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A year ago today, I was in New York City at the official launch of Windows 7. After one year on the market, how is Microsoft doing? And what do you expect to see in Windows 8? More...

We’ve been talking about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy tab lately, but HP ( HPQ ) has just dropped its Slate 500 on us – and the tablet’s specs make it the most powerful on the market. Link Removed - Invalid URL

Microsoft claims it has sold more than 240 million Windows 7 licenses, up 65 million since citing sales numbers three months ago. Link Removed

hp-slate-500.jpgHewlett-Packard has recently unveiled its own computer tablet — expected to rival Apple’s iPad and Research in Motion’s (RIM) PlayBook — called the Slate 500. (Photo courtesy of ZDNet) MANILA, Philippines —The growing tablet market just got even bigger with Hewlett-Packard (HP)...

It's been leaked many-a-time, but it's finally the day HP makes it official: the long-rumored Slate tablet PC is here, running Windows 7 and geared toward the corporate market.The Slate 500 is... More...

Software giant’s fastest-selling OS ever surpasses Vista in global PC ubiquity. More...

Microsoft Corp's Windows 7 has sold more than 240 million copies in its first year, the company said on Thursday, making it the fastest-selling operating system, and helping the software giant to record profits despite a recent dip in computer sales growth. Link Removed due to 404 Error

An Italian company called Ergo has unveiled a new tablet in the Italian market that runs Windows 7 called the Ergo. This tablet has already been spied in other parts of the world under other names including the WePad, MasterPad and a few more names. What we have here is another rebranding of the...

Full Article @ Microsoft beats Intel, AMD to market with CPU/GPU combo chip

According to a recent study by higher-education research company Student Monitor, more and more university and college students are buying up Apple laptops. Apple's growth in this lucrative market has led one analyst to question whether or not Microsoft is staying in touch with younger tech...

In 1981, IBM launched the personal computer. Although few recognized it as such at the time, least of all IBM’s execs, it turned out to be a game-changer. The IBM PC killed off its predecessor, the mainframe computer, a market that was also dominated by IBM. Who knew? Fast forward 29 years to...

Even if you’re not a video game fan you probably know what a Wii, Xbox or Playstation looks like, since they’re all hugely successful and highly recognisable products. But their success has been built on the backs of dozens of failed attempts at entering the video game market, and when so many...

Chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices said during a conference call with financial analysts that the company’s graphics division ATI was on-track to refresh its lineup of graphics cards in the second half of calendar 2010. The mystery, though, is with what the family of graphics...

TAIPEI/SHANGHAI - At shops in Shanghai's bustling Xinyang market, fake Apple iPhones and Bose speakers sit neatly alongside bootleg copies of Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system, a week before ... Link Removed - Invalid URL

Ms seems pretty calm about the latest cracks to RTM. Anybody else think they are enticing hackers with some old and simple cracks left there on purpose with the hope of discovering something new that they missed before it actually gets out into the market. I think some of the hackers look at it...

I know this subject has been beaten to death and posted in almost all forums here, but I just wanted to give the latest info: EU regulators told Microsoft Friday that they were unimpressed with the software giant’s proposal to sell versions of its operating system without a browser built into...