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Kinect-Powered Windows 8 Laptops In The Works

3:05AM January 28, 2012 | Kyle Wagner

We’ve known that Kinect for Windows is coming for a while now, but The Daily got its hands on the first computers that have the technology built directly into them: More »


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Steampunk Sony VAIO Cover, Only $1250

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1:30PM January 21, 2012 | Logan Booker

At first, I thought it was a Sony 16-inch F-Series notebook with a steampunk chassis for US$1250, which, all things considered, is a good price. Then I realised it’s just the cover. That doesn’t stop it from looking great. More »


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Ultrabook: The Most Meaningless Word In Tech

7:30AM January 17, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Although we weren’t flooded by ultrabooks at CES to quite the extent we expected, the word itself was unavoidable. The skinny-sized laptops abounded, each alluring in its own way! That’s when we realised that there’s no such thing as an ultrabook. And we shouldn’t pretend that there is. Updated with Intel’s response. More »


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For The First Time In Years, Your Next PC Will Be Amazing

10:00AM January 14, 2012 | Kyle Wagner

By now you’re maybe sick of hearing about ultrabooks, the best chance Windows rigs have to catch up to Apple laptops in design, usability, build quality, and general good-and-wantable-product-ness. Don’t be. This isn’t the inevitable, dreary sameness that’s made PCs so boring for the last decade. In fact, it’s the opposite. More »


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The Best New Vaporware

4:40AM January 14, 2012 | Roberto Baldwin

It’s the product that will never be. Like that sixth season of The Wire, we hope that it happens, but we know deep in our hearts that it won’t. Intel’s Nikiski ultrabookand its see-through-trackpad-display falls into that category. More »


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The Best New Ultrabook At CES: Dell XPS 13

7:00PM January 12, 2012 | Roberto Baldwin

Engineers at Dell must be on aFast and Furious kick too! They’ve clearly decided to live life a quarter-mile at a time, and swaddled their XPS 13 with carbon fibre. More »


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Origin’s Insane New Gaming Laptops Are As Fast As They Are Pretty

5:00AM January 12, 2012 | Kyle Wagner

Origin’s been one of the craziest overclocking outfits around for a while now, but its laptops haven’t been really, let’s say, aesthetically pleasing. Its latest rigs got the Ricky Lake makeover treatment, though, but not at the cost of raw arse-kicking power: they still clock in at a ridiculous 4.5GHz. More »


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Dell XPS 13: Carbon Fibre Makes This Ultrabook Light And Sturdy

1:30PM January 11, 2012 | Adrian Covert

Dell’s XPS 13 is their official entry into the ultrabook market. On the outside, it doesn’t look terribly different from other ultrabooks (hello teardrop design!), but a closer examination reveals that Dell took a very interesting approach to the materials they used in their machine. Namely, carbon fibre. More »


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HP Envy 14 Spectre Hands-On: Speedy Ultrabook Covered In Glass

7:40PM January 10, 2012 | Sam Biddle

How do you turn heads when everyone on the block has an ultrabook — and most of them look like bootleg MacBook Airs? Make yours fast as hell and built from stylish glass. Updated with hands-on and more pics! More »


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Lenovo Yoga: This Windows 8 Ultrabook Moonlights As A Tablet

11:50AM January 10, 2012 | Adrian Covert

So it looks like those rumours about touchscreen ultrabooks were true. Lenovo’s Yoga is the first such device of its kind (that being a Windows device), equipped with a multitouch panel capable of tracking 10 fingers. And though I’ve been dismissive of such devices, it wasn’t nearly the awful experience I thought it would be. More »