PC shipments in the United States have declined by just 6.0% in the second quarter, according to Canalys. Education's demand for Chromebooks has helped to bolster numbers. Apple saw strong figures.
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Global PC shipments only declined by 11.5% year-over-year in the second quarter compared to the two prior quarters where shipments fell by more than 30% each quarter. This could lead to a recovery.
The analyst company Canalys believes that Western Europe's PC market has bottomed out in terms of declines. Further declines are expected this year, but won't be as steep as the one in Q1'23.
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Canalys has reported that the PC market saw 25% growth YoY in 4Q20. The market also had a great 2020 in general as people sought out new computers to help them work from home during the pandemic.
Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi has introduced two new additions to its RedmiBook line of notebooks: the RedmiBook 16 and RedmiBook 14 II. Both RedmiBook devices were announced in China recently.
Samsung has announced that it's taking its display-making expertise to the laptop market with the world's first 15.6-inch 4K OLED panel, which will go into mass production next month.
More details have been leaked out about Xiaomi laptops. The leak reveals what CPU could be used, and how much RAM is inside. The devices will be announced July 27 and could ship with Windows 10.
At the Computex event in Taipei, MSI has announced powerful new gaming laptops with Windows 10 out-of-the-box. The devices are VR-ready and will be available for retail in August.
New images have surfaced showing a new Samsung Ultrabook weighing just 1.9 pounds or 860 grams and measuring half an inch thick. The new laptop will likely be introduced at CES next week.
Microsoft will hold a keynote at this year's IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin, at which it promises to show off a range of new devices "that will light up the Windows 10 experience".
Samsung has confirmed that it is discontinuing sales of all laptops - including Windows notebooks and Chromebooks - in Europe, but says that it will continue to sell these devices in other markets.
HP is recalling around six million power cords that it shipped with notebooks and accessories, citing a "risk of a fire and burn hazard to customers", after 29 instances of the cords overheating.
US-bound passengers will be required to prove that their mobile devices turn on, as the TSA increases airport security to deal with the 'credible threat' of a bomb disguised as a phone or tablet.
A new report from the NPD Group claims that from January to November 2013 sales of Chromebooks took up 21 percent of all commercial notebook sales in the U.S.
Lenovo has just launched three new models of its IdeaPad S Series laptops, which cuts the price of the thin-and-light style of Windows PC notebooks down to as low as $499.
Dell has confirmed that Windows 8 notebooks with touch screen features will cost more than their non-touch screen counterparts when they are launched. Dell plans to offer a range of Windows 8 products
Quanta, the world's biggest contract manufacturer of notebook PCs, had filed a lawsuit against AMD, alleging that the company delivered defective processors to Quanta.
CES is almost here, and Lenovo's showing off their new range of 2012 notebooks. There's quite a few, and the company didn't want to be left out of the Ultrabook fad, bringing the new chassis to light.
A new rumor claims that Microsoft is letting ARM-based processor makers pick two hardware partners to make notebooks that will run the upcoming ARM version of Windows 8.
A new rumor claims that the ARM version of Windows 8 could officially launch by the end of 2012 and that ARM-based Windows 8 notebooks could launch in June 2013.
A Qualcomm executive states that the smartphone and tablet processor company could make the big leap to providing chips for PC desktops and notebooks at some point in the future.
NVIDIA announced today that it is releasing four new GPUs for notebooks: the GeForce GTX 280M and 260M GPUs and the GeForce GTS 160M and 150M GPUs. NVIDIA claims that the GTX 280M GPUs are...
The market share of notebook PCs with Blu-ray drives is expected to increase from 1% this year to 10% in 2008 due to notebook makers more willing to adopt cheaper Blu-ray combo optical disc drives...
Intel plans to launch five 45nm notebook processors (Penryn) to go along with its Santa Rosa Refresh platform in the first quarter of 2008. These will be followed by another six for Montevina in the...
Micro-Star International (MSI) is expected to ship over 800,000 OEM notebooks this year plus a substantial amount of its own Megabook-branded notebooks, according to company sources. To boost the sales of its own-brand notebooks, the...
iSuppli Corporation has concluded that the use of NAND flash memory in notebooks is expected to increase sharply in the next few years: nearly 60% percent of the 40.1 million notebooks that will be shipped...
Fujitsu has lost no time and has released three new Santa Rosa-based notebook models for the Japanese market. The company launched two 15.4" Santa Rosa notebooks: the FMV-BIBLO NX and FMV-BIBLO NF. The NX features...
The Treasury Department's Inspector General for Tax Administration has released a report on the Internal Revenue Service and found that 490 laptops had been reported stolen between January 2, 2003 and June 13, 2006. Unfortunately,...
The world's top supplier of x86 microprocessors for notebooks, Intel, and the leading producer of mobile phones, Nokia, have both decided to scrap the plans to jointly develop HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) module for...
Dell Canada Inc. faces a lawsuit filed by an Ontario man on behalf of Canadians who own certain models of Inspiron notebook computers with purported defects that cause complete system failure, the plaintiff's lawyer announced...
Apple and HP are both poised to introduce notebooks in 2007 that use LED-backlit LCDs, according to new rumors. Taiwanese newspaper DigiTimes reports that the two computer makers are expected to launch these notebooks in...
Dell is preparing to launch a new range of notebooks costing under $500 according to reports. The new range is said to be powered by processors from AMD. Taiwanese news site Digitimes quotes notebook...
The unit price of AMD Turion 64 X2-based notebooks is about US$150 less than an Intel Core 2 Duo (Merom)-based notebook, according to product portfolios that notebook vendors have offered. AMD still has an edge...
Notebook PCs are rapidly moving toward a future filled with more pixels and more screen real estate, thanks to the unexpectedly rapid proliferation of widescreen displays. Once fairly rare beasts, widescreen notebooks—notebooks with screens...
Forthcoming Dell's AMD-based notebooks, which are expected to be available in late October or early November, will be equipped with ATI Mobility Radeon graphics chips, according to sources at Taiwan notebook makers. Although it will...
Following its recent partnership with Advanced Micro Devices to put the latter's chip in its server product line, Dell Computer confirmed this week that it will launch AMD-based laptops as early as October. The move...
Dell is expected to unveil new business notebooks with built-insupport for wide-area network connection options, wide-screen displays, and a dual-core processor optionTuesday evening. Included in the unveiling are the Latitude D620...
Dell on Tuesday filled out its notebook lineup with two new dual-core processor machines that emphasize entertainment options in a smaller package. The Inspiron e1505 and Inspiron 6400 are the same machine,...
Hewlett-Packard and Dell plan early next year to start selling laptops with embedded radios that allow users to access the Internet via the Verizon Wireless data network, the two manufacturers have said separately. ...
Though a number of companies have shown off fuel cells for cell phones and MP3 players, a company out of New Jersey says it has come up with one that can power a notebook. ...
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Acronis backup, cloning app gets Windows 11 24H2 BitLocker support; won't work on old CPUs
PowerToys 0.87 is out with a new utility for Windows 10 users and a lot of improvements
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