CES 2012: CEA Predicts 'The Year of the (User) Interface'

By Jacqueline Emigh | 1/8/2012

Better UIs, more personalization, and Windows 8 will all prevail at CES 2012, a CEA analyst said on Sunday during pre-show activities. 3D will be there, too, although it might need time to mature. "Search and organization" remains a challenge.

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Acer To Intro US Model of S3 Ultrabook Next Month, and It Might Surprise

By Jacqueline Emigh | 9/15/2011

Vendors at the Pepcom show in New York City talked up a range of new models, including the upcoming US edition of Acer's Aspire S3 ultrathin notebook, which may differ from the European version.

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CES Round-Up: Dolby Audio Software Will Be in Acer Aspire Notebooks

By Amber Riippa | 1/11/2011

Dolby Laboratories unleashed its fourth version of the Dolby Home Theater audio enhancing suite and Dolby Advanced Audio v2, as a part of its PC Entertainment Experience line up during CES 2011.

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Plextor Showcases SSDs at CES

By Jerry Jackson | 1/8/2011

The Plextor team shared a performance demo of PX-M2S Solid State Drive during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show.

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Acer Unveils New Notebooks at CES

By Jerry Jackson | 1/8/2011

Acer launched its new Aspire 5253, Aspire 4253 and Aspire One 522 notebooks and netbooks priced at less than $500 and equipped with the latest AMD Fusion processors.

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Software and Accessories You Might Have Missed at CES

By Amber Riippa | 1/7/2011

Whether you're looking for a good keyboard for the iPad or a new Wi-Fi router, here are a few products that you might have missed at CES 2011.

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Razer Switchblade: The Future of PC Gaming?

By Jerry Jackson | 1/7/2011

Fresh from its debut at CES 2011, the Razer Switchblade is turning heads and making people rethink what "PC gaming" means. This Intel Atom-powered handheld mini notebook promises to deliver PC games running on Windows 7 and still run those games at 30 frames per second or more!

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Toshiba Updates Satellite Notebooks with Intel Sandy Bridge

By Kevin O'Brien | 1/7/2011

We got a chance to take a look at the new line of Toshiba notebooks updated at this year's CES. Most of the Toshiba Satellite lineup will be making use of Intel's new Sandy Bridge chipset.

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Encryption and Online Backup Now With All SanDisk USB Drives

By Amber Riippa | 1/6/2011

SanDisk makes a breakthrough in the USB flash storage market at CES by introducing built-in password-protected encryption software known as SecureAccess and a free online backup service for all new USB storage drives made from SanDisk from this point forward.

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CES 2011: HP Pavilion dm1

By Jerry Jackson | 1/6/2011

HP is saying "goodbye" to last year's Pavilion dm1z and "hello" to the completely redesigned HP Pavilion dm1. The new dm1 is HP's first notebook featuring AMD's new Fusion processor technology to deliver "all day battery life" and perfect HD video performance. How can we say no for just $449?

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CES 2011 Pre-show Roundup

By Kevin O'Brien | 1/6/2011

Electronics companies were out in force the night before CES 2011 officially opens its doors. We stopped in to visit with a number of these early birds to get the inside scoop on new products at CES.

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Western Digital Showcases New Scorpio Black Drives

By Amber Riippa | 1/6/2011

Western Digital updated its popular Scorpio Black line of notebook hard drives with faster performance and a new maximum storage capacity of 750 GB.

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