Week in review: Intel launches huge ultrabook advertising blitz

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com.

Chipmaker Intel plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to promote a new class of thin and light notebook PCs, a market now dominated by Apple and its MacBook Air. (April 5, 2012)

E-book popularity is rising. Meanwhile, U.S. and EU regulators are seeking an e-book price-fixing settlement with Apple and publishers. (April 5, 2012)

Dell acquires Make Technologies in buying spree. The purchase is Dell’s third this week. (April 5, 2012)

Flash memory chip maker SanDisk warns on Q1 sales and profits and its stock tumbles. The overall chip sector is struggling. (April 4, 2012)

New iPhone case for Romeos has a hidden compartment for storing condoms. (April 3, 2012)

Facebook strikes back at Yahoo in patent infringement case. (April 3, 2012)

European Union opens antitrust cases against Motorola Mobility, which is soon to be owned by Google. (April 3, 2012)

Dell buys its third company in three weeks with Clerity Solutions. (April 3, 2012)

Apple’s rumored iTV is unlikely to have a major impact on the company’s overall sales. (April 3, 2012)

Dell’s purchase of thin-client computing firm Wyse “makes strategic sense.” (April 2, 2012)

Apple continues to gain smartphone market share with iPhone 4S. (April 2, 2012)

Photo: Intel ultrabook TV commercial.