Acer announces the Iconia Tab A500 with Android 3.0 Honeycomb
(PhysOrg.com) -- Acer is making a new move into the world of tablets. They showed off their new Iconia Tab A500. The device features the Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb software and an interesting set of hardware ...
Intel backs ultra-light laptops with new age controls
US chip giant Intel on Monday heralded a coming wave of affordable high-powered, thin laptops that could double as tablet computers and be controlled by gestures or spoken commands.
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Acer eyes Japan growth with new cheap laptop
(AP) -- Acer Inc. of Taiwan said Friday it plans solid growth in the previously hard-to-crack Japanese market with a new slim, lightweight laptop that boasts an eight-hour battery life and a cheap price.
May 22, 2009 |
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Google still polishing Chrome OS, postpones debut (Update)
(AP) -- It's taking longer than Google Inc. anticipated to deliver a new operating system designed to make computers run faster.
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Dec 07, 2010 |
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Review: Google all the time on the Chromebook
(AP) -- New laptops running Google's Chrome operating system offer a new approach in portable computing: Games, productivity tools and anything else you might need are handled by distant computers connected ...
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Acer goes deep with 3-D laptop for gaming, movies
(AP) -- With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer Inc. is going further - introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen.
Oct 21, 2009 |
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New Acer Ultrabook is no MacBook Air, but it's not bad
I'm a big fan of Apple's MacBook Air computer. Revamped by Apple last year, the notebook is a thin, ultralight, speedy computer. Instead of a high-powered processor, a traditional hard drive and a DVD slot, ...
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Nov 11, 2011 |
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China backs down from requirement for Web filter
(AP) -- In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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US IT brands may be gone in 20 years: Acer founder
US computer brands may be gone in 20 years' time due to an inability to produce the low-priced PCs the market demands, the Taiwanese founder of computer maker Acer was quoted as saying Tuesday.
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Acer's Iconia laptop skips keys in favor of double touch screens
In this world of virtual this and virtual that, there comes a product that offers something really different than everybody else. The Iconia from Acer America is not a laptop nor is it a notebook. Acer is ...
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May 19, 2011 |
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Netbooks now being sold like cell phones
If you walked into the right RadioShack store last weekend, you could get an Acer Aspire "netbook" computer for free. The catch: You would have to sign a two-year contract for mobile Internet service from AT&T, at $60 a month ...
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Jul 08, 2009 |
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Netbooks start raising the stakes
The standard desktop computer is about as popular as swine flu these days, with all the major innovations happening in the laptop and netbook segment.
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Dec 18, 2009 |
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Taiwan's Acer to unveil tablet computer
Taiwan's Acer Inc, the world's second biggest PC vendor, said Wednesday it will unveil its first tablet computer next month amid strong demand for the gadget.
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Oct 27, 2010 |
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Google-powered laptops to go on sale June 15 (Update)
The first laptops running on a Google-designed software system will go on sale in the U.S. and six other countries next month.
May 11, 2011 |
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Tablet war pushes PC makers to focus on R&D
The tablet war is pushing personal computer makers to focus more on research and development and Web-based ecosystems to enable their products to stand out in an increasingly crowded market.
Jun 10, 2011 |
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