Microsoft has sold more than 60 million Windows 8 licenses so far, a number that is “roughly” in line with the performance of Windows 7 at the same stage of its release three years ago, according to Tami Reller, CFO and Chief ...
Tags: Windows 8, Microsoft, licenses, Windows Division
One Laptop Per Child is back in the tablet race, announcing a new 7-inch tablet with the Android OS that will be sold commercially and include its learning software. The XO Tablet was announced at the International CES show in Las Vegas. ...
Tags: OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, tablet, Android OS, learning software
Intel executives plan to accelerate new mobile device experiences across the company’s growing portfolio of smartphone, tablet and Ultrabook offerings, it said at CES in Las Vegas this week. The announcements included a new ...
Tags: Intel, mobile device experiences, smartphone, tablet, Ultrabook offerings
Microsoft has sold some 60 million Windows 8 licences since the OS's launch, according to the finance and marketing head of Windows business, Tami Reller. Reller was speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, where ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, Windows business, operating system
German carmaker Audi has received the approval to test the autonomous vehicles on the state's public roads in Nevada in the US. The company tested the self-driving car's technology including the piloted parking and piloted driving on the ...
Tags: carmaker, Audi, autonomous vehicles, Nevada, car's technology
New Combat Creatures colours and weapons on show at US tech expo. Wow Stuff has taken its Combat Creature Attacknids to the world's biggest technology showcase, CES. The toy is yet to launch in the 'States, but visitors to the Las ...
Tags: Wow Stuff, Combat Creature Attacknids, CES, Toys
Think you eat too fast? A new, high-tech utensil, the HAPIFork, will let you know. It tracks how fast you eat, with the idea that the information will help you slow down so you lose weight and control acid reflux, among other health ...
Tags: Hapifork, electronic health devices, Consumer Electronics
Samsung Electronics has revealed that it has made an estimated 8.8 trillion won (pound 5.1bn) in the last financial quarter ending December 2012. This puts the Korean company's sales at 500 devices per minute and, if accurate, represents ...
Tags: Samsung Electronics, financial quarter, December, 2012
IDG News Service - Intel has announced plans to release its first quad-core Atom processor before the end of the year, as the company tries to capture a bigger share of the tablet market dominated today by ARM-based processors. Code-named ...
Tags: Intel, chip, tablets, Atom processor
Most of the tablets, TVs, ultrabooks and smartphones on display at International CES this week ultimately are bound for someone's home, where they'll have to talk to each other. Six major home networking technologies to make that happen ...
Tags: tablets, TVs, ultrabooks, smartphones, WiFi, WiGig, WirelessHD, MOCA 2.0, G.hn
Asustek is aiming for the TV market with the introduction of an Internet streaming box called Qube, which will run on Google TV software. The box will enable streaming of movies and TV shows from Google Play, Netflix, Amazon and HBO, Asus ...
Tags: Asustek, TV market, Internet streaming box, Qube, Google TV software
Intel has announced plans to release its first quad-core Atom processor before the end of the year, as the company tries to capture a bigger share of the tablet market dominated today by ARM-based processors. Code-named Bay Trail and ...
Tags: Intel, quad core Atom processor, tablet market, ARM processors
With Lenovo moving up the ranks of the global PC market, the company is looking to solidify its momentum at the International CES trade show this week. Lenovo, which is vying with Hewlett-Packard for the top spot in the PC market, is ...
IDG News Service - Panasonic introduced its 2013 TV lineup with a few whizz-bang features that look useful but others that seem a curious choice for the living room. On the useful side, 2013's update to Panasonic's My Home Screen ...
Tags: Panasonic, TVs, Screen technology, touch stylus, facial recognition
Computerworld - LAS VEGAS -- AT&T on Monday announced an all-digital, wireless home monitoring service that will allow customers to control home security and automate tasks such as locking doors and turning off lights from a smartphone, ...
Tags: smartphone, smart home, wireless home monitoring service, tablet, PC