Some like Synaptics may not benefit as much given the cannibalization in the notebook PC market.
Notebook PC units were down 10%, with Apple notebooks flat and Windows notebooks off 10%.
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My notebook PC, already about eight pounds before the show, gained weight this week.
The Wireless TV Connect functions with almost any notebook PC with an HDMI port.
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In short, if you thought the notebook PC market was about to die, you should guess again.
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With a detachable keyboard-docking system users easily switch between a clamshell notebook PC and a tablet PC.
At that number, ultrabooks merely account for less than 0.5% of worldwide notebook PC shipments in 2012.
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Bringing unprecedented networking capabilities, Bigfoot Networks delivers the optimal experience to the notebook PC for online games, HD video and high-quality audio.
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SanDisk also announced today the SanDisk X100 SSD, featuring the utmost in performance and storage capacity for desktop and notebook PC manufacturers.
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In the personal computer category, Amazon said the Apple MacBook, Nokia Internet Tablet PC and HP Pavilion Entertainment Notebook PC were strong sellers.
Microdisplays' SVGA resolution of 800-by-600 pixels is comparable to that of a typical notebook PC's active-matrix LCD, but the displays are six to ten times cheaper, Bowser claims.
But now Compaq Computer (nyse: CPQ - news - people ) has taken its notebook PC product lines in a new direction regarding wireless networking.
Gateway's first notebook PC with a 13.3-inch widescreen display, it sports a small footprint and lightweight 5.3-pound design that is idea for travel and taking to work and class.
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Before it was Wi-Fi, the wireless networking technology that is currently the hottest accessory for a notebook PC was best known by a jumble of letters and numbers: IEEE 802.11b.
The HP ENVY m4 notebook PC delivers the perfect balance of mobility, performance and entertainment in a thin and light package so customers have all they need while on the go.
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Compared to conventional notebook PC manufacturing processes, this system is expected to reduce the amount of newly produced plastic used by 10 tons per year while cutting CO2 emissions by approximately 15%.
In the personal computer category, Amazon said the Apple MacBook, Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ) Internet Tablet PC and HP Pavilion Entertainment Notebook PC were strong sellers.
Offering up to 7.5 hours of battery life(5) and measuring less than 1-inch thin, the HP Pavilion dm3 gives consumers the ideal balance of mobility and performance in an affordable, slim and light notebook PC.
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The next time you hinge open that notebook PC and smile at a feature that makes it easier to use, give a thought to Bill Moggridge, who passed away Saturday from cancer at the age of 69.
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Global market demand for large size LCD panels was flat with shipments rising just 1 percent quarter-on-quarter to 179 million units, while average sales prices of panels fell across the notebook PC, monitor and TV panel segments.
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In a report last week tech tracker iSuppli found that rising sales of tablet computers are hurting notebook PC sales, resulting in a decline in sales of traditional hard disk drives which rely on spinning magnetic disks.
By simply connecting the PC adapter to the notebook PC and connecting the TV adapter to the HDTV via HDMI, users have the freedom to experience 1080p HD content without a timelag between the notebook PC and the display and without installing software.
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Glassbook Reader: This free reader lets you read electronic books on your notebook or desktop PC.
Kugele says he now thinks Windows 8 is unlikely to be a driver for PC and notebook demand.
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Users can share media from their handset to a PC, notebook, or television, and vice versa across a network (whether a home network, enterprise network or WLAN), using the easy to set-up device.
Dell employees say the company is snapping up design talent as it hustles to crank out fresh PC and notebook designs, and the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Dell is trying to sell its factories as well.
But if tablets do end up taking a high share of the PC market, global notebook shipments could flatten or even decline.
The computer industry had high hopes going into 2012 that ultrabooks super-thin, featherweight, high-speed notebook computers would revive the PC business.
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This guy badgered me about how Microsoft was going to completely change the world with this tablet PC software and eliminate all notebook computers, and Apple ought to license his Microsoft software.
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