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Aston Martin Hybrid Rapide S completes Nurburgring lap with much fanfare, zero emissions

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Next month, Aston Martin’s hydrogen-fueled Rapide S will attempt a new record at the 24 Hours Nurburgring race in Germany. The company’s opted to get a head start on headline grabbing, though, taking a prototype vehicle on a zero-emissions lap aro…


Acer Aspire V5 11.6-inch notebook leaked with $450 price tag, unexpected AMD Temash chip

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While AMD announced its new Temash APU (alongside others) at this year’s CES, the only device we’ve seen sporting it was an intriguing reference hybrid that made the rounds at the show. Now, details of an Acer Aspire V5 notebook have emerged, indi…


Intel’s Haswell-powered ‘North Cape’ reappears, promises 10 hours of battery life in tablet-mode (hands-on)

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We’ve just spotted a familiar friend at Intel’s Innovation Future Showcase in London — its Haswell-powered North Cape laptop / tablet hybrid. As a quick reminder, alongside that fourth-generation Intel Core processor there’s a 13-inch 1080p displ…


Lenovo ThinkPad Helix starts shipping, Seton Hall University gets early units

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Lenovo’s ThinkPad Helix has had one of the rockier roads to the US market, having been promised for February only to be delayed to April. Things are getting smoother, however, as the first units of the are rolling off the production line — and th…


WD ships 5mm Blue UltraSlim drive, enables thinner budget Ultrabooks

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We were intrigued with the prospects of Western Digital’s 5mm Blue drive when we saw it last summer: finally, a 2.5-inch spinning disk thin enough to rival slimmer SSDs without the price premium of a hybrid like the WD Black SSHD. If you shared th…


Samsung leaks the ATIV Book 6: a regular Windows 8 notebook possibly headed to the US for $1,200

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It’s not a hybrid like the ATIV Smart PC, it doesn’t run RT like the ATIV Tab or Windows Phone like the ATIV S, and yet the laptop above is apparently destined to become part of the family. The ATIV Book 6 hasn’t been formally announced, but an accid…


Toshiba’s Portege Z10t detachable Ultrabook debuts at IDF (hands-on)

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Right after Intel’s somewhat mundane announcement of the Ultrabook Convertible and Ultrabook Detachable sub-brands at IDF in Beijing, SVP Kirk Skaugen surprised us by whipping out an unnamed laptop coming from Toshiba, so we jumped onto the stage to …


Dell’s newest desktop is an 18-inch tablet

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Lots of devices are trying to combine the portability of a tablet with the full-featured experience of a laptop. Today at SXSW, Dell’s showing off a new computer that’s taking things one step further — the XPS 18 All-In-One is a…


Hybrid Android/Windows 8 ASUS Transformer AiO set for April 12th launch at $1299

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ASUS’ hybrid Windows 8/Android transforming tablet/pc, which we first got a chance to check out at CES in January, now has a release date. The unique form factor offers users a choice between a desktop PC with 18.4-inch monitor or undocked as an 18.4-inch monster tablet doesn’t come cheap. The hybrid device will start at [...]


Ferrari debuts 963hp hybrid LaFerrari supercar, but you can’t buy one

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Ferrari’s hybrid could never have been anything less: the Italian car manufacturer today unveiled the LaFerrari supercar — a 963 horsepower, limited-edition model that the company will use as a testbed for future developments in…