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Article | 26/04/2013 HP ships $US169 Slate 7 Android tablet

Hewlett-Packard on Friday started shipping its US$169.99 Slate 7 tablet with Android 4.1, which signals the company's reentry into the consumer tablet...

Article | 26/04/2013 HP could bury TouchPad fiasco with $169 Slate 7 tablet

Hewlett-Packard in the next few days will ship the (AUD$199) US$169 Slate 7, the company's first product for the consumer tablet market since the spec...

Article | 24/04/2013 Apple confident about iPad Mini despite low margins

Six months after its launch, the iPad Mini is a drain on Apple's profits, but the company is willing to endure the financial strain as long as it can ...

Article | 24/04/2013 Microsoft to announce next Xbox on May 21

Eight years after the first Xbox 360 units shipped, Microsoft will finally pull the curtains off its long-awaited successor on May 21.

Article | 24/04/2013 Samsung to expand retail presence in US

Samsung is making an aggressive sales push in the U.S. market by expanding into thousands of third-party retail outlets where dedicated staff will sel...

Article | 24/04/2013 Apple teases 'new product categories'

Invoking the success of Apple's game-changing iPhone and iPad, CEO Tim Cook has hinted that Apple will introduce "exciting new product categories" sta...

Article | 23/04/2013 Apple profit drops on slow iPhone growth

Apple's net profit dropped during the second quarter of 2013 as the company's iPhone shipment growth slowed down, based on year-over-year comparisons.

Article | 23/04/2013 Asus ships Cube Internet streaming device with Google TV

Asustek has shipped its Google TV streaming device called Cube, which will become available starting this week for $US139.99.

Article | 23/04/2013 Microsoft's Surface Pro to ship in 24 more countries

Microsoft announced it would make the Surface Pro tablet available in more than 24 countries over May and June, and also expanded availability of its ...

Article | 23/04/2013 Board maker's $US45 PC tries to catch up with Raspberry Pi on price

Open-source board maker BeagleBoard.org has introduced a bare-bones PC starting at US$45, bringing it closer to the popular Raspberry Pi, which offers...

Article | 19/04/2013 Chromebooks vie to replace netbooks

The once-hot netbook may have been decimated by the arrival of tablets, but inexpensive, lightweight laptops are showing staying power. The latest ite...

Article | 18/04/2013 TSMC aims to tighten mobile chip manufacturing race with Intel

The race to make the most advanced chips for smartphones and tablets is gaining steam, with contract chip manufacturer TSMC hastening implementation o...

Article | 17/04/2013 ARM wins more Big.Little licensees

More companies have signed on for ARM's Big.Little chip design technology, which mixes low-power and power-hungry cores for more efficient energy use ...

Article | 17/04/2013 Intel invokes Apple's Knowledge Navigator to envision future smartphones

More than 25 years after Apple introduced "Knowledge Navigator" as a concept that envisioned the future of computers, Intel has reintroduced the conce...

Article | 17/04/2013 On eve of departure, Otellini looks back on four decades with Intel

Just a month away from retirement, Intel CEO Paul Otellini has reflected on his four decades with the company during his last quarterly earnings call ...