Podcast: Dell tablet; IBM Power6

Audio analysis from IT Week, including Dell's plans for a Latitude convertible model later this year

Written by IT Week staff

This week, David Neal hears from Martin Veitch about Dell's plans for its first tablet PC and the release of IBM's dual-core Power6 chip, that can run at speeds up to 4.7GHz.

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