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  LG has unveiled a new AIO computer that utilizes its Film-type Patterned Retarder (FPR) display. Use of FPR displays on the V300 means, consumers will be able to watch 3D content without any flicker or eye strain, which is somewhat common in other 3D technologies. Additionally, the display boasts an In Plane Switch (IPS) [...]

  Asus has combined a smartphone and tablet into one with the introduction of Padfone. The Taiwanese company announced Padfone earlier today at the Computex expo, which converges the phone and the tablet into one. Both the tablet as well as the smartphone stand out on their own but dock in the 4-inch smartphone behind [...]

  Nvidia today announced that its Tegra 2 System-on-chip has received the Best Choice Award from Taipei Computer Association who handles the Computex expo. The Tegra 2 chip was selected amongst 400 products from electronics product category and marks a third straight year for winning this award. Nvidia had previously won the Best Choice award [...]

  Asus has gone official with its Eee Pad line but it seems they were trying their hand at another tablet too. This one’s known as EPad and was seen at the Intel booth, indicating it’s powered by an Intel processor. It has a 10-inch screen but unlike the 10-inch Eee Pad, this one runs [...]

  It seems LG too couldn’t get their eyes off the renewed tablet market. LG is preparing UX10 Windows 7 tablet that is being showcased at the Computex currently. Engadget managed to get their hands dirty with the device that is claimed to show “some serious promise”. Under the hood, the 10.1-inch UX10 tablet features [...]

  Asus continues to roll out new products at Computex in Taiwan. This time it’s the two laptops, G73JW and G53 that boast WirelessHD technology. The notebooks use SiBEAM’s integrated advanced wireless video network chips on display mini-card (DMC) modules that help to enjoy HD video or gaming on a larger screen wirelessly. Moreover, by [...]

  Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) has unveiled an interesting product at the Computex in Taipei. The HyDrive is basically an optical drive (DVD or Blu-ray) but comes with an embedded SSD storage, thus giving the advantages of SSD without taking up additional space. The current-gen HyDrive is expected in August this year where South Korea-based [...]

  Asus’ pre-Computex press conference also revealed an Eee Tablet, which is a bit different than the Eee Pads we saw earlier today. The Eee Tablet is more of an e-book reader with excellent note taking abilities. In fact, with 2450dpi touch resolution screen, Asus claims it to be one of the world’s most accurate [...]

  Asus has unveiled their first slate devices at the Computex 2010. It’s dubbed as Eee Pad and will try to take on the iPad with two variants. First is the 12-inch Eee Pad EP121 that is a pure “slate computer” with an ULV Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and runs Windows 7 Home Premium [...]

  MSI’s pre-Computex showcase has officially begun and they’re wooing the crowd with two new 10-inch tablet PCs. First is the WindPad 100 that runs Windows 7 OS on an Intel processor. Intel’s Atom Z530 CPU is the heart of the device and includes features like a webcam, USB and an HDMI port. The tablet [...]

  Hold your horses! Acer has squashed the recent rumor surrounding a Chrome OS announcement. While they’re excited about the OS, they’ve confirmed that no Chrome OS netbook or prototype will be shown at the Computex or in “short-term”, which means we’ll have no luck of seeing it for few more weeks or couple of [...]

  We do know that Acer wants to be the first vendor to offer a Chrome netbook and the first steps towards their goal will be realized at the Computex expo starting early next month. Venture Beat has heard from multiple Taiwanese sources that “Acer will launch Chrome OS devices at the Computex Taipei show”. [...]

  In addition to Asus, MSI will be another Taiwanese company to unveil their tablet PCs at this year’s Computex. MSI will be unveiling tablets in sizes of 8.9- and 10-inches, will run on Android or Windows 7 OS and ship sometime in third quarter of this year. Although these are single screen tablets, the [...]

  What we’ve been hearing for so long has been confirmed by Asus’ chairman himself. Jerry Shen, Asus Chairman has confirmed to unveil its iPad competitor at the Computex in June. The tablet PC will be called as Eee Pad and will be powered by Tegra 2 and run Android OS. Other things that Asus [...]

  We’ve heard rumors of Asus’ Eee Pad tablets time and again but there was no real confirmation until now. In an interview with Forbes, Asus chairman, Jonney Shih confirmed that they’re developing not one but two iPad competitors. The first tablet will be based on Google’s OS but whether it will be Chrome or [...]