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Microsoft to Allow Linux on Windows Azure: Report
Microsoft is preparing to give its cloud platform users the capability to run Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012, according to a report. The All About Microsoft blog reports that Microsoft is poised to enable customers to make virtual machines (VMs) persistent on Windows Azure and is slated to deliver a Community Technology…
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RIM to Slash Prices on PlayBook Tablets
Research In Motion has slashed the prices for its PlayBook tablet, offering all three models for $299 through the beginning of February. For those purchasing direct from RIM, that represents a discount of $400 for the 64GB version, $300 for the 32GB, and $200 for the 16GB. It comes in the wake of recent price-cuts…
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Sony Tablet S Sees $100 Price Cut
Electronics manufacturer Sony announced its 9.4-inch Tablet S is getting a $100 price cut, lowering the price of the 16GB model to $400 and the 32GB model to $500. Sony had previously issued a $50 price cut on Dec. 15 in an apparent attempt to spur holiday sales as the tablet market becomes increasingly competitive.…
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HP Previews Spectre Ultrabook
Hewlett-Packard is circulating a teaser video for its Spectre ultrabook, which could appear at this month s Consumer Electronics Show. The 30-second video, reproduced on Websites such as The Verge, devotes most of its length to abstract imagery, although it ends with a brief shot of what is clearly a laptop, opening to emit a blast of…
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Lenovo, Acer Planning Wintel Tablets in 2012: Report
Computer makers Lenovo and Acer are reportedly planning to release tablet devices running the Windows 8 platform from Microsoft and sporting Intel chips known as Clover Trail. A DigiTimes report quoted sources in the upstream supply chain as saying that PC players are putting more hope on Intel’s Clover Trail platform as Medfield, designed by…
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Amazon Could Miss Sales Goals: Goldman Sachs
A report from financial services firm Goldman Sachs warns that online retailer Amazon.com could miss its fourth-quarter sales estimates due to a slowdown in online shopping growth, despite impressive sales of the company’s Kindle Fire tablet and family of e-readers. Goldman Sachs analyst Heather Bellini said in a research note that based on sales estimates…