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Article | 15/10/2010 Apple's Mac retakes third place in U.S. sales on back of iPad
Apple jumped into the third spot in U.S. sales for the third quarter, in part because of the "halo" effect from its iPad tablet, industry research fir...
Article | 14/10/2010 Tablets bite into netbook sales in Q3, analysts say
The growing demand for tablet computers continued to eat into the sales of netbooks and laptops during the third quarter, analysts said on Wednesday.
Article | 14/10/2010 Windows Phone 7 to have limited Mac sync capability
Ever since it unveiled the new mobile OS in February, Microsoft has been cagey on whether its new Windows Phone 7 would support direct synchronization...
Article | 14/10/2010 It's official: Windows Phone 7 will sync with Mac
After a UK exec spilled the beans, Microsoft officially announced that it will be releasing a tool to allow phones running its Windows Phone 7 softwar...
Article | 13/10/2010 New tool uses crowdsourcing to remove bloatware
The bloatware battle has reached the cloud. A new PC utility announced on Tuesday collects information from other users over the Web to help make comp...
Article | 5/10/2010 Free desktop tools that aren't OpenOffice
Most everyone who's had some experience with free open source software has learned about the OpenOffice.org suite of productivity programs: a word pro...
Article | 4/10/2010 iPhone vs. Original Mac: a Teardown Showdown
No two Apple products share a closer parallel history than the original iPhone and the original Macintosh computer. Each device was revolutionary for ...
Article | 3/10/2010 Hacked old Mac makes a useful tablet
Who needs an iPad when you have a broken MacBook? Matt at Enigma Penguin decided that he would recycle his old laptop and turn it into a tablet.
Article | 3/10/2010 Apple iMac may add touchscreen, but beware the gorilla arm!
We’ve been hearing about Apple’s alleged plans for touchscreen-equipped iMacs for months now, and the rumors continue to swirl. The latest gossip arri...
Article | 1/10/2010 Semiconductor revenue forecast gets a trim
Despite what had been growing excitement about the semiconductor market this year, one research company is lowering its chip revenue forecast for 2010...
Article | 30/09/2010 Apple TV teardown gives App Store clues, says analyst
Apple will add App Store functionality to its new, miniature Apple TV in the near future, a Wall Street analyst said today.
Article | 30/09/2010 MS Security Essentials soon free for small businesses
Starting early next month, Microsoft Security Essentials, Redmond's anti-malware service for Windows PCs, will be free for small businesses to install...
Article | 23/09/2010 Dell evaluating Internet TV devices and Google TV software
Dell on Thursday said it is considering the development of devices beyond PCs that would stream Internet content to regular television sets.
Article | 22/09/2010 Intel must prove CPU upgrade is worth the cost
Intel is testing a processor-upgrade program that may alienate the power users it hopes to attract. The Intel Upgrade Service pilot is a retail store...
Article | 11/09/2010 Google ponders Android vs. Chrome for future tablets
Google is being somewhat circumspect about whether Android or Chrome will run on future tablet computers, with two top executives hinting recently at ...