In Pictures: Best of CES 2015
The best and most noteworthy products and technologies found at CES 2015.
laptops - News, Features, and Slideshows
laptops in pictures
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A tale of two Lenovos: how the company thrives in China
Consumers outside of China don't think of Lenovo much beyond laptops, but in that country the company has a wide reach including a growing line of mobile devices. Explore the hidden -- and larger -- side of Lenovo in this slideshow
News about laptops
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Laptops, tablets could pack more DDR4 memory with Samsung breakthrough
Samsung wants to cram faster and more power-efficient DDR4 DRAM in laptops and hybrids with new memory chips it introduced on Monday.
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Google has doubled its bounty for a Chromebook hack to $US100,000
Google doubled the bounty it will pay for a successful exploit of its Chromebook laptop to US$100,000, sweetening the pot in hopes of drawing more attention from security researchers.
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Expensive gaming desktops and laptops thrive in slumping PC market
In a declining PC market, high-priced gaming desktops and laptops are thriving.
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Older Dell devices also affected by dangerous eDellRoot certificate
Users who have Dell Windows-based laptops, desktops, tablets and other devices that were bought before August should check if their systems have the self-signed eDellRoot certificate that can compromise their private communications.
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Dell improves Chromebook's screen, battery for enterprise users
Dell has toughened up the Google Chromebook for the business market.
Features about laptops
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Should you get a hybrid laptop? A user report card
Hybrids -- laptops whose displays detach to become tablets -- were designed to allow users to have one device with many uses. But do they work as advertised? We talked to some users to find out.
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Power to the portable: 3 high-performance mobile workstations
When you're running a large-scale simulation or editing a professional video, you need more computing power than most laptops can give. In this roundup, we review three high-powered Windows mobile workstations.
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Dell's Chromebook is a sign of shakier times for Windows
Dell's debut of a Chromebook, an inexpensive laptop that runs Google's browser-based Chrome OS, is a sign that the platform has gone mainstream, an analyst argued today.
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Ultrabook, laptop, hybrid or Chromebook? How to pick the best portable PC
Just a few years back, buying a laptop was as easy as walking into a store, strolling past the netbooks, plunking down a few hundred bucks on a Windows machine with a trackpad that didn't completely suck, and coming home, if not happy, at least with a notebook that could get the job done.
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Digital nomad survival tips you can use anywhere
Mike Elgan traveled over three continents in the past 18 months and has these tips for staying connected, keeping powered up and protecting your valuable gadgets from theft.