Dell unveils new Venue tablets

Dell Venue 8 Pro

There is a new line of Dell Venue tablets ranging from 8- to 11-inch Windows-powered tablets to 7- to 8-inch Android devices. The Venue 8 Pro ($299.99) and Venue 11 Pro ($549.99) are Windows 8.1 tablets with Microsoft Office integration and additional security services such as Dell Enterprise. The tablets can run up to 4^th generation Intel Core i5 processors. Meanwhile, the Venue 7 ($149.99) and Venue 8 ($179.99) devices are Android-based tablets running on Intel Atom Z2760 Clover Trail processors.

Dell introduces laptop with Retina Display-busting resolution

Dell has introduced a slew of new devices and upgrades but what caught our attention is the new XPS 15. A 15.6-inch touch-based laptop with a whopping 3200 x 1800 pixel Quad HD+ display, beating Apple’s 2880 x 1800 MacBook Pro.  The XPS 15 runs on the new Intel Haswell processors, up to 512GB SSD storage, and claims of up to 13 hours of battery life. 

SourceCode: China and Taiwan’s hardware manufacturers are dominating in design and innovation

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Some of the most daring and innovative PC, tablet and smartphone designs to come out of CES 2013 were from Taiwanese and Chinese multinationals. In terms of form, function and materials, many of these devices seem to offer customers more that competing products from North America. Is this the new normal?

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Holiday Gift Guide: Notebooks

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Notebook PCs are still very popular and key personal and productivity devices. Sure, smartphones and tablets might be the hotter products but a good notebook is something everyone can use. This season we're seeing the emergence of new convertible Ultrabooks, ever-thinner MacBook Pros with Retina Displays and even something unique from Google and Samsung in the Chromebook space.

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