One Laptop Per Child is redesigning its venerable XO-1.75 laptop, by adding a touchscreen, the nonprofit organization said in a blog post late last week. The next version, called XO Touch, will have a "tablet mode," the organization said ...
Tags: OLPC, tablet capability, XO laptop, touchscreen
Microsoft on Monday announced new keyboards and mice optimized for tablets and laptops running the Windows 8 operating system. The new devices are lighter and more mobile, and will work with tablets running the latest versions of Windows ...
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It's been just 60 days since Dell completed the acquisition of thin-client company Wyse, but the business unit is moving forward with plans to release new thin clients designed to work with Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 OS. The devices ...
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Lenovo on Wednesday announced the ThinkPad Tablet 2, which has a 10.1-inch screen and kicks off a new generation of the company's PCs and devices with Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system. The tablet will weigh less than 600 ...
Tags: Lenovo, ThinkPad Tablet 2, PCs, Microsoft, Windows 8
This year's Intel Developer Forum was upstaged by Apple's iPhone 5 launch event, which to some show attendees felt like a reprise of last year, when IDF had to compete with Microsoft's Build conference. Apple's event dominated the second ...
Tags: Intel, PC, Mobile Devices, Forum Signals Market
Like 2009, this year is one of dueling operating system upgrades, when the two biggest OS rivals face off with new editions. We've covered both the Windows 8 and OS X Mountain Lion upgrades, and spelled out what's known so far about their ...
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Microsoft has been slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit over its use of dynamic “live” tile icons in Windows, including in the newly launched Windows 8 OS for PCs and tablets and in the Windows Phone 8 OS for smartphones. ...
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Microsoft has sold 40 million licenses of the Windows 8 OS since its launch a month ago. “We believe Windows 8 is shaping up is as one of the company’s most successful products,” said Tami Reller, Microsoft’s chief ...
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Intel are set to make a major mobile push at the Intel Developer Forum next week as the company tries to remain relevant in a market where tablets and smartphones are becoming an alternative to PCs for everyday computing. Intel is at a ...
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Taipei,Oct.12,2012(CENS)--Acer Inc.,Taiwan-based international personal computer(PC)maker,recently announced the prices of its first Windows 8 Ultrabook,the Aspire S7,on its U.S.website,ranging US$1,200 to US$1,650 and similar to Apple`s ...
Taipei, Oct. 31, 2012 (CENS)--Asustek Computer Inc. scored record quarterly after-tax net income of NT$6.7 billion (US$231 million at US$1: NT$29), or NT$8.92 per share, in the third quarter, surging 39% from the second quarter, according ...
Tags: Asustek Computer, global touch-screen laptop sector, tablet PC segment
BT is deploying the Windows 8 operating system(OS)to 5,900 engineers in its Openreach division in one the largest roll-outs of the most recent Microsoft OS. Speaking at the Dubai launch event for Windows 8,Peter Scott,director of end user ...
Tags: BT, Windows 8 OS, Dubai, Panasonic Toughbook convertible
Hewlett-Packard has twice revised its message to customers about downgrading new PCs equipped with Windows 8 to the older Windows 7 in an attempt to clarify its position. In the revisions, HP left open whether it would provide drivers to ...
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has advised consumer customers not to downgrade new PCs equipped with Windows 8 to the earlier Windows 7. In a message on its support website, HP said that consumer-grade desktop and notebook systems shipped after ...
IDG News Service - Intel gained PC microprocessor market share over Advanced Micro Devices during the third quarter, but worldwide shipments of x86 chips declined at rates not seen in more than a decade, according to Mercury Research. ...
Tags: Intel, PC microprocessor, Micro Devices, x86 chips