HP is preparing to launch its first entry into the Chromebook marketplace, if a PDF found on its site can be believed. According to this listing, HP's currently-unannounced Pavilion Chromebook will feature a 1.1GHz Celeron processor, 2GB of RAM, a 16GB solid-state drive, and a 14-inch, 1366 x 768 display.

That display alone makes HP's Chromebook a bit of an oddity — current models from Lenovo, Samsung, and Acer feature 11.6-inch screens, though they run at the same resolution as HP's model. Besides that screen, there doesn't appear to be much to differentiate HP's model from the currently-available Chromebooks — it has the same processor as Acer's model and the same RAM and storage as the Samsung.

This could be the year of the solid-state drive.

Newfangled uber-thin Windows 8 devices and falling flash memory prices could double the size of the solid-state drive market, according to a research note today from IHS iSuppli.

"The newest wave of ultrabooks loaded with Windows 8 has started to generate enthusiasm," wrote Ryan Chien, analyst for memory and storage at IHS, adding that a growing appetite for laptops, hybrids, and tablets could conspire with falling flash memory prices to drive demand.

Surface Windows 8 Pro will be powered by an Intel Core i5 processor. Microsoft announced plans to launch the second series of itsSurface Windows 8 Pro tablet computer on 9 February 2013 in the US and Canada.

The tablet will be powered by an Intel Core i5 processor and will be available in 64 GB and 128 GB models. Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet will be 0.53 inches thick, weigh two pounds and will be thicker and heavier than the RT.

Microsoft has inadvertently revealed that it will launch its Surface Pro tablet within weeks.

This confirmation comes via Twitter, with Panos Panay, general manager of Microsoft's Surface products revealing the news.

He said, "On my way to the factory to check out #Surface Pro coming off the line...arriving in the coming weeks."

Of course, it's unclear whether this refers to both a US and UK release, but Microsoft had previously promised that it would launch the Surface Pro approximately 90 days after the release of the original Surface RT tablet, which it launched on 26 October.