Mozilla last week released the first public preview of a Firefox browser that runs in Windows 8's touch-first"Modern"or"Metro"user interface(UI). The Firefox app for Modern--the UI dubbed"Metro"until Microsoft ditched the term over ...
Taipei,Oct.4,2012(CENS)--With ever more people choosing all-in-one(AIO)personal computers(PC)instead of traditional desktop PCs in recent years,shipments of AIO PCs will likely outstrip 20%growth year on year(YoY)in 2013,driving up revenues ...
Microsoft's range of Windows 8 tablets has been delayed due to a hold-up in the development of power conservation features on new Intel"Clover Trail"microprocessors.This line is intended for Windows 8-based touchpads competing against the ...
Tags: Intel chip, Windows 8 tablets
Some of the tablet makers at a launch event for Intel's "Clover Trail" processor emphasized the business smarts of their products as a way to distinguish them from Apple's market-leading iPad. Dell, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard, Acer and other ...
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced an Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid device with the Windows 8 OS,signaling the company's re-entry into the consumer tablet market,which it abandoned after the highly publicized failure of its TouchPad ...
Despite the rush orders during second-quarter 2012 that kept LED chip and package makers'utilization rates high,the Q3/2012 outlook for the LED backlight market has turned murky due to the European debt crisis and weak demand in ...
Tags: LED market, Backlight LED, TV backlight market, LED
According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, despite the rush orders during 2Q12 which kept LED chip and package makers’ utilization rates high, the 3Q12 outlook for LED backlight market turns murky due to the ...
Tags: LED Backlight
Acer is offering a free upgrade to Windows 8 on some ultrabook models, saying it will refund the upgrade fee being charged by Microsoft on certain Windows 7 PC models purchased by buyers. Acer will refund consumers who purchase the Aspire ...
Tags: Windows 8, Acer, Hardware, free upgrade
If Chinese-based computer manufacturer Lenovo keeps moving at its current pace,the company will surpass Hewlett-Packard as the world's largest PC maker by the beginning of 2013,industry analysts say. That would represent a big shift for ...
Tags: Lenovo, HP, computer manufacturer, Gartner
A Taiwanese government office is warning local PC vendors of a new Apple patent for its MacBook Air that could be used in legal action to try and stop the sale of ultrabook models. Last month, Apple received a U.S. patent for the exterior ...
Tags: PC, Apple patent, MacBook Air devices, laptops