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Why Microsoft Should Make Windows Blue Free
Windows 8's gloomy narrative could be rewritten when Windows Blue arrives later this year. The first step is to give it away for free.
10 Epic CES Fails
Consumer Electronics Shows have launched great technologies like VCRs and HDTVs, but many product reveals turn out to be duds. Here are some of...
Cyber Spying Justice: Unserved
After toothless FTC judgment against rent-to-own PC companies in spying case, Congress needs to make surveillance of customers in their own homes...
Phoney Fear Of Phones And Flying
Alex Baldwin might finally be able to play Words With Friends without being hassled. For over 20 years, airline passengers in the U.S. have been...
Why Today's Notebook Soon Will Be Obsolete
Windows 8 could force a major shift in the industry. Notebooks as we know them could disappear, replaced by Windows 8 hybrid notebook-tablets.
Microsoft Drops Aero From Windows 8
Why is Microsoft dropping the "glassy" Aero look from Windows 8, as announced last week? Battery life could be one reason.
6 Reasons iPad Hybrid Tablets Are Inevitable
Apple's chief executive says he won't consider an iPad that transforms into a laptop. Here's why he may not have any choice in the matter.
Will $699 Tablets Win Over Enterprises?
Intel boasts that ultrabook prices will sink to $699 in the coming months, which puts them right in tablet territory. But they could get stuck in...
Will WOA Fragment The Windows 8 Ecosystem?
Microsoft has committed to producing Windows 8 for ARM as well as Intel processors. But will this fragment both Windows and Office?
Ultrabooks: The Next Big Thing In Notebooks
Aren't notebooks and PCs in general on the way out as we adopt tablet and touch interfaces and everything else moves to the cloud? Not so fast.
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PC Market Hasn't Hit Rock Bottom Yet
May 28, 2013PCs are in even worse shape than expected, says IDC, but that's not necessarily bad news for Windows 8.
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Why Microsoft Should Make Windows Blue Free
May 14, 2013Windows 8's gloomy narrative could be rewritten when Windows Blue arrives later this year. The first step is to give it away for free.
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Tablets To Outsell PCs 3 To 1 By 2017
May 06, 2013Touch-based devices will become the dominant form of mobile computing this year, says NPD DisplaySearch.
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Dell Latitude 10-ST2 Windows 8 Pro Tablet: the Good and the Bad
April 01, 2013The Dell Latitude 10-ST2 is billed as a full Windows 8 Pro tablet and Microsoft Surface Pro competitor. Like Windows 8 itself, the product isn't...
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Mac as a Tablet?
March 19, 2013The Modbook Pro transforms the MacBook Pro into a device that mimics a tablet, without a touch screen.
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Google Chromebook Pixel: Visual Tour
February 22, 2013Meet the Google Chromebook Pixel. Come for the brilliant screen, but stay for the strong performance.
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Apple Cuts MacBook Pro Prices, Bumps Specs
February 13, 2013Apple drops price of Retina Display MacBook Pro by $200 and boosts processor power at same time. That's a hint new products are coming soon.
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PC Shipment Numbers: A Tale Of Two Spins
February 08, 2013Are PC shipments up or down? That depends on whether your definition of "personal computer" includes tablets.
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Intel Outlines Smartphones, Ultrabooks Vision At CES
January 10, 2013Intel unveils a variety of new chips at CES 2013 to gain ground as market shifts increasingly toward mobile devices.
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10 Epic CES Fails
January 04, 2013Consumer Electronics Shows have launched great technologies like VCRs and HDTVs, but many product reveals turn out to be duds. Here are some of...
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