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Can Microsoft Windows 7 Edge out Android in Battle to Run iPad Killers?
Plans for “iPad killers” abound, and the question for each manufacturer is: Android or Windows 7? We know Windows 7 is gaining serious traction in the PC market and reviews are great. But, when it comes to the tablet, how will it fare? If recent announcements are any indication, Microsoft is winning the tablet OS…
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Microsoft`s Allard and Bach Exits Indicate Renewed Mobile Focus
Microsoft appears to be done fiddling around and losing market share when it comes to mobile. The company yesterday had a major shakeup that underscores Microsoft’s commitment to mobility as a platform, with the announcement that James Allard, Microsoft’s Chief Experience Officer and Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division will be leaving…
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Chip Giant Hints at HPC Project, Clarifies Graphics Plans
Intel will continue with its efforts to enhance the graphics capabilities of its CPUs, but the chip maker will not release a “Larrabee”-like discrete graphics processor any time soon. However, Kircos says Intel will continue enhancing the graphics capabilities of its CPUs, and Intel officials at the International Supercomputing show will outline a high-performance computing…
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Bach and Allard Depart Microsoft after Shake-up
Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices (E&D) Division, responsible for consumer products such as the Xbox and Zune media player, underwent a massive shake-up, with Robbie Bach, the unit’s president, and J Allard, its senior vice president of Design and Development, both stepping down from their current positions. The Entertainment and Devices Division is dedicated to more…
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HP Knocks IBM Out of Number One Server Position
HP knocked IBM out of the top server spot in revenues with $3.4 billion and 31.5 percent of market share, according to Gartner’s new market share report. And HP is claiming that it’s selling more servers because of its converged infrastructure story, its broad product portfolio and because it’s HP (which) “allows us to win…
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Don’t Expect Juniper to Invoke Rivals at Confab
The last week of April was busy for the channel. Cisco Systems was holding its annual partner conference in San Francisco. Simultaneously, Hewlett-Packard was in Las Vegas with its loyal followers. And each was talking up a storm about how they were going to take the fight to their rival, and that started a buzz…