First example: Toshiba
Hooray they dumped HD-DVD. If only Microsoft would have used the format for their games it could have lived on even without the movie industry. It would have also given Toshiba more leverage room to deal with the issue of getting the movie industry on-board.
Second example: Dell
Both Best Buy and Staples now sell Dell mobile computers making it way easier to compare the designs to other mobile computers. Another great change is how they're sticking with the awesome look of their mobile XPS line instead of trying to come up with a new design every time, with the exception of the M1730 and M2010 confusion (those models need work or don't fit into the overall XPS line visually). As a sidenote, there are some inconsistencies on the website with regards to the XPS models because they seem to be distinguishing some as Gaming Edition versions. Isn't the XPS line supposed to be for gamers anyhow, regardless mixing the lines seems like a mistake.
Third example: Intel / AMD / IBM / VIA
Intel and AMD are both aggressively tackling the integration of GPUs with CPUs. Not only that but both Intel and AMD are also tackling the 45nm goal, on the other hand IBM is also updating their Cell chip. Another company making waves in the CPU industry is VIA (or if you prefer, Centaur) with their rather insane Isaiah CPU Architecture, it's still a 65nm CPU but seriously who cares it's a cheap powerful (it can play Crysis) processor for low-end computers.
