Unfortunately, there's still no word on when those next-generation low-power chipsets will arrive, although there's plenty of time till the next big PC show, Computex, rolls into Taipei.
Some analysts have said the focus on wireless technology at Comdex this year is proof that the PC hardware show is no longer relevant.
There is far less emphasis on differentiating SSDs from HDDs now that the market understands SSDs better, although one Intel emissary did hit an SSD with a baseball bat, then plugged it into a PC to show that it still performed perfectly.
And, as PC World tests show, users may experience some IE5 culture shock if they take advantage of the customization features that tie the browser to particular Web portals.
The weakness in the PC segment will likely show up when Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) report during their offset cycle.
This business is likely to pick up on the strength of hybrid tablet-notebooks and Ultrabooks in the long term, but the company will show slow PC sale growth in the short term.
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"The results show that the PC industry is still around and maybe it was slightly exaggerated that the death of the PC was here, " he said.
Lenovo unveiled a prototype tablet PC at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last January, and has launched the LePhone smartphone in China with China Unicom.
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My notebook PC, already about eight pounds before the show, gained weight this week.
Later footage was said to show Mr Hope taking a taxi to PC World in Newport Road, Cardiff.
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The tests show that it is possible to harden a PC to repel attack.
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Paramount Digital Entertainment will show a new standalone Star Trek game for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 from developer Digital Extremes at its booth at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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Meanwhile, the PC is played by John Hodgman, contributor to The Daily Show and This American Life and all-around dry wit extraordinaire.
Bartels points to the most recent government data released Friday that show a drop-off of around 2% in PC, server and peripheral sales for the third quarter of 2008 compared to the same quarter last year.
Digital and PC cameras are expected to be hot items at the upcoming Comdex trade show in Las Vegas.
One year ago Hamburg, Germany-based PC peripheral maker ROCCAT made their presence known at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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Viewers of Cerco Casa Disperatamente, a house hunting show, might have noticed the car appearing on signage, PC monitors, and magazines - all of which was added in post production.
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Finally, members of the USB Implementers Forum attempted a new world record at the show Monday by attaching more than 100 peripherals to a single PC via daisy-chained USB connections.
Well, PC World has cracked open the trap-door on their HDTV testing lab to show everyone how they do it.
Word on the street, though, is that some PC makers will instead choose to launch their wares at the Mobile World Congress trade show taking place in Barcelona in late February.
So Joe will have to pull up his dance socks to catch former Hollyoaks actress Ali Bastian, now Pc Sally Armstrong in the Bill, who scored the highest in Friday night's show with 30 out of a possible 40.
While the mammoth convention includes a healthy representation of PC-related keynote speakers, such as Bill Gates, Carly Fiorina, and Craig Barrett, it remains to be seen whether the show will truly come into its own as the focal point for the consumer PC industry.
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This week Korean automaker Hyundai unveiled a multi-rotor flying electric car for congested cities and SolarWorld and PC-Aero announced plans to launch two new solar-powered electric airplanes at an air show in Germany.
Through AllShare, users will be able to capture moments with the phone's camera and camcorder, and wirelessly show them to friends or family on their DLNA certified HDTV or download music from a PC to Samsung Epic 4G and take on the road.
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