TechBytes: New Ultrabooks, Cell Phones and Cancer
Intel predicts ultrabook sales to take off.
Oct. 21, 2011— -- Chip maker Intel predicts that by the end of next year, 40 percent of all consumer laptops sold will be ultrabooks - light and slim computers.
USA Today's Ed Baig tested models from Asus and Acer, and was impressed with their responsiveness.
"The ultrabooks are mainstream computers aimed at customers who really want portability. These are light machines, sub 3 lbs, thin, they're good-looking. The idea is that you would travel with them," said Baig.
Baig says these are not for heavy duty gamers or video editors and battery performance left something to be desired.
Cell Phones and Cancer
Cell phones are getting a clean bill of health from Danish researchers.
The biggest study ever to look at phones and cancer found no link between them.
People who used cell phones for about 10 years had pretty much the same cancer rates as people who didn't.
The U.S. government came to the same conclusion.
