386 posts and columns on laptop

Microsoft, PC Industry Will Need Windows Upgrade Offer More Than Ever

in Product News on May 23 at 6:20 am PT

With Windows 8 arriving as late as November, Microsoft is turning to its old standby — a guaranteed upgrade program.
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iPad Keeps Apple No. 1 in Mobile PC Sales

in Mobile on May 23 at 3:55 am PT

The mobile PC business is booming, and thanks to exploding iPad sales, Apple remains its undisputed leader.
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Lenovo Looks to Bridge Business and Consumer With New Ultra-Light and Ultrabook ThinkPads

in Product News on May 14 at 9:01 pm PT

Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 carbon Ultrabook is definitely not your father’s ThinkPad.

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“Cross-Device” Ad Tracker Drawbridge Rounds Up $6.5 Million From Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins

in Media on May 10 at 9:30 am PT

Drawbridge, an ad tech start-up founded by AdMob engineer Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, has raised $6.5 million from Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer. Drawbridge says it can help marketers target potential customers by tracking them as they move around from device to device — like from a laptop to an iPhone. Sivaramakrishnan put in six months at Google after it acquired AdMob, before starting her own company.

QOTD: New From Microsoft, the Windows 8 Refridgeroaster

Well, anything can be forced to converge. … You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not gonna be pleasing to the user.

– Apple CEO Tim Cook, on Windows 8 tablet-laptop hybrids

Permission to Procrastinate: Wait to Get a New Laptop

in Personal Technology on April 17 at 6:13 pm PT

Walt gives advice on buying a new laptop this spring — don’t do it yet. There are big changes coming.
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Scent of a MacBook Pro

in Product News on April 17 at 4:22 pm PT

Introducing MacBook Pro, the perfume.
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Sound Kick: Solid Sound, but a Shaky Speaker

in Reviews on April 16 at 6:00 am PT

How does a $99 Bluetooth speaker stack up next to the popular Jambox?
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AllThingsD Reviews HP’s Ultrabook, the Envy Spectre 14, on WSJ “Digits”

in News on April 2 at 12:41 pm PT

AllThingsD’s Lauren Goode joins the WSJ “Digits” show to discuss her review of HP’s Ultrabook.
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HP Envy Spectre 14: A Premium Ultrabook, at a Premium Price

in Product Reviews on April 2 at 6:00 am PT

HP’s Ultrabook, the Envy Spectre 14, is a good-looking, fast laptop. Is it worth $1,400?
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Dell Goes on Ultrabook Diet With Slimmed-Down Laptop

in Personal Technology, February 22, 2012 at 6:03 pm PT

White MacBook, It Was Good Living With You

in News, February 10, 2012 at 10:16 am PT

How Touchscreens Are Forcing the Reinvention of Keyboards

in Commerce, January 20, 2012 at 3:16 pm PT

Acer Introduces “World’s Thinnest” Ultrabook and a “Me-Too” Cloud Service

in News, January 8, 2012 at 3:37 pm PT

Vizio Jumps Into PC Fray

in News, January 7, 2012 at 9:57 am PT

Microsoft Office on iPad

in Mossberg’s Mailbox, December 28, 2011 at 3:37 pm PT

Beyond Tablets: The Next Five Computing Form Factors

in Voices, December 19, 2011 at 11:34 am PT

Ultrabooks Bring Speed and Light to Windows

in Personal Technology, December 14, 2011 at 6:03 pm PT

Youth Is Wasted on the Young, and So Are Consumer Electronics

in Commerce, December 12, 2011 at 9:46 am PT

Samsung Launches Series 5 Ultra Ultrabooks

in Commerce, December 12, 2011 at 7:02 am PT

iPad 3 Coming Soon?

in Mossberg’s Mailbox, November 15, 2011 at 3:27 pm PT

HP’s TouchPad: The Tablet That Refused to Die

in News, October 31, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

Jonney Shih Shows New Asus Tablet, Ultrabook at AsiaD

in AsiaD, October 19, 2011 at 6:06 pm PT

Gogobot Goes Mobile With New iPhone App

in Mobile, October 18, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

Essay: Jobs’s Departure as CEO of Apple Is the End of an Extraordinary Era

in Mossblog, August 24, 2011 at 6:18 pm PT