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Article | 2/04/2013 Prices of Windows RT tablets drop, point to failure of OS
Prices of Windows RT devices have started falling, signaling an attempt by PC makers to quickly clear out stock after poor adoption of tablets and con...
Article | 2/04/2013 Analyst: iPhone price pressure means smartphone profits have peaked
The overall profitability of the smartphone market hit its apex in 2012, according to a prominent equity analyst.
Article | 27/03/2013 Microsoft collects 13 design patents for Surface, keyboard covers
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesterday awarded Microsoft 13 design patents for its Surface line of tablets, including their innovative Touch k...
Article | 27/03/2013 Write for iPhone brings easy Markdown writing for Dropbox users
Write ($2) is a text-editing app for the iPhone that offers Dropbox users a unique set of tools for creating standard text files and Markdown formatte...
Article | 27/03/2013 Microsoft, Lenovo to promote genuine Windows on PCs
In the midst of its latest campaign to fight piracy in China, Microsoft has signed an agreement with Lenovo to ensure that its PCs ship with licensed ...
Article | 26/03/2013 Four alternatives to Android, iOS, and Windows Phone
Today Android and iOS dominate the smartphone market, combining to provide the operating systems for more than 95 percent of smartphones. Still, not e...
Article | 22/03/2013 China plans to standardize around local version of Ubuntu
China has picked Canonical's Linux-based Ubuntu OS as the reference architecture to establish a standardized operating system in the nation that could...
Article | 21/03/2013 Schmidt: Chrome and Android will remain separate operating systems
Chrome and Android will remain as separate OSes, each addressing specific requirements, Google's executive chairman said Thursday.
Article | 19/03/2013 Nvidia CEO disappointed with Windows RT, prays to Outlook god
Add Nvidia CEO Jen Hsun Huang to the list of people disappointed with the debut of Windows RT.
Article | 18/03/2013 Chrome OS update fixes security, video bugs
Google has updated Chrome OS to plug some security holes and fix bugs affecting the operating system's ability to play some video content.
Article | 15/03/2013 Galaxy S4 would be the ultimate iPhone, says analyst
Samsung's new Galaxy S4 would be the "ultimate smartphone" if it ran Apple's iOS and accessed the Cupertino, Calif. company's app ecosystem, according...
Article | 15/03/2013 Samsung to launch Tizen OS phone in 2013; DoCoMo plans to sell it
Samsung Electronics is readying a smartphone based on the Tizen operating system to be released in the second half of this year, it said Friday.
Article | 14/03/2013 BlackBerry extends Balance dual-personality features to Android, iOS
BlackBerry today announced technology designed to securely separate work and personal data on Android and iOS smartphones and tablets, as its Balance ...
Article | 12/03/2013 Opinion: Why Apple should sidestep the 'phablet'
While visiting what might otherwise be called respectable websites, you may have seen writers put forth the idea that "phablets" are eating Apple's lu...
Article | 7/03/2013 Google beefs up Chrome OS IT controls
IT administrators now have more control over the usage of Chrome OS devices in their organizations, with new settings covering areas like Web browsing...