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Some Xbox One demos at E3 2013 ran on Windows 7 NVIDIA PCs

John Callaham — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:39:47 +0100

Microsoft apparently ran some of its Xbox One demos at its E3 2013 booth on PCs running on Windows 7 and with NVIDIA graphics cards, rather than on AMD hardware which is used in the actual console. Read more...

Razer CEO: 'I don't hate on Windows 8'; is 'super disappointed' with Dell and HP

John Callaham — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:54:09 +0100

Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan stated in a new interview, "I don't hate on Windows 8", but also took the time to say how "super disappointed" he was with how Dell and HP have treated the PC industry. Read more...

HP refresh their laptops for 2013

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:09:57 +0100

HP has refreshed most of their laptop line-up for 2013, including a new Envy 14 TouchSmart with an optional 3200 x 1800 display, and a cheap Pavilion 11 TouchSmart that packs a touchscreen for $399 Read more...

HP reveals Envy Rove 20, its 20-inch Windows 8 AiO-tablet PC

John Callaham — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:39:57 +0100

HP has revealed its newest Windows 8 PC, the 20-inch Envy Rove 20, which joins the growing trend of the all-in-one PCs that can also be used as a very large stand alone tablet. Read more...

HP announces two hybrids: the Windows 8 Split x2 and Android SlateBook x2

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:38:40 +0100

HP has announced two new tablet-laptop convertibles: the HP Split x2 that runs Windows 8 on an Ivy Bridge CPU for $800, and the HP SlateBook x2 that runs Android on a Tegra 4 chipset for $480 Read more...

Carl Icahn would like to merge HP and Dell; thinks PC industry is 'going downhill'

John Callaham — Sat, 11 May 2013 21:35:29 +0100

Billionaire Carl Icahn says he would like to merge the PC businesses of HP and Dell if his efforts to take over Dell is successful. He also claims that the PC industry is "going downhill." Read more...

Leap motion gesture add-on to be bundled with some HP PCs

John Callaham — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:44:42 +0100

Leap Motion has announced that its upcoming motion sensing hardware add-on will be bundled with some HP Windows 8 PCs and will eventually be embedded inside upcoming HP PC products. Read more...

1984 video of Steve Wozniak surfaces, talks about early Apple, pranks and Jobs

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 02:10:35 +0000

Videos have emerged of Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, speaking at an Apple enthusiast meeting in 1984. Wozniak talks on a range of subjects, and the videos are well worth a watch. Read more...

Finnair to trial Windows 8 for inflight entertainment starting tomorrow

Brad Sams — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:52:24 +0000

FInnair is about to kick-off a limited trial of Windows 8 tablets for inflight entertainment on one of its flights and will be using HP's ElitePads as the product of choice. Read more...

Research firm: Windows 8 tablets could beat iPads in enterprise markets

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:58:30 +0000

A new white paper from research firm Moor Insights and Strategy claims that Windows 8-based tablets could outsell Apple's iPad thanks to more features and better compatibility. Read more...

HP “shifting resources from PCs to tablets”

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:35:38 +0000

HP have come out and said that they are going to focus more on mobile computing products, now that the tablet and smartphone market has moved “very fast,” according to CEO Meg Whitman. Read more...

HP announces Android-based $169 Slate 7 tablet

John Callaham — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:36:13 +0000

HP announced plans to release an Android-based seven inch tablet, the Slate 7, that will be launched in April in the US. The price for the tablet will start at $169. Read more...

Chubby Checker sues HP for $500m over Palm penis-measurement app

John Callaham — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:20:38 +0000

Singer Ernest Evans, better known as Chubby Checker, has filed a $500 million lawsuit against HP over their alleged part in distributing a Palm app that used his name. Read more...

Rumor: HP to sell Android-based tablets?

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:11:09 +0000

A few days after announcing its first Chromebook, a new rumor claims HP could launch its own Android-based tablets, starting with one running NVIDIA's Tegra 4 processor. Read more...

HP rains on Dell's private parade, should probably mind its own business

Brad Sams — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:18:43 +0000

HP has slung the corporate mud at Dell and has said that they will have significant struggles based on their debt load by going private and will upset existing customers with no innovation. Read more...

HP gets out the polish, launches Chromebook

Brody McKee — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:44:41 +0000

It's now official, and you can buy it today. HP's new Pavilion 14 Chromebook is packed with enough features to shoot past competitors, but its price and battery life might leave it lagging behind. Read more...

HP revealed to be the latest to join Chromebook family

John Callaham — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:55:38 +0000

A newly revealed HP documents shows that the PC maker will be the latest to release a Chromebook notebook running on Google's Chrome OS, following the lead from Samsung, Acer and Lenovo. Read more...

Report: Microsoft and PC OEMs privately debate causes of slow Windows 8 PC sales

John Callaham — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:38:41 +0000

On the eve of Microsoft's fourth quarter 2012 financial results, a new rumor claims that the company has privately been debating with PC OEM makers over slow inital sales of Windows 8 PCs Read more...

HP exec: Windows 8 had a "slower start" than expected

John Callaham — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:24:57 +0000

HP Executive Vice President Todd Bradley said in a new interview that sales of Windows 8 PCs had "a slower start than many people expected" but added that the company is seeing "continued growth." Read more...

Gartner: Slowing PC sales show users using tablets for secondary devices

John Callaham — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:56:06 +0000

Gartner reports that worldwide PC sales were down for the fourth quarter of 2012, and claims part of the reason is that people are turning to tablets for secondary devices. Read more...