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Samsung unveiled the Samsung Ativ Tab 3 at an event in London on Thursday.

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The Ativ name may be silly, but Samsung Electronics is betting heavily on it as the namesake for anything related to Windows.

In a showcase Thursday that featured a slew of products, Samsung’s Ativ line played a central role. Ativ has become the umbrella brand that includes laptops, tablets, all-in-ones, and smartphones, and some of the devices were on display.

Samsung is hoping history repeats itself with Ativ. It previously poured its resources into developing the Galaxy brand for anything associated with Android, and its flagship Galaxy S line of smartphones is a smash hit, with the Galaxy name extending into multiple lines of successful phones and tablets.

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Portables aren’t the only ATIV devices Samsung has in store today: Samsung’s DJ Lee unveiled the ATIV One 5 Style this afternoon, an all-in-one PC with a slim 4.5mm metal frame and a Galaxy-style white bezel. From what we’ve seen so far, it’s clearly a Windows 8 PC, and it’s all screen (of the touch variety). Samsung European PC business director Patrick Povel calls it, “The perfect home entertainment device.”

But you’ve already seen the ATIV One 5, you wanna know what’s inside it — we’ve just learned a load more about its specs. The ATIV One 5 features an AMD A6 quad-core processor (which also handles graphics duties), and has 4GB of RAM. The 21.5-inch display has a 1920 x 1080 resolution — we’re still not sure what type of screen that is, sadly, but we’ve asked. The ATIV One 5 Style arrives in the UK “later this year” for an unknown price.

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At its Premiere event in London today, Samsung unveiled the ATIV Q, a hybrid that can run both Android and Windows 8. On-stage, Executive Vice President DJ Lee said the “versatile and adaptable” device can switch between four positions: tablet, typing, stand and writing. The Q sports a 13.3-inch display with a 3,200 x 1,800 (qHD+) resolution (that works out to 275 ppi). Samsung says the panel is optimized for use in bright sunlight, and viewing angles are wide, at 178 degrees. There’s also an S Pen on board to take advantage of that spacious screen, which Galaxy Note fans will certainly appreciate.

Apart from the high-res display, the standout feature is the device’s dual-OS support. To switch between Android Jelly Bean and Windows, you simply have to press the Start button (no reboot required), and you can pin Android apps to the Windows screen and vice versa. Under the hood is a Core i5 Haswell processor which Samsung rates for up to nine hours of battery life. All this comes in a magnesium body that’s plenty portable: it weighs just 1.29kg (2.84 pounds) and measures just 13.9mm (0.5 inch). No pricing info was announced at the event in London, but we know the ATIV Q will launch in the UK later this year. For now, check out our hands-on.

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We haven’t heard much about Samsung’s Series 9 Ultrabooks for a while, barring a resolution bump late last year. Today, though, the company announced the follow-on to that product, the ATIV Book 9 Plus.

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If you think that playing video games for too long makes your head hurt, just imagine how these guys feel. In fact, these awesome skulls should be used as a gamer PSA. “This is your brain on Super Mario Bros.” Well, if they were human skulls. They may have been human at one time until addiction to the game mutated them to look more like Bowser’s skull.

Artist Tobias Wüstefeld from Germany sculpted these skulls which have partial levels from Super Mario Bros. on them. This is what it looks like to be addicted to Nintendo games for sure. Koopas and Goombas crawling around in your skull. Never a moment’s peace.

They will be exhibited at the We Love 8Bit Art Show this September in Berlin.

[via Obvious Winner]