New laptops and hybrids emerge as 'fatbooks' are kicked to the curb

	Intel shows first smartphone with Merrifield chip | Dell's XPS 12 hybrid with Haswell offers 50 percent more battery life
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	New laptops and hybrids emerge as 'fatbooks' are kicked to the curb The trusty old laptop is being kicked to the curb, with PC makers trying to spice up their offerings by pushing a variety of hybrids, tablets and smaller-screen devices at the Computex trade show in Taipei this week. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Consolidate & Manage Alerts for FREE! SolarWinds® Alert Central consolidates alerts from all your IT monitoring tools and ensures they get to the right person, on the right team, at the right time. And the best part – it's FREE! So stop managing your alerts manually. Get the free product today or learn more here >> In this Issue Intel shows first smartphone with Merrifield chip Dell's XPS 12 hybrid with Haswell offers 50 percent more battery life Meet the unlocked Android phone you can feel good about using Acer to launch 8-inch Windows 8 tablet, unveils 5.7-inch smartphone Samsung extends Galaxy Tab 3 line-up with 8-inch and 10.1-inch models Hands-on with Acer's 8-inch Windows 8 tablet, Iconia W3 Asus introduces 6-inch Fonepad Note phablet WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Service-Oriented Performance Management Strategy This white paper is to help IT organizations adopt a management methodology that enables them to improve the user experience by focusing on service delivery management. Learn More. Intel shows first smartphone with Merrifield chip Intel on Tuesday showed the first smartphone based on its next Atom smartphone chip code-named Merrifield, which will provide better performance and battery life than current Atom chips. Read More Dell's XPS 12 hybrid with Haswell offers 50 percent more battery life Dell has announced new PCs with Intel's latest fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell, including a thinner and lighter XPS 12 laptop-tablet hybrid, which will offer up to 9.5 hours of battery life. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks The New World of Mobility Management Mobility management continues to evolve as BYOD and mobile application deployments become more commonplace. There isn't a "one size fits all" strategy. Read Now Meet the unlocked Android phone you can feel good about using Android. FirefoxOS. Tizen. Ubuntu Touch. There are a lot of truly great-looking open source platforms for powering your smartphone. Not just great-looking, but powerful too. And, because these are all Open Source (to one degree or another), you can feel good about them from a social/ethical perspective. But what about the hardware? Read More Acer to launch 8-inch Windows 8 tablet, unveils 5.7-inch smartphone Windows 8 is joining the 8-inch tablet bandwagon with a new device from Acer that will launch later this month and come with a price tag between US$400 and $500. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Content Analytics Explained Content Analytics Explained - Listen to Bob Foyle, Sr. Product Manager, IBM talk about Content Analytics and the Analytics Imperative. Learn More. Samsung extends Galaxy Tab 3 line-up with 8-inch and 10.1-inch models Samsung Electronics has extended its Galaxy Tab 3 line-up with 8-inch and 10.1-inch models with dual-core processors and extensive support for LTE networks. Read More Hands-on with Acer's 8-inch Windows 8 tablet, Iconia W3 After months on the market, Windows 8 tablets have yet to rack up the sales Microsoft and PC vendors were originally hoping for. But on Monday Taiwanese PC maker Acer showed off what could be the first of many Windows 8 tablets to come in smaller screen sizes, following the success of Apple's iPad mini and Google's Nexus 7. Read More Asus introduces 6-inch Fonepad Note phablet Asustek Computer introduced a new "phablet" device called the Asus Fonepad Note FHD6, which is part Android phone, part tablet. Read More
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