Fujitsu plans to hand over the its PC business to Lenovo as part of refocus on higher-priority efforts, the Nikkei Asian Review reports-- and the companies hope to reach a deal some time on October 2016.

The company did release a statement on the matter, but it appears to neither confirm nor deny the story. Instead it simply says Fujitsu is "currently considering various possibilities, including what is being reported, but a decision has not yet been made."

In turn, Nikkei claims the two companies have two proposals for the Fujitsu PC business-- either the transfer of Fujitsu PC design, development and manufacturing operations to a Lenovo-led joint venture, or Lenovo taking a majority stake in the Fujitsu PC subsidiary. Either decision moves 2000 employees from Fujitsu to Lenovo.

The PowerUp is a 3rd party solution for an issue familiar to any owner of a laptop featuring only USB-C ports such as the latest MacBook Pro, namely adding more ports while charging the device.

Designed by startup Homey Lab, the PowerUp is a charger roughly the same size and shape of the old Apple MagSafe bricks. It has a built-in USB-C cable together with three USB 3.0 ports, adding more legacy ports without need for dongles.

Interestingly, while the PowerUp is technically a charger it still operates as a USB hub even if not connected to mains power. It offers 72W power output, meaning it can charge 12-inch MacBook and 13-inch MacBook Pro at full speed but will be a bit slow if charging with the 15-inch MacBook, which uses an 87W charger.

At SIGGRAPH 2017 Dell celebrates the 20th anniversary of its Precision workstation with a special edition of the Precision 5520 mobile workstation, as well as the launch of the Canvas "smart workspace."

The anniversary edition of the Precision 5520 features an exclusive hard anodised brushed aluminium finish in a new colour, Abyss. It also includes an anti-finger print coating, and ships in two "high-end" configuration options. These include a 15.6-inch UHD IGZO touchscreen, Intel Core i7-7820HQ CPU, Nvidia Quadro M1200 GPU, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, x2 USB 3.0 ports, card reader, HDMI out, Thunderbolt 3 port and headphone jack.

MSI presents an all-in-one (AIO) PC-- the PRO 24X series, offering a profile just just 6.5mm thick (the same thickness as a standard a pencil) holding a 23.8-inch IPS panel with 2.2mm bezels on three sides.

The display handles 1920 x 1080 resolution, and features MSI Anti-Flicker technology to reduce eye strain, anti-glare coating and wide viewing angles. It is also VESA mountable, while an HDMI out port allows for twin-display setups.

Inside the chassis is a choice of Intel Celeron 3865U, Pentium 4415U, Core i3-7100U or Core i5-7200U processors, all with integrated Intel HD Graphics 620 GPU. Storage comes through an M.2 SSD (NVMe PCIe/SATA Auto Switch), and an "MSI HDD Rapid Upgrade Design" allows customers to access the 2.5-inch SATA bay. The Core processors also offer support for Intel Optane Memory. Two SO-DIMM slots handle up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM.