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Samsung launched its stunningly thin, compact aluminum premium Series 7 CHRONOS notebooks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Series 7 CHRONOS has been designed with an attention-grabbing style to complement its stunning performance. Crafted using modern, brushed-aluminum, the durable casing gives the Series 7 an exclusive, refined look. Thin and compact, the 14″ Series 7 weighs just 2.17kg while the 15″ product weighs 2.31kg; both products are just 23.9mm thick. The high-spec Series 7 CHRONOS with Intel’s Core i7 Quad Core embraces the ExpressCache technology, providing an extra 8GB of flash memory on the motherboard. Read More…

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World’s No. 2 PC company, Lenovo announcedthe appointment of Ahmed Khalil as the new General Manager for the Saudi Arabia to expand its presence and growing customer base in the Kingdom. Khalil brings more than 15 years of high achievements in the field of IT, Consumer Electronics and Management Consultancy to the Saudi Arabian market. Khalil’s past experience has spanned Saudi Arabia and the GCC with an in-depth focus and expertise in sales, channel marketing, team management, as well as business start-up and development. Read More…

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Toshiba Gulf honoured its distributors at a recently held ceremony in Dubai. Toshiba acknowledged the efforts by presenting an Platinum Business to Business Partner of the Year Award to Bahwan IT and Gold Business to Business Partner of the Year to Arabian Business Machines Co. (ABM). “The performance of our Middle East distributors has contributed greatly to the market growth of Toshiba within the region.Read More…

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According to latest report by IDC, Q3 2011 saw a total of 4.7 million devices were shipped into the region and notebook shipments were up by 15.1% year on year to 2.94 million. HP maintained its leading position on the MEA PC market in Q3, recording strong year-on-year growth of 37.1%, primarily driven by its aggressively-priced consumer notebook portfolio. Fierce competition from rival vendors prevented second-placed Dell from replicating the strong growth it posted in 2010, while Toshiba overcame supply issues that inhibited its performance in Q2 2011 to record a 28.6% year-on-year increase in shipments, which placed it third in the vendor rankings. Read More…

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Drive Control Corporation (DCC) the distributors for HP in South Africa announced the launch of all new refreshed HP ProBook range of laptops. “This is a great deal for the end users, where the key feature is upgraded specs without any increased cost. The standard hard drive specification has been upgraded from 320GB to 640GB, giving users even more space to store their documents, music and multimedia files,” says Deon Botha, HP PSG Business Unit Manager at DCC.Read More…

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HP expanded its consumer notebook PC range with the introduction of all new sleek stylish redesigned HP Mini, HP Envy and HP Pavilion. These updated models fuse a rich mix of materials to create textured finishes with sensory appeal and easy-to-use features which comes in vibrant colours and HP Beats Audio, developed by HP and Beats by Dr. Dre. Hear music the way the artist intended it – just as it sounds in the studio. HP SimplePass with OTP practically eliminates phishing fraud by providing unique “one-time” passwords that are linked to each individual user’s fingerprint. Read More…

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Western Digital, today announced the availability of WD Scorpio Blue Slim mobile hard drive for notebooks with 1 TB capacity in the region. The new 1 TB hard drive utilizes 500 GB-per-platter areal density and is available in the highest capacity for 2.5-inch hard drives in the industry-standard 9.5 mm, two-platter (2-disk) form factor. WD Scorpio Blue mobile hard drives are designed with ruggedness, reliability and data-protection features that actively watch over valuable data. Read More…

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NVIDIA unveils world’s fastest GPU for notebook, GeForce GTX 580M, which sets new benchmarks in the world of gaming and computing. Currently, available only in the Alienware M18x, and is expected to be available soon in the Alienware M17x notebook along with NVIDIA Optimus technology. “The best game support. The best gaming features. The best gaming performance available anywhere. That’s the essence of the GeForce GTX 580M,” said Rene Haas, General Manager of notebook products at NVIDIA.Read More…

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Samsung today introduced the Samsung Notebook RC Series in United Arab Emirates. With an HD LED display delivering up to 300 nit brightness, the Samsung Notebook RC Series is the ideal choice for anyone who wants to bring their world to life with brighter, sharper and naturally vibrant color. The Samsung Notebook RC series is packed with a choice of the latest Intel Core i5 Processor, genuine Windows 7 Home and a NVIDIA Optimus graphics card, which dynamically allocates resources where they are needed most. So you can enjoy effortless multi-tasking and great family entertainment in style. Read More…