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Article | 13/12/2012 Dell scraps Android smartphones in favour of Windows 8 tablets
Dell doesn’t plan on returning to the Android smartphone market any time soon, announcing that it will focus instead on creating Windows 8 touch-enabl...
Article | 11/12/2012 Microsoft to sell Surface RT in Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi
Microsoft has altered its approach to selling Windows RT tablet/notebooks, at least in Australia, where it will start selling them in Harvey Norman an...
Article | 10/12/2012 Top 10 tech stories of 2012: a busted IPO, spotlight on workers, titans in transition
Change in any industry involves conflict. Evolution and revolution in tech this year took place not only in the marketplace but also in the courtroom,...
Article | 10/12/2012 Microsoft may not want smashing Surface RT tablet sales
The reported slow early sales of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet has raised a question among IT analysts -- does Microsoft truly want to produce boffo s...
Article | 6/12/2012 Microsoft Surface sales not expected to top 600,000 this quarter
Middling reviews and limited distribution may be putting a damper on sales of Microsoft's Surface tablet, according to brokerage firm Detwiler Fenton.
Article | 4/12/2012 Smartphone sales growing by 45 per cent in 2012, IDC says
Smartphone shipments to retailers worldwide this year are expected to total 717 million, 45% more than shipped in 2011, IDC said Tuesday.
Article | 4/12/2012 Three more Microsoft Surface tablets may arrive in 2013
Although Microsoft is just getting started with its 2012 Surface tablets, the company plans to launch three new devices in the next year, according to...
Article | 3/12/2012 How to test-drive Windows 8 for free in VirtualBox
Upgrading to a new operating system can be an intimidating undertaking that massively disrupts your daily workflow. And considering the dramatic inter...
Article | 29/11/2012 Dell ships lightweight XPS 13 laptop with Ubuntu Linux
After months of experimenting, Dell took the wraps off a thin-and-light XPS 13 laptop with the Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS, an OS that is code-named Precis...
Article | 27/11/2012 Microsoft: 40 million Windows 8 licenses sold
Microsoft has sold 40 million licenses of the Windows 8 OS since its launch a month ago.
Article | 27/11/2012 Fedora 18 finally makes beta
After a number of delays, the beta of the Fedora 18 Linux-based distribution has been released.
Article | 26/11/2012 Switching to Linux saves Munich over €11 million
By switching from Windows to LiMux, its own Linux distribution, the German city of Munich has saved over €11 million (US$14.3 million) to date compare...
Article | 21/11/2012 Microsoft reportedly allows pirates to activate unlicensed installations of Windows 8 Pro
Users running pirated copies of Windows 8 Pro can reportedly upgrade to a fully licensed and permanently activated version of the OS by simply install...
Article | 20/11/2012 Windows Server 2012 now runs in Amazon's cloud
Enterprises can now run Windows Server 2012 on the Amazon Web Services cloud, and take advantage of improved management features and new versions of I...
Article | 15/11/2012 HP's hardware boss not a fan of Surface, Windows RT
Don't expect HP to have a change of heart about building Windows RT devices anytime soon.