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The Boeing 787 Dreamliner fiery battery problen has renewed attention on an issue that never went away.

After a mediocre year for PCs in 2012, prospects for 2013 are only slightly better, said influential market forecaster IDC.

Gartner (NYSE:IT) said global PC sales eased 3.5 percent in 2012 to only 352.7 million units as consumers shifted to tablets.

Global chip sales in November rose 9 percent to $24.6 billion from 2011, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported.

Google and Samsung have announced a new Chromebook. And, at $249, the product, as Google advertises, is the laptop “for everyone.”

Google has announced a new $249 Chromebook. The affordable laptop will be manufactured by Samsung.

The new advertisement for Window 8 shows a new side of Microsoft, featuring hard rock, action sports and more.

The WIndows 8 release date is almost here, and Acer has announced the specs and price points for its upcoming line of laptops to debut with the software.

Hewlett-Packard launched four all-in-one PCs Monday running on Windows 8. The new desktop line-up includes HP Envy 23, HP Envy 20, HP SpectreOne and HP Pavilion 20.

Intel Corp engineers are applying lessons from aircraft design to create sturdier laptops in a bid to reduce the cost of the new ultra-thin computers, the top chipmaker is promoting heavily

Leap Motion has officially set the new standard for how we use desktop devices, a.k.a computers. On May 21, the motion-control software and hardware company announced its latest innovation - The Leap.

Tech analysts are busy predicting that laptop sales are expected to go down and tablets and smartphones would gain prominence in the coming years. However, top notch wireless manufacturers are still in no mood to stop introducing the new flagship models of their lineups.

Intel announced Wednesday that 75 new Ultrabook computer models will be released, the lowest of which will be priced at $699.

We are witnessing the beginning of a new age in computing, an age that will allow computers to perform even thousands of times faster than the fastest supercomputer of our days. Those computers will operate on the exaFLOP level and are expected to appear by the end of the decade.

Lenovo, Asus and HP all make great laptops under $500, and depending on what kind of configuration you're looking for, they can be even cheaper. We're basing these rankings on the fact most have Intel i3 processors that will support users who don't have any super-heavy lifting to do with their machines. They'll multitask fairly well, but not at a high speed. Gamers and video editors will likely not find much here to like, but if you are on a budget or if you are looking for something...

Apple's MacBook Air line of thin and light laptops has been a hit since it debuted, but put it up against any number of Windows machines, and one that stands out is the Toshiba Portege. Both are thin and powerful and costing far less than the $2000 for some full size power notebooks.

The publication also noted that AMD's Trinity predicts 25 percent faster CPU performance with double the performance for GPU. The 32 nanometer chipset is also said to arrive in dual and quad core versions.

Hewlett-Packard Co on Monday unveiled a new glass-encased laptop computer as the largest computer maker stepped up its efforts to chip away at rival Apple Inc's stronghold in high-end PC market.

Samsung Electronics introduced its thinnest-ever laptop, the Series 9 Notebook, which weighs 2.5 pounds and is a half-inch thick. The new computer will be priced at $1,399 for a 13-inch screen available Feb. 27.

Intel plans to make its biggest marketing push since 2003 for a new, super-thin category of laptops it has dubbed ultrabooks, hoping to fend off major strides made by Apple Inc and its MacBook Air into the high-end personal computing market.

Acer unveiled what will now be called the world's thinnest laptop, the Aspire S5 Ultrabook, at a press event on Sunday.