substantially faster than its predecessor. But that's not all. As CNet...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Remember the Asus Taichi 21? Introduced last October, this convertible chimera turned a lot of heads and furrowed a lot of brows. It had...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing

Have $1,399.99 burning a hole in your pocket? If so, Samsung has a new ultrabook to sell you: the Series 9, which it says

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing