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Meg Whitman: HP needs to be in the tablet business, will focus on Windows 8

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:33 PM PDT

HP TouchPadDuring a conference call this afternoon HP's executive team explained the decision not to spin off the company's PC group as a new company. The thinking basically comes down to two things: HP experiences a billion dollars in cost savings each year due to synergies, and it would be expensive (and risky) to start up a new PC business. New CEO Meg Whitman...

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Motorola shipped 100,000 XOOM tablets last quarter

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:21 PM PDT

Motorola XOOMMotorola has released its latest earnings data, and in the third quarter of 2011 the company shipped about 11.6 million mobile devices. That includes 4.8 million smartphones, but just 100,000 Motorola XOOM tablets. That number seems a bit low... but it's really for Motorola to decide whether the XOOM is a success or failure. The company reportedly sold 440,000 tablets...

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HP isn’t spinning off its PC division after all

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 01:45 PM PDT

HP Pavilion dm1zThis summer Hewlett Packard turned heads when the company announced that it was looking at changing its business model, big time. HP spent $10 billion to acquire enterprise software company Autonomy in an effort to focus heavily on enterprise services. At the same time, the company was thinking about spinning off its PC division, known as the Personal Systems Group....

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Giada F100 nettop packs an Intel Cedar Trail chip

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:55 PM PDT

giada f100Chinese small form-factor PC maker Giada has introduced a new mini-PC with a new Intel Atom Cedar Trail N2800 processor and the latest GMA graphics. While Cedar Trail chips aren't that much faster than earlier Atom processors in terms of overall performance, they do feature support for HD video playback. That allows the Giada F100 to handle 1080p HD video using just...

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Deals of the Day (10-27-11)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Acer Iconia Tab A500Dell may have pulled the Mini 10 netbook from its consumer portal, but you can pick up one today for just $100 from Dell Small Business -- as long as you spend an extra $489 to buy a Dell Vostro 13 inch notebook running Ubuntu Linux. Here's a roundup of some of the day's best deals on mobile devices and...

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Archos 101 Gen8 tablet gets 3G, Ethernet support

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 11:00 AM PDT

Archos 3G keyArchos has rolled out a software update for its Gen8 line of Android tablets which offers some bug fixes and improvements. That includes support for USB camera host capabilities, the ability to recalibrate the accelerometer without rebooting, and video improvements. Archos 101 tablet owners also now have the ability to use a supported USB Ethernet adapter or Archos 3G key...

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Jolicloud “personal cloud” for PC, iOS, Android coming soon

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:46 AM PDT

Jolicloud Personal CloudJolicloud is getting ready to roll out a new cloud-based service that the company says will offer a new way to interact with all of your online services from one place -- and that place can be a web browser, smartphone app or tablet app. When Jolicloud first launched, the company made an operating system for netbooks based on Ubuntu...

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Giving old gadgets, new life (or how to interrupt planned obsolescence)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 08:42 AM PDT

hptaGoogle recently announced that it would not be releasing a Google Android 4.0 software update for the Nexus One smartphone, because less than 20 months after release, it's apparently "too old." Instead, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will focus on its newer flagship phones. First it will launch first on the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone and Google will push...

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Dell introduces Latitude ST Windows tablet for enterprise

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:51 AM PDT

Dell Latitude STThe Dell Latitude ST is a 10 inch Windows tablet aimed at the business, education and health care markets. The tablet first broke cover this weekend, thanks to a video posted on Dell's Malaysian website, but today Dell formally introduced the Latitude ST to the world. Dell hasn't unveiled all the specs in the US yet, but an Italian website...

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