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Consumer PCs: Ailing, but not dead yet
PC shipments again contracted in the third quarter, as consumers continued to refuse to buy replacements for their aging machines.
31% off SanDisk Ultra Fit 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - Deal Alert
From a global leader in flash memory technology, the SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Flash Drive is an ultra-small, low-profile drive with a storage capacity of 128GB, and enough speed to transfer a full-length movie in less than 30 seconds....
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Testing The Business Ruggedness and Reliability of HP Business PCs
A product is only as great as its quality. And quality built into the overall product design requires more than just a mix of technologies, best practices, and high standards.
HP to cut up to 4,000 jobs in next three years
HP is cutting between 3,000 to 4,000 jobs over the next three years as part of a restructuring plan worked out by the company.
Game on: Alienware's 20-year affair with gaming helps drive the future of VR
Co-founder Frank Azor has fond memories of Alienware's early days. It was a wild time of building kick-ass PCs, gaming, lots of sci-fi shows and generally, having a good time.
Apple Mac shipments take a beating in Q3 as PC shipments decline
Sales of Windows PCs fared better than Apple Macs during the third quarter this year.
Microsoft fleshes out seismic change to Windows patching
Microsoft has elaborated on the new patching policy for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 that takes effect on Tuesday.
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HP Desktop Mini: The Desktop Has Evolved
With desktop virtualization just emerging, a powerful business PC is still where the majority of daily work gets done. HP's newest and smallest business desktop platform, the HP Desktop Mini, fits the bill without filling the space.
Both Apple and Microsoft take tumble in Gartner's latest device forecast
Shipments of devices powered by Apple's and Microsoft's operating systems will end 2016 down from the year before, research firm Gartner said this week.
Why Linux pioneer Linus Torvalds prefers x86 over ARM
At last week's Linaro Connect conference, Linus Torvalds preferred x86 because of the supporting ecosystem and infrastructure, something ARM lacks.
Something new is coming to the PC industry: Growth
PC sales volumes have hit bottom, so from next year, the only way is up, say Gartner analysts.
New Microsoft support scheme scraps decade pledge
Microsoft has added a new support policy that drops the company's decade of technical support for an open-ended product lifetime.
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HP Desktop Mini: The Desktop Has Evolved
With desktop virtualization just emerging, a powerful business PC is still where the majority of daily work gets done. HP's newest and smallest business desktop platform, the HP Desktop Mini, fits the bill without filling the space.
Fujitsu considers selling its PC business to Lenovo
The companies are in talks, but nothing is decided yet, says Fujitsu.
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Asus ZenBook 3 review: This compact laptop puts the MacBook on the ropes, but doesn't deliver a KO
This 12-inch MacBook clone is a premium Windows ultraportable, but a few design choices keep it from rising above all its competition—MacOS and Windows alike.
Windows 10 growth comes to screeching stop
Microsoft's Windows 10 lost user share in September for the first time since its debut more than a year ago.
Intel looks beyond x86, puts 64-bit ARM processor in new FPGA chip
It seems the chip war between Intel and ARM is slowly winding down, at least for the time being.
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Addressing the ROBO IT Paradigm
In the ROBO IT paradigm, central IT organizations struggle to support distributed environments with the same service level that exists in the central office. This paper takes a look at these pain points and how to overcome these
You have one month to buy a Windows 7 (or 8.1) PC
After a two-year extension, Microsoft is finally ending sales of Windows 7 PCs. Soon it will be an all-Windows 10 world.
AMD provides upgrade path to Zen with new business PC chips
AMD wants to make it easier for PC users to upgrade to upcoming Zen chips.
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Meet the world’s most powerful all-in-one PC
The Origin Omni all-in-one PC packs an 8-core Core i7 CPU and the mighty Titan X Pascal.
Best Deals of the Week, September 26th - September 30th - Deal Alert
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