Monthly Archives: September 2009

Dell Previews Ultra-thin Adamo Laptop Design

Hoping to generate some buzz around its Adamo laptops, Dell showed off an ultra-thin design on Wednesday that could heat up the race between PC makers trying to build the world’s thinnest laptop. Dell put up a Web page Wednesday … Continue reading

Foxconn Developing Inexpensive, Arm-based Smartbooks

Foxconn Technology plans to launch its first smartbooks next year, which are mini-laptops that use microprocessors from Arm Holdings normally found in smartphones. Smartbooks are similar to netbooks except that they don’t use Intel’s popular Atom microprocessor nor other x86 … Continue reading

Lenovo Parent May Move Farther From Chinese Government

The purchase of a stake in Lenovo’s parent company, Legend Holdings, by a private investment group could be followed by more moves away from Chinese government influence in the company, Legend said Tuesday. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, a state-controlled … Continue reading