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Microsoft may start spilling the details on its next operating system soon. Here's one consumer's last-minute wish list Link Removed

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NUI is fast becoming ubiquitous when it comes interacting with our computers. Speech, touch, and now gesture are becoming everyday control methods for our machines. What is next on the horizon of user interaction? Tobii would like that to be the gaze of your eye. I met Anders Olsson at CES this...

Link Removed due to 404 Error A former Microsoft Xbox developer says the recent Sony PlayStation Network hack may have been the result of "consumer retaliation" for Sony's lawsuits against PS3 hackers. "Going after individuals in a manner that may not stimulate good favor towards the...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Sony, a laggard in the booming tablet market, launched its first tablet computers in an ambitious attempt to grab the second spot in the market created and dominated by Apple's iPad. The gadgets will use an operating system based on Google's Android 3.0...

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Though a highly controversial feature regarding the Microsoft Office Suite, the ribbon user interface has made its way into homes and business throughout the last couple of years. In the new build regarding Windows 8, it looks as if Microsoft is trying to make the ribbon user interface...

Worryingly, almost a quarter of people polled thought you could buy a chicken chop or a lamb drumstick, while two in ten would ask a butcher for a leg of liver. Around 20 per cent thought tofu was a cut of meat, rather than a veggie alternative. And vegetarians may wish to be cautious...

Western Digital announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST), the disk drive arm of Hitachi Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion. Western Digital is the leading supplier of hard disk drive...

siliconbits writes "At CeBIT 2011, we went around the stands from some of the biggest component manufacturers in the world and asked them a simple question, would you consider bringing out ARM products (barebones, laptops, tablets, motherboards) for Windows 8? The answer was a unanimous yes...

The first service pack for Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system is now making its way into the hands of consumers. Does it add any new features? More...

Japan's Fujitsu will soon launch a tablet PC for enterprise users that packs security features not available in most consumer machines. More...

Does Windows 7 have a future on consumer tablets? Based on the angle that PC manufacturers seem to be taking, the outlook appears grim. More...

Does Windows 7 have a future on consumer tablets? Based on the angle that PC manufacturers seem to be taking, the outlook appears grim. More...

The back-and-forth between AT&T and Verizon over the quality of their wireless services ended up making its way into some high-profile primetime commercials. But it's not the only fight that Verizon has been waging with competitors. The company also took issue with advertising run by Time...

Any comments about what you would like to see new in the new Windows 8 OS? How about comments on "Mosh" a supposed new tile base shell that may be the new User Interface for the OS, or perhaps "Jupiter" ( a Windows 8 App Store?) full of SilverLight based applications. Or maybe you'd like to see...

ExoPC's Slate is probably as good as Windows 7 tablets are likely to get. But that doesn't ensure consumer success. More...

ASUS may have been content to tease details of its Eee Pad EP121 tablet, but other sources aren’t quite so restrained. According to DigiTimes, the ASUS EP121 is targeted at enterprise customers – hence the content creation focus and Windows 7 – while two $499 to $599 10-inch Eee Pads will take...

There may still be some debate as to what role Microsoft’s Windows 7 will play in the area of tablet computers, but this hasn’t stopped some tablet makers from announcing consumer focussed tablets that run on the Win 7 operating system. Today is one such example when IN MEDIA said that they have...

Introducing the 10 inch AT Tablet, Dutch Ambiance Technology is the first company in Europe to launch a consumer 3G touchpad operated by Windows 7 Home Premium. The new tablet PC performance matches every modern laptop and - unlike his famous counterpart the iPad - allows all Windows software to...