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• Windows 8 touchscreen devices to be priced higher: Dell

  Touchscreen laptops and tablets with the upcoming Windows 8 OS will be priced higher than their non-touchscreen counterparts, according to Dell's CEO, Michael Dell.

• Via announces $49 PC with Android OS

  The price bar for PCs keeps dropping, with chip maker Via on Tuesday announcing a US$49 APC computer with a customized version of Google's Android operating system.

• Thunderbolt cable options open up for Apple Mac users

  The number of options available for Mac users to buy Thunderbolt cables from outside Apple is growing, with companies announcing longer and competitively priced cables that will also work with upcoming Windows PCs with Thunderbolt ports.

• New mobile DRAM standard for 4G networks offers 50% performance boost

  The specification for the next generation of mobile DRAM was published Thursday, offering a 50% performance boost for makers of the memory technology.

• Lenovo packs 'thinnest' ThinkPad ultrabook with 4G LTE

  Lenovo has announced a range of new ThinkPads with Intel's latest third-generation Core processors, including a ThinkPad ultrabook that the company claims is the "thinnest ultrabook in the world."

• Blogs: MacBook Pro refreshes may be imminent

  Hints that Apple will soon refresh its iMac desktop and MacBook Pro laptop lines accumulated today as several Mac-centric blogs revealed new details gleaned from the Web and unnamed sources.

• HP tries to beat Ultrabook pricing with thin-and-light Sleekbooks

  Hewlett-Packard announced new Envy Ultrabooks on Wednesday, but also a new aggressively priced thin-and-light brand of laptops called Envy Sleekbooks, which boast starting prices that are US$150 lower than ultrabooks.

• Tablets Will Be Preferred Devices by 2016

  Tablets will become most users' main computing devices within the next four years, Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett has predicted.

• PC makers mum on Windows 8 upgrades

  The first wave of laptops with Intel's latest third-generation Core processors started shipping this week with Windows 7, but PC makers are quiet about what it would take to upgrade the PCs to run Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8.

• Sony launches first Vaio ultrabooks

  Sony is joining Intel's ultrabook push with the new Vaio T family, which includes models with 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch screens, the company said on Wednesday.

• LG to launch Cloud for sharing content across smartphones, TVs and PCs

  LG Electronics will launch a beta of its LG Cloud service on Tuesday, that will allow users to access content across various electronic devices, the company said on Monday.

• Opinion: I have seen the future (And it's made of glass)

  It's hard to think of glass as an area of rapid technology evolution. But it's one of the central technologies that will bring us incredible innovations over the next couple of years.

• Analysis: Does the iPad cannibalize Apple's laptops?

  Is Apple cutting the MacBook's throat with the iPad?

• Apple CEO slams laptop/tablet hybrids

  When Apple CEO Tim Cook dissed the whole idea of hybrid mobile computers, he may have been showing his hand.

• Macs more likely to carry Windows malware than Mac malware, study finds

  One in five Mac computers is likely to carry Windows malware, but only one in 36 is likely to be infected with malware specifically designed for the Mac OS X, according to study performed by antivirus firm Sophos.