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Smartphones, laptops easy to trace but hard to recover

The stolen laptop sent its owner a hopeful message just hours after it had been spirited out of his south Minneapolis home. The message included the exact spot where the laptop had been taken and, conveniently, a photo covertly ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Apple brings iPad features to the Mac

Apple released a preview version of its new Macintosh operating system on Thursday, bringing some features of the iPad to the personal computer.

Technology / Software

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Gadget Watch: HP Envy 14 PC has smart-tag sensor

(AP) -- Thin, light laptops -known as "ultrabooks"- are a much-hyped category at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, an annual showcase for the latest smartphones, tablet computers and other ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Apple has bought Israeli flash-memory co. Anobit

(AP) -- Apple confirmed Wednesday that it has bought Anobit Technologies, an Israeli maker of flash memory technology already used in many of Apple's gadgets.

Technology / Business

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

High-tech gadget show opens doors in Vegas

The International Consumer Electronics Show kicked off on Tuesday with a dazzling array of high-tech gadgetry including ultra-thin laptops, snazzy smartphones, iPad rivals and flat-screen and 3D TVs.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Intel to launch biggest ad campaign in 8 years

(AP) -- Intel Corp. says it is betting big on its "ultrabook" concept with its largest advertising campaign since 2003.

Technology / Business

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ultra-thin laptops set to dazzle CES gadget fair

Ultra-thin laptops will take center-stage alongside new software and smartphones at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), a gadget extravaganza that officially opens on Tuesday in Las Vegas.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cloud computing's ubiquity brings down prices

If you've ever had your laptop stolen, watched your toddler baptize your PC with Pepsi, or had your MacBook come to a cold, dead stop, you know that the digital memories we store on our home computers are anything but indelible.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Can new Ultrabook PCs catch Air?

Everybody loved the sleek design of Ferraris in the late 1960s, back when cars were the coolest gadgets around.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hewlett-Packard unveils its first 'ultrabook' laptop

Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Wednesday unveiled a lightweight laptop computer to take on Apple's MacBook Air in the hot "Ultrabook" arena.

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

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, ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Apple supplier faces pollution complaints in China

(AP) -- A Taiwan-based company that supplies metal casings for Apple's Inc.'s MacBook series of laptops says it is shutting down some operations at its factory complex in eastern China following complaints of bad odors by ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple opens Hong Kong store in China push

Apple threw open the doors to its first store in Hong Kong Saturday, its latest push to tap the booming China market, as protesters accused the technology giant of supporting sweatshop labour.

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created Sep 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple's updated MacBook Air props up cloud computing

Earlier this summer, Apple eliminated its entry-level plastic-clad MacBook to make the just-updated MacBook Air line, once a pricey niche laptop, its mainstream computer.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Apple unleashes Lion, updates MacBook Air

Apple on Wednesday unleashed its new Lion operating system, running it on updated, more powerful versions of its MacBook Air ultra-thin laptop.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (8) | comments 1