News Bits: New Toshiba Satellite Pro Notebooks, Bamboo-covered Laptops, Dell Turns Pink
Toshiba refreshes Satellite Pro notebooksASUS and Dell to introduce bamboo-covered computersDell introduces Flamingo Pink M1530WiMAX-enabled Montevina notebooks from Acer coming soonASUS fixing Eee PC 900 battery issueOS performance comparison

HP Japan lineup boasts newest AMD chips

On Monday, Hewlett-Packard’s Japan arm introduced a raft of consumer PCs with plenty of offerings using processors from Advanced Micro Devices in addition to Intel chips.

Super-rugged PC begs to be smashed
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PC shipment growth in U.S. slow, healthy everywhere else

The U.S. PC market is beginning to have less influence on the global market, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.

What are the mobile broadband options for the most popular laptops?

It hasn’t quite hit the mainstream sweet spot yet, but adding a mobile broadband connection to your laptop is easier than ever. Many PC makers offer built-in mobile broadband options in their laptop lineups, and aftermarket USB or Express Card solutions are available from your preferred service provider.

News Bits: IdeaPad U110, Windows XP SP3, $399 “Open Computer” runs Mac OS X
Lenovo IdeaPad U110 coming to the US soonClevo to reorganize notebook strategyWindows XP SP3 coming at end of April$399 Open Computer advertises Mac OS X Leopard support

Nvidia does battle with Intel, Moore’s Law

Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang’s jeremiad against Intel heralds future melees with the chip giant over computer graphics technology. Behind the sound and fury lurks Moore’s Law.

More details on new Toshiba Satellites

Someone at Toshiba has taken PR 101, where you learn that two headlines are better than one and that a trickle of information is often better than a single splash (unless you’re Apple). Thus the handful of press releases that hit the wires this morning, which provide further details of the new Satellite lineup the company announced last week.

News Bits: New Eee PC in April, AMD Cuts Workforce, Yahoo! Says No To Microsoft … Again
Asus second-gen Eee PC to hit late AprilAcer to introduce low-cost 12.1-inch notebookAMD versus Nvidia: the Mobile LineupYahoo to Microsoft: No, againAMD to cut workforce by 10%

SONY VAIO Intel Core 2 Duo 15.4″ Notebook Computer