Dell has been reported to be preparing a slimmer version of its XPS 15 notebook. The new version will be powered by Intel’s upcoming Ivy Bridge CPUs paired with a GeForce mobile Kepler discrete graphics card.

Eurocom has unveiled its most powerful notebook ever the Panther 4.0 which packs Intel’s Extreme Edition Core i7-3960X CPU and comes with full support for Nvidia GeForce SLI and Radeon CrossFireX multiple-GPU setup.

Asus has released some brief details about its upcoming AMD powered Ultrathin notebook, the U82U that is powered by an E-450 fusion APU that features two cores running at 1.65GHz and an integrated Radeon HD 6320 graphics.

Asus has announced the European availability if its desktop replacement notebook, the K93SM notebook which features an 18.4-inch LED backlit display with a 1920 x 1080 pixels native resolution.

Asetek has now made it possible to water cool notebooks and other slim form factor systems such as All-In-One PCs through its ingenious design of a self-contained slim water cooling system.

Asus has now made official its Eee PC 1025 Flare series netbooks that features Intel’s Cedar Trail Atom processors and the Asus Super Hybrid Engine II (SHE II) with Instant functionality that enables a 2 second resume of the netbook from sleep mode similar with the feature found on Ultrabooks.

HP has quietly listed its upcoming notebooks based on Intel’s upcoming Ivy Bridge CPUs and AMD’s Trinity APUs. The notebooks feature mosaic designs similar to the current Pavillion series notebooks.

Gigabyte has introduced two new Intel Atom Cedar Trail powered netbooks – the Q2006 and the T1006 that both feature 10.1-inch displays. Both models’ choice of processor is the Intel Atom dual core processor N2800 that runs at 1.86Ghz. The main difference between the two is that the T1006 has the ability to be transformed into a slate PC thanks to its 180^o rotatable multi-touch display.

Aside from the budget oriented UX32A and UX32Vd Zenbooks, Asus is also preparing the direct replacements of the UX31 and UX21. The two models will be known as the UX31A and UX21A with the UX31A being a 13.3-inch Ultrabook while the UX21A is a smaller variant at only 11.6-inch.

Asus is now currently preparing to release two budget oriented Ultrabooks that belong to its Zenbook series. The two models are the UX32A and UX32Vd that unlike the UX31 and UX21 refresh models are more geared towards the budget oriented individuals.

If you’ve been reading through our news, you’ll remember about the report containing bits of information about Dell’s upcoming Alienware notebook lineup. The last info was about the GPU configuration that might come with the M18X R2. Now it’s the turn of the M17X R4 once more as it gets detailed further.

Dell has started shipping its XPS 13 Ultrabook which is only 0.71-inch at its thickest point and features a 13.3-inch display with 1366 x 768 resolution. This model serves as Dell’s first entry to the Ultrabook market.

HP quietly updated its HP Mini 210 netbook with Intel’s latest N2600 and N2800 Atom Cedar Trail processors. The Intel Atom N2600 runs at 1.6GHz while the N2800 runs at 1.86GHz and both are available choices for the HP Mini 210.

Asus has decided that keeping the instant on functionality restricted only to Ultrabooks is not a smart thing to do therefore, the company has now added that same functionality to two of its upcoming Atom-powered netbooks, the Eee PC 1025C and 1025CE.

Gigabyte has announced the P2532F 15.6-inch gaming notebook that comes powered by an Intel Core i7-2670QM processor with a base clock of 2.2GHz and maximum turbo boost of 3.1GHz. The powerful processor is paired with an Nvidia GT 555M discrete GPU with 2GB of video memory and support for Nvidia Optimus technology.

Origin PC proudly announces the availability of its EON17-X laptop that aims to be a replacement for a desktop system. This fully feature packed laptop is based on Intel’s X79 chipset and is powered by an Intel Sandy Bridge-E six core processor with the option of opting for a dual overclocked Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M graphics cards in SLI setup.

Samsung almost became the first manufacturer to have officially put up the product page for its first Ivy Bridge powered notebook if the deed wasn’t an accident. The product page put up was for Samsung’s NP700G7C-S01US notebook – a 17.3-inch Ivy Bridge powered gaming notebook that is graciously loaded with features.

Spatial View has announced the availability of the 3DeeScreen, a lens that can be fitted to a 15.6-inch laptop to let the user view 3D content without the use of any 3D glasses.

Earlier, information about Dells’ Alienware 2012 lineup has been revealed by a source close to Dell. The information included details about the M14X R2, M17X R4 and M18X R2. Unfortunately, only the color options were revealed for the M18X R2 but now the same source comes back with fresh info about the gaming notebook.

Kinect for PCs is already official and should already be available for customers who are interested to get their hands on the technology. Now it seems the feature will also find its way into laptops as Microsoft has now been seen testing a prototype that instead of a webcam has a row of sensors across the top of its screen.

The first bits of information about Dell’s upcoming Alienware laptop lineup for this year have been revealed by a source that is close to Dell.

Asus has now launched the B23E Business notebook that for some reason, it did not showcase at the recent CES event. This particular model is part of the company’s ASUSPRO Ultraportable series of notebooks and boasts a set of features that make it worthy of being classified as a business notebook.

It seems Intel has finally succeeded in driving the market into embracing its Ultrabook concept that its competitors are starting to come up with their own solution to counter the emerging platform. One particular and the biggest challenger so far is AMD who has announced that it too will be releasing a similar platform which it calls Ultrathin.

Samsung at CES introduced its first ever gaming laptop, the Gamer Notebook Series 7 that features enhanced durability with its Glass Flake coating and catches attention with its orange yellow color.

Intel at CES caught a lot of attention not because its products really stand out among the other new ones being showcased at the event but rather because of a very humiliating mistake and that is faking its own live demo of an Ivy Bridge based Ultrabook’s DirectX 11 gaming capabilities.

Acer has announced in a pre-CES event its new and upcoming products that include the Ivy Bridge based Aspire S5 Ultrabook with a Thunderbolt interface, 14 and 15-inch Timeline Ultra notebooks and next generation Iconia Tab that features a quad core processors and a Full HD 1080p display.

Broadcom has announced its first IEEE 802.11ac chips that are three times faster and up to six times more power efficient than equivalent 802.11n solutions and are the first chips to support the 5G Wi-Fi standard.

MSI has made available for pre-order its Wind U180 netbook that comes with Intel’s latest Cedar Trail Atom processor, the N2800 which boast two cores that run at 1.86GHz, GMA 3650 HD graphics and a total of 1MB L2 cache. The processor is based on the new 32nm process and is able to handle up to four threads and 1080p video playback support.

Razer, as it turns out, was not only cooking up the Razer Blade but also a new device which it calls Project Fiona and has a tag line “"PC gaming on an all-new form factor". The name emerged in a new promotional video that the company has put up in their website, pcgamingisnotdead.com.

MSI comes out with another 3D gaming mean machine notebook, the GT783. Powered by Intel’s quad core Core i7 processor (6MB cache, 2.00GHz) and Nvidia’s GTX 580M discrete graphics card with 2GB of GDDR5 memory, the notebook is able to handle all modern games in high-quality 3D and high resolution.