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Dell Coupon for 25% off the Inspiron 14z Super Slim Laptop Announced TodayNews from Houston Chronicle:
The Inspiron 14z laptop is now 25% off with a Dell Coupon announced today by CouponBuzz.com and featured in their section devoted to Dell coupons and special offers. This slim laptop is a perfect mix of portability, price, and computing capability. Universally sought after by students, business professionals and recreational users alike, the Inspiron 14z packs a lot of wallop into a very pleasing price point.
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Sony Tablet P scoffing Ice Cream Sandwich on 24 MayNews from CNET UK:

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If you bought the Sony Tablet P, you may have been left wondering if its odd shape would hamper any upgrade to Android Ice Cream Sandwich. (As if anyone needed another hurdle.) And when its bigger brother, the Tablet S, got the upgrade almost a month ago, you could be forgiven for feeling left out in the cold.
Well worry no more — the Tablet P will be served a healthy dollop of Ice Cream Sandwich [...] Continue Reading…

Microsoft restarts the ‘Buy a PC, get an Xbox’ program for studentsNews from Digitaltrends.com:

As many graduating high school students across the United States begin preparing to enter college in the fall, Microsoft is bringing back a popular promotion from last year to encourage more PC sales.
As detailed on Microsoft’s official Windows Blog, the software company is reviving a promotion from 2011 that includes a brand new 4GB Xbox 360 console for every qualifying Windows PC purchase valued at more than $ 699. Starting on May 20, the promotion is valid on [...] Continue Reading…

Sony KDL-55HX850News from CNET:
In 2011 we reviewed two excellent Sony TVs in the form of the HX929 — the best-performing LCD TV of the year outside of the Sharp Elite — and the NX720, a more affordable yet still superb performer that earned our Editors’ Choice Award. Our expectations were high for this year’s HX750, but it turned out to be a disappointment. It was like getting tickets to see Led Zeppelin and instead getting reggae cover band Dread Zeppelin.
At least Dread has an Elvis impersonator in the band. [...] Continue Reading…

Why Israel is a hotbed for flash storage innovationNews from Computerworld New Zealand:Israel is where the USB flash drive was invented and where innovative companies such as Anobit and XtremIO are drawing American companies to their shores in droves to get a piece of the intellectual property pie.
At the same time EMC was in Israel trying to strike a deal to buy XtremeIO, NetApp and Dell were also there vying for the flash storage array maker’s intellectual property.EMC’s acquisition of the NAND flash storage company followed a similar move [...] Continue Reading…

Ivy Bridge Powered MacBook Pro and iMac On the WayNews from AMOG:

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A benchmark from the cross-platform benchmarking tool Geekbench revealed results of the yet-to-be released versions of Apple’s MacBook Pro and iMac namely MacBook Pro 9.1 and iMac 13.2. Although nothing is confirmed yet, the model numbers are higher than the company’s existing models. If that would be the case, the benchmarks could serve as an evidence of an upcoming notebook and desktop computer upgrades.
MacBook Pro and iMac Benchmarks
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Dell Precision M6600 vs. HP EliteBook 8760w: Workstation BattleNews from Notebook Review:Dell Precision M6600 vs. HP EliteBook 8760w: Workstation Battle

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Dell to unshackle workers from desksNews from The National:
Government workers in the Middle East are still chained to their desktop computers – but one technology firm is trying to reinvent the experience.
The rise of laptops and tablet computers has hit growth of desktop-PC sales over the past few years.
The tipping point came in 2008, [...] Continue Reading…

Apple’s next iMacs also rumored to receive Retina display upgradeNews from Apple Insider:
By AppleInsider Staff
Published: 10:42 AM EST (07:42 AM PST)
In addition to the MacBook Pro lineup, Apple’s next-generation iMac desktops are also rumored to receive a new high-resolution Retina display.Following up on earlier reports that Apple would unveil thinner Retina display-equipped MacBook Pros at the forthcoming Worldwide Developers Conference in June, Joanna Stern of ABC News corroborated those details, but also included the iMac in the mix. Along with the MacBook Pro, the iMac will get a new, [...] Continue Reading…

Dell, HP, IBM Others Embrace Intel`s New Xeon Server Chips – eWeekNews from Dell, HP, IBM Others Embrace Intel`s New Xeon Server Chips – eWeek:

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Computer equipment stolen from Federal Public Defender’s OfficeNews from Ocala:
Published: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 8:42 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 8:42 a.m.

OCALA – Computer equipment and a trash can were reported stolen Monday from a school and from the Federal Public Defender’s Office.

At 7:38 a.m., Ocala Police Department officers went to the Federal [...] Continue Reading…

Lenovo emerges as top PC seller in India, overtakes Dell & HPNews from Economic Times:
BANGALORE: For the first time, Chinese personal computer maker Lenovo has cornered the largest share in the overall Indian PC market, overtaking Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP), according to data from market researcher IDC.
Latest data shows that Lenovo has a market share of 15.8% in the three months to March 31, compared to 10% in the previous period, which had put the Chinese PC-maker at 4th spot then. Dell, which is at number two spot, saw [...] Continue Reading…