September 1, 2010 9:52 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers

Small laptops aren’t necessarily getting any smaller, but they are getting more powerful. Here’s a quick look at the power-efficient engines purring inside the latest laptops from Hewlett-Packard.

HP Mini 210: there's a lot going on below the colorful skin.
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Hewlett-Packard)

The newest welterweight laptops from [...]

August 22, 2010 11:00 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers

Act one, the Droid X. Act two, a Motorla-Verizon tablet?
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Motorola)

Who will give the
iPad a run for its money? I would bet my bottom dollar on Motorola, or better yet, the dynamic duo of Motorola and Verizon.
The BlackBerry “Black Pad” from RIM, or Google [...]

July 25, 2010 12:33 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers

PC makers are beginning to bear an uncanny resemblance to Apple.

Media pads will erode laptop sales, according to analysts.
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Hewlett-Packard)

So, what does Apple look like these days? Apple is not as much about the
Mac anymore (in case anyone didn’t notice). And it’s not just [...]

July 6, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers

Summer pricing for consumer laptops demonstrates why Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer, and Toshiba continue to beat Apple in shipment numbers–ergo, popularity.

Toshiba Portege packs a lot into a slim 13.3-inch form factor for $799.
(Credit:
Best Buy)

Apple has stuck to its pricing guns, refusing to go lower [...]