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Lenovo's Ideapad Duet Chromebook is a tiny 2-in-1 for $279

January 6, 2020
Lenovo’s awkwardly-named Ideapad Duet Chromebook is a bit of a throwback. For a long time, most Chrome OS devices were inexpensive and small, but in recent years they’ve gotten more expensive as Google and other manufacturers have tried to pit them directly against full-fledged Mac and Windows laptops. The Ideapad Duet goes in the other direction, though: It’s a convertible…
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Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus is a laptop that doubles as a Kindle

January 6, 2020
It wouldn’t be CES if Lenovo didn’t have a bevy of new laptops to announce, but I can’t say we saw the company’s new ThinkBook Plus coming. On one level, it’s pretty prosaic — it’s available with a 13.3-inch matte, full HD IPS display, one USB-C Gen 2 port, a pair of full-size USBs and an HDMI-out. And since this isn’t a one-size-fits-all sort of…
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Asus debuts new mini PC and hobbyist boards for AI edge computing workloads

January 6, 2020
Asus hopes to tap into an edge computing market anticipated to be worth $9 billion by 2024. To this end, the Taiwan-based company unveiled a new Mini PC — the PN61T — as well as the Tinker Edge R and Edge T, which were first announced last November. Asus says they’re designed to work in tandem within enterprise environments to enable check-in via facial recognition and automated lighting…
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HP updates its Elite Dragonfly laptop with 5G and Tile tracking

January 6, 2020
HP already made waves with far-out claims about its Elite Dragonfly when it launched last year, saying things like it was “lighter than air,” and the “world’s first business convertible with preinstalled personal wellbeing software.” But the company is here at CES 2020 with a new version that has some new unique features. It’s the “world’s first…
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