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PC-friendly version of Android released

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Android developers have released a version of 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich that can run on chips found in most personal computers, from netbooks and laptops to desktop towers.

 

PC sales are in need of a reboot

Once upon a time when you wanted to use a computer you sat down in front of a desktop PC, turned it on and got to work. Then laptops appeared so you could do that work on the sofa, the train or the plane. Then came mobile phones. And the world wide web. And smartphones. And tablets. The poor PC is getting left behind.

Senh: That's pretty much what happened. There are just more options now. You can do most of the stuff you used to on a desktop computer with a smartphone now, and it's much more portable. The article forgot to mention netbooks. Not everyone needs the power of a desktop computer unless you're playing video games or doing lots of video/graphics work.

 

IBM Tops Microsoft in Market Value

IBM topped rival Microsoft in market valuation for the first time since 1996, the latest sign of the technology industry's shift in emphasis away from the personal computer.

 

Microsoft breaks with PC world, reinvents itself with Windows 8

Microsoft breaks with PC world, reinvents itself with Windows 8

Last week, at a large developers’ event, Microsoft formally introduced its next operating system to the world, and it’s nothing like the Windows you’re used to. It’s clear the company has watched and learned as Apple stormed into the marketplace with the iPhone and iPad. Microsoft’s new Windows 8 looks and feels like it’s built from the ground up to do away with the noisy, dated interfaces of the desktop computer, replacing them with a touch-friendly experience that’s focused on a new way of computing.

 

HP kills TouchPad, may spin off PC business

HP kills TouchPad, may spin off PC business

In a dramatic reshuffling, Hewlett-Packard Co. said it will end its tablet computer and smartphone products and may sell or spin off its PC division, bowing out of the consumer businesses.

 

Microsoft set to report lower profit on stale PC growth

Microsoft Corp is set to report a dip in earnings on Thursday, a year after the launch of its Windows 7 operating system blew away Wall Street estimates, as sales of personal computers lag expectations and Apple Inc's iPad eats away at the fringes of its core market.

 

Tablets Seen Sapping PC Demand

Tablets Seen Sapping PC Demand

Gartner cut its global personal-computer shipments forecast for 2010 and 2011 as consumers rein in spending and interest grows in tablet devices such as Apple's iPad.

 

Are desktop PCs headed for extinction?

Are desktop PCs headed for extinction?

Roughly 80 percent of computers sold are laptops. But nearly 90 percent of U.S. homes still have a trusty desktop.

Senh: It sure sounds like it. I have a desktop just because I don't want to get rid of it. I'm using my laptop all the time now. With laptops so cheap and portable, it doesn't make much sense to have a desktop unless you're into heavy-duty video editing, computer animation, or print design.

 

It's Finally Time to Ditch Windows XP

It's Finally Time to Ditch Windows XP

When Microsoft released Windows XP in October of 2001, the software got upbeat reviews and sold briskly. But I doubt if even XP's biggest boosters would have predicted just how long-running a hit it would be. Nine years later, it's still the the world's favorite operating system.

 

How Microsoft blew it with cell phones

Microsoft Windows continues to dominate the PC market with a 90 percent market-share stronghold, but when it comes to smartphones, Microsoft is getting beat up worse than a mustachioed villain in a Jackie Chan movie.

 

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