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  Windows 10 to ship on July 29 for PCs and tablets

  Microsoft will start shipping Windows 10 on July 29 for PCs and tablets. The upgrade includes the Cortana digital assistant, a whole host of new apps and the return of the start menu.

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  Microsoft eases development for Windows and Windows Phone with new App Studio

  Microsoft's App Studio beta test has been expanded to allow novice developers to build applications for Windows tablets and PCs, in addition to Windows Phone.

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  Fujitsu says its all-in-one PC-phones cut power consumption for UC

  Unifying communications (UC) by replacing separate PCs and telephones with a PC equipped with a headset and some telephony software can sound like a great idea until the first electricity bill for those always-on PCs comes in. Fujitsu hopes to end th...

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  A Samsung smart watch and smartphones with bigger screens expected in Berlin

  A smart watch from Samsung Electronics, an Acer smartphone that can shoot 4K video and a Sony one with a 20-megapixel sensor, plus a plethora of tablets and TVs are all expected at this year's IFA consumer electronics show.

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  Wintel under siege as mobile and Android ascend at Computex

  Surging tablet sales and the muted response to Windows 8 have opened the door for Android at this year's Computex and exposed deeper cracks in the Wintel powerhouse of Windows software and Intel chips.

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  Eight questions about Windows 8 for Microsoft OEM chief, Nick Parker

  Nick Parker has one of the more interesting jobs in the PC business right now. As corporate vice president for Microsoft's OEM division, he manages the company's relationships with PC manufacturers, including sales and licensing of Windows.

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  Asus Transformer Book Trio is tablet, laptop and desktop rolled into one

  The company that brought us the PadFone, an all-in-one smartphone, tablet and laptop device, is thinking a bit bigger. Taiwan's Asustek Computer has now combined a tablet, smartphone and desktop PC into a single product that it calls the Transformer ...

• Dell aims to cut desktop reliance with workstation for datacentres

  Dell intends to move workstations into the datacentre and then serve up intense multimedia and engineering applications to remote users over the cloud or in virtualized environments via thin clients.

• Lenovo and Apple grew as bottom fell out of PC market in Western Europe

  PC shipments in Western Europe declined by 20.5 percent during the first quarter: The only vendors to see shipments grow were Lenovo and Apple, which returned to the top five.

• Nvidia's Grid VGX software boost graphics performance of virtual desktops and PCs

  With its new Grid VGX software, Nvidia is aiming to tear down the performance barrier that keeps graphics-intensive applications from running on virtual desktops.

• Dell's XPS 18 all-in-one doubles as tablet

  Dell has introduced the versatile XPS 18 PC, which is an 18-inch all-in-one PC that can double as a supersized tablet.

• Tobii plans to sell its PC eye-control add-on to developers from next week

  Tobii Technology will soon start shipping a device that allows users to control a PC using their eyes. Developers will be able to buy the REX next week, and Tobii will make it more widely available in the second half of the year, the company said Wed...

• Microsoft: Most PCs running pirated Windows in China have security issues

  Microsoft has launched a new anti-piracy campaign in China, which intends to highlight the security risks of buying counterfeit software.

• 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, the factory, and on the Web. Here are the top news stories of 2012 as selected by the editors of th...

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  Dell profit slides 47 per cent amid weak PC market

  Dell on Thursday reported a sharp drop in revenue and profits for the third quarter as the weak PC market continued to weigh on its results.