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FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 22, 2011 Industry Shake Ups and Technology Updates This week HP shocked investors by publicly suggesting that the company would spin off its PC manufacturing business ... possibly to focus on software and cloud-based services. Meanwhile, AMD announced several new processors for low-cost PCs which have been responsible for a 50% increase in AMD-based PCs for 2011. The more things change, the more they stay the same. » Read these stories and more AMD Updates Fusion APUs for Notebooks: Better Low-Cost Laptops Coming Soon This morning, AMD unveiled its latest update to the award-winning C- and E-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) for ultrathin and value notebooks, netbooks, all-in-ones and desktop PCs with improved features. » Read the full story HP to Get Out of the PC Business? HP shocked the Internet with a couple of surprising new announcements. It had been rumored that the TouchPad and Pre 3 mobile devices had encountered surprising resistance, with Best Buy reportedly asking the company to take back 200,000 unsold units. Ridding itself of its PC business, though? No one saw that coming. » Read the full story Toshiba Qosmio X775 Review The Qosmio is Toshiba's top-end multimedia and gaming notebook line. This latest iteration sports a striking design, 1.5GB graphics card, and dual hard drives. Is it any better than previous generations? » Read the full review AVADirect Clevo X7200 Review What does a notebook need in order to claim the title of "world's fastest laptop"? The AVADirect Clevo X7200 steps up to the challenge with a six-core Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition processor, cutting-edge NVIDIA GeForce 580M graphics, 12GB of RAM and a blazing fast SSD. » Read the full review   ADVERTISEMENT     ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by TechnologyGuide.com, part of the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from TechnologyGuide Update, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget TechnologyGuide Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2011 TechTarget. All rights reserved.