Computer Price Rises in Wake of Thailand floods

Computer prices are rising following warnings by Western Digital, Acer and Samsung Electronics that severe flooding in Thailand has hit production and that they will pass resulting higher costs on to consumers. ...

Acer Iconia: Acer Releases Dual Screen 14 Inch Laptop (video)

Acer Iconia: Dual 14 Inch Laptop With No Physical Keboard: Technical Specifications And Price  (video) Acer has taken the notion of the touch screen to a whole new level with the release of the eye-catching...

Laptops Morph To Netbooks at CES ‘09 :: Symblogogy

"Intel’s Classmate PC Tablet PC, uh, I mean Netbook, is a better Netbook than most because it shows some design considerations that make sense for the small form factor. Image Credit Intel Laptops Morph To...

Netbooks Account for 1 in Every 7 Computer Searches

Netbooks are all the rage this Xmas. " Whilst the computer market as a whole is predicted to weaken over the coming months, Netbooks themselves are expected to continue to fly off the shelves as Christmas gifts,...

Apple is No. 3 PC maker in U.S., No. 6 worldwide

"Apple is No. 3 PC maker in U.S., No. 6 worldwide Dueling reports Wednesday from the two leading PC survey firms — Gartner and IDC — confirm what the crowds at the Apple (AAPL) stores have been telling us: The Mac had a great second quarter. According...

Acer Aspire 8920G Gaming Laptop with GeForce 9650M GS: First Impression

"Acer Aspire 8920G Gaming Laptop based on an 18.4-inch footprint, a gaming laptop that utilizes Penryn processors, Nvidia GeForce 9650M GS graphics card (with 512MB of memory), Blu-Ray drive, up to 640GB (2x320GB) HDD, and built-in multi-speaker True5.1 surround sound through...

Acer to Launch New 5 Aspire Notbooks and 3 TravelMate Laptops with Penryn

Acer is trying to overtake Sony and Fujitsu by introducing 7 new laptop notebooks based on Santa Rosa Refresh platform include: Acer TravelMate 6492 and 6592G, Acer Aspire 2920, 4920, 5920, 7720 and 9920.The TravelMate laptops are advanced business laptops with Penryn CPU,...

Acer buys Gateway to gain third place in PC sales league

"The Taiwanese firm Acer is to become the world's third biggest computer company by paying $710m (£352m) for California-based Gateway, creating a combined force selling 20m machines annually. The deal, announced yesterday, will push Acer ahead of China's Lenovo to put it...

Taiwan's Acer to buy Gateway, become No. 3 PC maker

But what happens to those friendly-looking cows? And the "middle America" marketing presentation?More importantly, what happens to American jobs when Gateway Computers is sold to Taiwan manufacturer Acer?"Taiwan's...

Acer Direct UK

New UK Acer site selling new Gemstone laptops

Toshiba Roll Out Cheap Notebooks Using AMD Turions Processors

"In a report from Reuters early this morning a Toshiba spokesperson stated that it will end its exclusivity with Intel, with a deal that would deploy AMD processors in 20% of the company's laptop computers. Most other global PC makers, including Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Acer...

Acer TravelMate 6460-6752 - Core 2 Duo T7200 2 GHz - 15.4" TFT

Description: The Acer TravelMate 6460-6752 is a 6.4-pound, consumer level notebook computer. Compared to other general-purpose notebooks on the market, it is midpriced at around $1,680. Has Wi-Fi (wireless connectivity) built-in. ...

Acer 'preloads vulns' onto notebooks

"Ripe for exploitation Acer has been called out for pre-loading a vulnerability on its notebooks.…"

Microsoft accused of trying to buy bloggers

"A Microsoft stunt handing out brand spanking new laptops with Windows Vista to selected bloggers has backfired with claims that Microsoft tried to "buy" bloggers. At least six bloggers each received a sleek,...

Microsoft doesn't know when to stop

"Anyone who hates Microsoft has been lapping up the news that the company sent fancy-schmancy Acer Ferrari laptops preloaded with Windows Vista to about 90 bloggers. The story began surfacing last week. The...

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