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Study shows Microsoft’s Windows market share falling from 90% to 33% in post-PC device world

The day you never thought would arrive may finally be here. Of course, it still depends on how you look at the data… According to Asymco’s Horace Dediu, over the last five years, Post-PC devices have displaced conventional Windows PCs so rapidly that Microsoft’s dominance over personal computing has plummeted from roughly 90 percent share […]

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Rumor: Apple testing larger-screen versions of upcoming iPhone, iPad devices

Maybe there’s money to be made in the larger display market. Per the Wall Street Journal and 9to5Mac, Apple and its suppliers are reportedly testing versions of the iPad and iPhone with larger displays. Apple and its Asian component makers are testing larger screens for iPhones and tablets, officials at the company’s suppliers say. Due […]

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Apple CEO Tim Cook drops hints, thinks wrist-based computing is “interesting” for users

If you were looking for hints as to upcoming Apple products, this might be one of them. Per 9to5Mac, during his recent interview at the AllThingsD D11 Conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook has for the first time talked at length about his view on wearable technologies as competitors like Google and others push ahead with […]

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Microsoft to release Windows 8 on October 26th

You can pick up Windows 8, then begin working on a Halloween costume this year. Per Electronista, it was revealed during Microsot’s annual sales meeting that the company’s next-generation operating system will hit shelves on Oct. 26 meaning new hardware will shortly follow including the Surface tablet. Microsoft’s Windows Division President Steven Sinofsky made good […]

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Tim Cook hints at no ARM-based processor for future generations of MacBook Air

It’s when Apple executives begin dropping hints as to upcoming product lines that things get interesting. Per AppleInsider, after meeting with Apple chief executive Tim Cook and chief financial officer Peter Openheimer, Citi analysts noted a strong iPad outlook leaving little likelihood of an ARM-based MacBook Air. Citi analyst Richard Gardner reported Cook reiterating his […]