Acer announces new Ivy Bridge travel laptop
Acer introduces the Ivy Bridge processor to its line of business notebooks.

Acer introduces the Ivy Bridge processor to its line of business notebooks.

Starting May 20, Microsoft will offer students purchasing a PC of $699 or more a free 4GB Xbox 360, presumably to aid in their studies.

Samsung reckons its Ultrabooks justify the hefty price tags they carry, even if the competition is cheaper.

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ExplainedA fast GPU for your iPad, instant access to huge games online plus scientific breakthroughs; that's the the promise of Nvidia's Kepler.

The Trinity processor may face an uphill battle, with 80 percent of PCs using Intel processors.

Apple's MacBook Pros will make the switch from AMD GPUs to Nvidia graphics to complement Intel's Ivy Bridge processors.

AMD has announced its second-generation A-Series processor, which you'll see in notebooks as AMD Vision A4, A6, A8 and A10.

The 15-inch MacBook Pro will add Retina Display to its arsenal, giving it "jaw-dropping" high resolution.

In DepthApple's developer conference is weeks away - what can we expect this time? Surely a new iOS and OS X - will we see new iPads and iPhones too?

Week in TechEnormous tablets, silly new words and The Pirate Bay getting annoyed at pirates.

This is HP's new Ultrabook for business – a "no compromise" business laptop according to the company.
Ultrabooks have been the Windows rivals of Apple's slim Macbook Air, with a lower price being one of their chief sales draws.

UpdatedHere's 50 of the finest iPad tips available. We've covered everything from customising your Home screen to getting more from built-in apps like Mail and Safari.

UpdatedHP has announced a new batch of Ultrabooks including the Spectre XT, Envy Ultrabook and Envy Sleekbook.

In addition to the earlier-covered HP Envy Spectre XT Ultrabook, HP has also re-jigged its mainstream notebook range.

The bulky optical disc drive appears to be history, but there could be a curious change taking up the same space.

Apple may significantly lower the price of its base MacBook Air model with a new launch later this year.

Sony has officially unveil the Sony Vaio T series - its first effort at an ultrabook.

UpdatedAll the top ultraportable PCs in one place - reviews of every Ultrabook we've looked at so far.

OpinionIntel's little-known and little-used QuickSync video encode feature is actually rather awesome

But will it utilize the Ivy Bridge chip's integrated HD Graphics 4000 solution or a rumored discrete Kepler GPU.

UpdatedSo you've got an iPad and come to the dawning realisation that you've no cash left to buy any games. Have no fear, because there are plenty you can get for no money at all.
AMD has launched its new notebook graphics, codenamed after different parts of London.

ARM has once again put in an impressive quarter, with CEO Warren East talking up future innovation.

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