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It’s A First! Apple Hits Top 5 Among Global PC Vendors, Says IDC
Mac sales are up all over.
Hewlett-Packard Is Going to Break Up With Itself
Meet the two HPs—Hewlett-Packard and HP Inc.
iOS 8, Mac OS X, Beats: What To Expect At Apple’s WWDC 2014
From a new version of iOS to smart home technologies to the Beats acquisition, there’s going to be a lot going on.
Microsoft Surface Pro 3: A Great Tablet, But A So-So Laptop [Review]
Microsoft thinks its Surface Pro 3 can displace your MacBook Air. Maybe not.
The Post-PC Era Begins In Earnest Next Year
In 2014, smartphones will most likely eclipse PCs in terms of the number of devices in use around the world.
How QWERTY Will Save The PC
PCs won’t die for the simple reason that no one has yet figured out a better way to write or code.
Dell’s Private Little Company Is Crazy… Like A Fox
Michael Dell gets his company back and wants to take on IBM and HP on their turf. Sounds insane, but this just might work.
Sorry Intel: Your Next-Gen Haswell Chip Won’t Rescue The PC Market
Intel’s latest and greatest, dubbed Haswell, is an evolutionary improvement for a market that needs revolution.
Tablets Killing Desktops Faster Than Ever
The contraction of the PC market continues faster than ever, eaten by the rapid growth of the tablet market, which is expected to outsell laptop and notebook devices for the first time this year and all PCs by 2015.
So What If PCs Are Down? Intel Wins Anyway
Whether they’re making PCs, servers, phones or tablets, hardware makers are playing more and more with Intel’s chips. And that means the house — i.e., Intel — always wins.
The Enterprise Tablet Party Is Over For Apple
A new study shows the advantages of the latest Windows tablets from Dell, Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard over Apple’s tablets are too numerous for corporations to ignore.
Whose Fault Is It When Your PC Gets Hacked? Probably Not Microsoft’s
A new study finds that Microsoft products account for only 14% of current PC vulnerabilities. The rest belong to third-party applications.
IDC: PCs, Dumb Phones Still Doomed As Smartphones Rule
The PC is market is expected to shrink. Again. The smartphone market is expected to grow. Again.
The 5 Big Questions Dell Will Have To Answer To Survive
On Tuesday, Dell faced Wall Street analysts for what could be the last time, as Michael Dell and a collection of investors prepare to take the company private. To succeed, they will have to find answers to these 5 critical questions.
Dell Takes Itself Private In $24.4 Billion Deal: With Help From Microsoft
Dell Inc. confirmed Tuesday that it has agreed to a $24.4 billion deal that will take the company private, removing the second-largest PC company from the prying eyes of investors, analysts, and regulators.
The ‘Year of the Linux Desktop’? That’s So 2012
The Linux community has spent years hoping for ‘the Year of the Linux Desktop,’ and so missed the fact that it already happened in 2012.
2012 Holiday Season Ruled By Tablets – PCs Not So Much
The latest numbers from IDC make clear an inexorable trend away from PCs and toward tablets.
Apple & Lenovo: A Tale of Two Companies
One company started in a garage in California. The other started in a guard shack in China.
How A Microsoft / Dell Partnership Would Change The World
How would the PC industry change if Microsoft became a big investor in a private Dell?