Huawei’s Matebook X Pro is what happens when designers boil down Microsoft’s Surface Book line to its essentials, sprinkling a bit of paranoia on top for extra flavor.Huawei’s flagship notebook improves upon the Huawei Matebook X that the company launched last year. Now with a 3,000x2,000-pixel display that takes after the Surface Book line, the 13.9-inch notebook will be sold in three configurations, with prices beginning at 1,499 Euros ($1,845 USD). Huawei will ship it to North America this spring, the company said. Three features distinguish the Matebook X Pro. First, the company is offering a discrete -graphics options within a 0.57-inch (14.6 mm) form factor—not ultrabook thin, but not as chunky as the 0.9-inch thick Surface Book 2, either. Huawei also achieved a 91-percent screen-to-body ratio, which helps pare down the bezel to create something that looks close to an edge-to-edge display. But that design feature also comes at a cost: Huawei removed the webcam and placed it underneath a function key on the keyboard.To read this article in full, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2018-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Huawei’s Matebook X Pro is what happens when designers boil down Microsoft’s Surface Book line to its essentials, sprinkling a bit of paranoia on top for extra flavor.Huawei’s flagship notebook improves upon the Huawei Matebook X that the company launched last year. Now with a 3,000x2,000-pixel... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2018-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MWC 2016 may be barely under way, but the announcements are already pouring out thick and fast. As well as smartphones and smart car dongles, you can expect to see plenty of laptops and tablets, and one of the first to vie for your attention is the impressive-looking Huawei MateBook. Clearly... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2016-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft’s November updates to the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book appear to be designed to fix complaints that users have had about the screen flickering on both devices. According to Microsoft, the Surface Book received five updates, while the SP4 received four. The only difference is that... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We love the Surface Book. We love the Surface Pro 4. But what we haven’t told you yet is the question many of you are asking: Which one is better? And the answer is: the other one. For the last week, we’ve tossed the question back and forth: which one do you like? Why? We both agree that the... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It took a few years, but Microsoft's Surface Pro line is an undeniable hit. It also popularized the convertible tablet category: touchscreen-driven devices you can hold in your hands that also have power and attachable keyboards for getting "real wor... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Early in 2014 we snuck an unauthorized hands-on with Asus's Transformer Book T300 Chi, the company's newest Windows-enabled tablet/laptop hybrid, and came away impressed. It's slim! It's lightweight! It runs Windows 8.1! It's a blatant, uh, homage to the Microsoft Surface! Nine months later, at... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Tokens has launched its annual festive campaign, with the return of its Hidden Book Game for a seventh year, and Book Island Game for children for a second year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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National Book Tokens’ annual brainteaser the Hidden Books Game has returned for its eighth year, giving participants the chance to win a year's supply of books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Contemporary Short Stories from MyanmarIn 2017 the British Council produced an anthology of short stories from Myanmar. In 2012 the British Council sought to take advantage of new freedoms in literature and travel through a programme of workshops. The aim of the five-year literature... Continue reading at British Council global
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Chronicling the high-heeled path to drag-queen superstardom, the new memoir also reveals a celebrity infatuated with his sense of a special destiny. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Representatives of the south-east Asian country stated that the event, the world’s largest, has allied itself with Israel in its war with Hamas, after an award due to be presented to a Palestinian writer was cancelledMalaysia’s education ministry has pulled out of the Frankfurt book fair, citing... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Samsung may be best known for its Galaxy phones, TVs and household appliances, but I think its laptops deserve more recognition. At MWC 2022 today, the company unveiled the next generation of its Galaxy Book series of PCs. Last year’s models brought vibrant AMOLED panels while maintaining... Continue reading at Engadget
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Douglas Wolk, author of the new book 'All of the Marvels,' picks the 10 lesser-known jewels from the Marvel catalogue. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Hollywood. It’s one of those locations—it’s hard, somehow, to call it a concrete place—that conjures up all sorts of archetypes: the ruined writer, egomaniacal director, sleazy executive, out-of-control star. In writing my memoir Always Crashing in The Same Car—a book with elements of criticism,... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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Secret pebble pictures featuring famous book covers encourage children to delve into stories. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hi, I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg with our weekly newsletter. THE BIG STORY This week we’ve dedicated all of our print pages to a single story that tells the tale of Anna March, a writer who came to L.A. with a hidden past. Written by reporter Melissa Chadburn and me, the article is online now... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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REVIEW: Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the Richard Wagner of uncertainty. While the Ring Cycle of the German composer/librettist portrayed the struggle of the gods in a series of operas, the Incerto series of books by the Lebanese-American author is devoted to humans - specifically how we deal with... Continue reading at Stuff
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Microsoft’s Surface Book 2 solves a big problem for Microsoft: How do you market the Surface Book as a performance notebook when it’s two years out of date? As our review shows, by making it bigger and faster, with longer battery life.With the Surface Book 2, Microsoft brings 8th-generation... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Margot Lee Shetterly, whose 2016 nonfiction bestseller 'Hidden Figures' served as the basis for the unexpected box office smash of the same name, is currently taking meetings with the major publishers. Some insiders guessed that this new work could fetch well into seven figures. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK's decision to leave the European Union continues to hit the pockets of consumers. The latest victim of Brexit is Microsoft's Surface Book, with every model in the range hit with a £150 price hike. While not a direct response to the Brexit vote itself, the resulting drop in the value of... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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