Posts Tagged ‘ Operating System ’

LG TV named best gadget, Microsoft bows out in style 

January 14, 2012
LG TV named best gadget, Microsoft bows out in style 

   People are seen mingling in front of a display of LG Electronics televisions during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where LG unveiled their 55-inch OLED TV, said to be the world’s largest. The TV set was later crowned ‘best gadget’ of the CES. A razor-thin television from LG Electronics was [...]

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IPad beat on power, speed by new non-clones 

December 23, 2011
IPad beat on power, speed by new non-clones 

  We’re finally beginning to see some distinctive 10-inch Android tablets that are more than iPad knockoffs. Earlier this year, Sony released its wedge-shaped Tablet. Now, two more entries provide features and functionality beyond Apple Inc.’s offerings: Asustek Computer Inc.’s Eee Pad Transformer Prime and the Droid Xyboard 10.1 from Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and [...]

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Amazon weighed buying RIM, interest cooled 

December 21, 2011
Amazon weighed buying RIM, interest cooled 

A BlackBerry handset is displayed in Washington, December 15, 2011. Research In Motion Ltd has turned down takeover overtures from Amazon.com Inc and other potential buyers because the BlackBerry maker prefers to fix its problems on its own, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Amazon hired an investment bank this summer to review [...]

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Google unwraps Chrome PCs too late for holidays 

December 8, 2010
Google unwraps Chrome PCs too late for holidays 

Brian Rakowski, director of product management for Google, speaks during the company’s Chrome event in San Francisco December 7, 2010. The first laptops powered by Google Inc’s Chrome operating system will reach store shelves months later than expected and miss the holiday shopping season as the Internet company fixes software issues. The Web-centric computers, intended [...]

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Vietnam retailers selling PCs with original Windows 7

November 2, 2009
Vietnam retailers selling PCs with original Windows 7

Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, launched worldwide on October 22, has been made available in new PCs sold by many Vietnamese retailers, the company said in a statement released Saturday. Among the retailers having Windows 7 installed on their PCs are Nguyen Kim, Phong Vu, Tran Anh and Dang Khoa, the company said. Hoang Anh [...]

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Netbooks: Google’s ace in PC war with Microsoft

July 10, 2009
Netbooks: Google’s ace in PC war with Microsoft

An attendee of the Google Developer Conference uses a computer kiosk in San Francisco, California, US in May Low-cost netbooks could provide the fertile ground Google Inc. needs to make its free PC operating system a success as it prepares to take on Microsoft Corp.’s dominant Windows juggernaut. Google’s new Chrome Linux-based operating system will [...]

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Microsoft gains momentum in mobile push

February 17, 2009
Microsoft gains momentum in mobile push

Playing catch-up to rivals such as Apple and Google, Microsoft on Monday beefed up its push into mobile business, touting new services and winning fresh support from handset makers. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a news conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 16, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)In several press releases, the software giant announced [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...