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  • Acer to Begin Selling Aspire S3 Ultrabook

    Acer this week will start selling its new Aspire S3-951 laptop, an ultrabook that will come in at a cost under the crucial $1,000 price point set by Intel when it introduced the concept in May. Acer officials announced the new ultrabook Oct. 10, which will start at $899 and will offer a host of…

  • T-Mobile, AT&T Unveil New Android Tablets, Smartphones

    Network operator AT&T announced the upcoming availability of five Android smartphones–the Motorola Atrix 2, Samsung Captivate Glide, Samsung DoubleTime, Pantech Pocket and AT&T Avail, a smartphone option for prepaid customers. These handsets increase AT&T s 2011 Android lineup to 19, with more planned. In addition, competitor T-Mobile launched two 4G Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) tablets–the T-Mobile…

  • Small Business Confidence Inches Up in September

    Small business optimism gained 0.8 points in September, according to the National Federation of Independent Business’ latest index, ending a six-month decline. However, the NFIB’s chief economist cautioned that in spite of this uptick, there is little among the 10 index components that can be considered "positive." Reports of owners expecting real sales to improve…

  • Motorola Solutions ET1 Tablet Built for Business

    Motorola is introducing a tablet built for business, targeting vertical markets such as retail, healthcare field service and sales, and logistics through its network of channel partners. Motorola’s ET1 is billed as an enterprise tablet and is built on the Android operating system with enhancements such as additional security and data encryption. The ET1 joins…

  • Polycom Takes Video Conferencing to iPad, Android

    Polycom is taking its enterprise video software to the tablet market with the launch of RealPresence Mobile, which currently supports Apple iPad 2, Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, with more mobile devices to follow. The vendor currently provides audio and video conferencing products from the desktop up to the immersive telepresence room systems,…

  • NEC Expands, Updates HydraStor Storage Platform

    Communication and IT solutions specialist NEC upgraded its HydraStor HS3 (mini-Hydra) to deliver 60 percent higher throughput with 45 percent lower power usage compared with the previous mini-Hydra generation. The new HS3-310 targets small to medium-size businesses and remote enterprise offices. In addition, NEC is introducing an enhancement for its OpenStorage Suite for Symantec NetBackup,…

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