Dell‘s popular Latitude line of laptops are getting a makeover as the company is announcing a number of new models that are much thinner and lighter that previous Latitude models starting at $599. The Latitude 3000, 5000 and 7000 series laptops will feature Intel’s latest Haswell processors and are expected to be released in the coming weeks. (more…)
Dell Introduces Improved Latitude Line Of Ultrabooks, Notebooks original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Fun fact: the XPS 13 Ultrabook we liked so much also happens to be one of Dell’s best-selling products. It’s been so successful, in fact, that even large corporations have been thinking of issuing it to their employees (you know, instead of all those other black boxes). Of course, they can’t really do that — the XPS 13 wasn’t built with businesses’ security needs in mind — but all their begging and pleading did get Dell thinking. Why not make something similar that’s secure enough to pass muster with the IT guys?%Gallery-slideshow73368%
The neverending Edward Snowden saga is getting some new characters with a new Reuters report that tracks the origins of his secret document-stashing not to the NSA but to former employer Dell Computer. Wait, Dell? What do they have to do with spying? You’d be surprised.
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Check out this new business-friendly LCD monitor from Dell, the P2714H. Adopting an IPS panel, this 27-inch LED-backlight monitor provides 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 300 cd/m2 brightness, 8ms (GTG) response time and 178/178 degree viewing angles, and has mini D-Sub, DVI-D and DisplayPort connectors. The P2714H is priced at 34,980 Yen (about $362). [Dell]
Welcome to Engadget’s back to school guide! Today we’re talking ultraportables. Head to the back to school hub to see the rest of the product guides as we add them throughout the month. Be sure to keep checking back; in early September, we’ll be giving away a ton of gear, including some of the picks in our guides.
Ultrabooks hit the mainstream in 2012; in 2013, they’re claiming the high end. Intel’s Haswell-based processors are giving thin laptops the extreme resolutions, all-day battery life and touchscreens we wish we’d had in full-size portables a year ago. They might just be the perfect fit for students who want high-end features without the typical high-end bulk. Accordingly, our 2013 back to school guide rounds up the more advanced Ultrabooks alongside more affordable, extra-thin PCs. No matter your budget, these ultraportables are bound to lighten your backpack.
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Canada’s smartphone industry pioneer BlackBerry is giving a lot more thought to taking the company private, according to a new report from Reuters. The strategy has been tabled before, but CEO Thorsten Heins and the BlackBerry Board of Directors are increasingly mulling the possibility of paying off shareholders and structuring a private equity deal to give them a chance to avoid continued public scrutiny.
The message from BlackBerry’s communications department has been pretty consistent regarding its recent quarterly performance, as well as issues like layoffs and executive departures – the company is still in turnaround mode, and needs to make more changes to get the organization ship-shape before it can return to growth. But that’s not a refrain that investors enjoy hearing – especially not when the track’s on repeat.
Going private would dramatically narrow the field of those the company has to be accountable to, and give it a chance to do some of the hard work it needs to do behind closed doors, without so many cooks in the kitchen. It’s a similar strategy to what Dell is currently attempting to do, with Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners slugging it out with public stockholders to take the PC company private.
Michael Dell says he wants to make his company “more founder led than it was in its first few decades,” arguing that this will benefit customers as it transfers risks to he and Silver Lake, while pursuing a more aggressive restructuring strategy designed to put Dell in a position to profit from a changing PC market.
BlackBerry’s Heins hasn’t expressed any similar desires so far, and in fact seemed reluctant to consider the option, preferring instead to make a big bet on BlackBerry 10 and its attendant BB10-powered handsets. So far, that hasn’t prompted quite the resurgence in consumer interest. That could have helped the company warm to the idea of a private equity deal, but also may have made it less likely that BlackBerry can find an interested partner.
The news of late has not be great for BlackBerry, with executive departures and budget cuts leading to layoffs in key areas. Yesterday, it did secure approval from the U.S. Department of Defense to supply that agency with BlackBerry 10 devices, but that’s not a huge win: it will result in 30,000 devices being used by the DOD by the end of the year, but really it would’ve been more surprising if BlackBerry’s latest was rejected for use. In other words, all options are probably on the table, given the state of affairs, and going private might be among the most palatable of those.
Dell’s Haswell-based Latitude laptops have been a tad on the chunky side so far, but the company is making amends by quietly launching its new Latitude 7000 series Ultrabooks. Both the 12.5-inch E7240 and 14-inch E7440 fit Intel’s new low-voltage, 1.7GHz Core i3 CPU into an aluminum shell that’s about 0.8 inch thick, yet meets military standards for resistance to dust, water and shock. They also support Dell’s WiGig Wireless Dock and WiDi. Neither will come close to the Precision M3800 in features, however. The two Latitudes both start with 4GB of RAM and a 1,366 x 768 display, and there’s no way to upgrade the performance or screen quality. They’re also expensive — the E7240 is launching at a $1,169 sale price with a 128GB SSD inside, while the E7440 with a 320GB hard drive isn’t much cheaper at $1,049. Still, we wouldn’t complain (much) if an IT manager plunked either of these Ultrabooks on our desks.
Via: Liliputing
Source: Dell (E7240), (E7440)
Dell has done as anticipated and rolled out the carpet for a couple of new laptops, the Dell Latitude 7000 12.5- and 14-inch ultrabooks. Inside, users will find Intel Haswell processors, with the laptops themselves looking very similar to many older models from Dell’s Latitude lineup. Both models of the 7000 series are available now, […]
At last: the laptop buyer’s guide we wanted to write three months ago. You see, when it came time to publish our spring edition, Intel was on the cusp of releasing its fourth-generation Core processors, which meant almost everything we were recommending was destined for a refresh. So we basically said, “Wait for Haswell,” and called it a day. By now, though, most of said companies have upgraded their notebooks, if not released brand-new ones, so we can finally recommend stuff without any caveats about obsolescence.
Of note: we’ve eliminated the “touch” and “non-touch” sections since most Windows notebooks (save for gaming machines) now come with touch, or at least offer it as an option. We’ve tried to make it obvious which of our picks have that feature and which ones don’t. Oh, and if we’ve left something off the list, it might be because we don’t yet have enough details about pricing or availability (the new Acer Aspire S3 comes to mind). Enjoy, and as always, if you have a favorite laptop yourself, feel free to tell us about it in the comments.
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