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The combo device runs Android as a tablet, Windows as a desktop and a choice of the two in laptop mode
Goole says it's holding off until stronger privacy protctions are in place
Intel-based system has China poised to take the global lead in Top500 supercomputing list this month
Auto-update pushes more Windows 7 users to newest browser
Employees must accept strict controls and security policies prior to gaining network access
Windows Phone lurks in third place, with plenty of room to grow
Mozilla shows off tablet running its Firefox OS
The company said it will support AWS alongside Microsoft's Azure as separate 'components' in its lineup
ARM executives say its Cortex-A15 and A7 processors offer more performance per watt than Intel's upcoming Atom chips based on Silvermont
The Iconia W3 8-inch tablet will launch later this month
Google said it first had to provide strong privacy protections
ARM says Cortex-A12 will succeed the pervasive but aging Cortex-A9 processor
The Haswell-based PCs are cooler and faster than older models
Intel launches the first batch of laptop chips with quad-core processors, with more chips due later
Apple iPhone 6 rumors: Interpreting Tim, Gaze Detection, iOS 7 changes, Super Retina
Watchdog group issues stinging rebuke to Web consortium
A new challenge to the company's patent protects big companies at the expense of a small inventor, the company says
Once the feature is enabled, users will get a code sent to them when logging in from a new device
Despite some deficiencies, the sharing fundamentals are sound, though
New strains of bacteria kill half of all people with serious infections, CDC says
Windows 8.1's boot-to-desktop, Start button restoration removes businesses' biggest objection, argues analyst
Plans to ship an HTC 7-in. tablet this fall are still on target
Google admits the seven-day timeline is too short for some vendors to patch, but hopes it will push companies to advise customers sooner
New research center hopes to recruit top talent from Japan
Asus is investigating the incident, in which factory owner 3CEMS has already been punished by the city of Dongguan
The company will make changes that suggest it's listening to feedback from the security research community
Faster, power-efficient Wi-Fi expanding into new uses
Stockholders are better off taking Silver Lake's cash than holding on to their shares, the board wrote
Computers and disks with information irrelevant to the case are to be returned, a court ordered
With mobile device theft on the rise, Microsoft is pushing users to 'protect the device, the data and your reputation'
Apple's design right is valid, but the protection it offers is very limited due to earlier similar designs, the court said.
Intel's future Celeron and Pentium chips will be based on same architecture used in Bay Trail tablet chip
Non-bitcoin deposits and withdrawals through Mt. Gox must be made with verified accounts starting on Thursday
Self-driving vehicle technology is not yet ready for general use, the NHTSA said in a policy statement
The U.S. aims to provide the Iranian people with safer, more sophisticated personal communications equipment
Some prominent scientists, including the inventor of JavaScript, have backed Google in its court battle with Oracle
Sponsored posts will start appearing within users' feeds on desktops
Today's radiation-shielding technology can't protect humans in deep space
The digital rights group and the Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic hope to end lawsuits by Personal Audio
Microsoft will try to address Windows 8 user interface complaints with the upcoming update of the OS
Steven Sinofsky, who led Windows 8 development but was ousted last year, cites 100-million sales figure
Firm acknowledges problems, but doesn't offer an explanation for the outage
AT&T says limits on spectrum bidding may be illegal and would subsidize smaller carriers
