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Microsoft Makes Major Announcement

Tech Report: PC Sales Down 14 Percent In 2013

It’s been a rough year so far for the PC. Research firm IDC reports that PC sales were down 14 percent in the first three months of the year.

2013/04/10

A South Korea shop manager shows Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S mobile phone (R) and Apple's iPhone 3G at a shop in Seoul on July 27, 2010. . (Park Ji-Hwan/AFP/Getty Images)

Judge Invalidates Half Of $1B Award Against Samsung In Fight With Apple

A federal judge in San Jose is erasing nearly half of the $1 billion in damages that a jury decided Samsung Electronics should pay Apple in a high-profile trial over the smartphone and tablet computer patents.

2013/03/01

The Microsoft tablet Surface is unveiled during a news conference at Milk Studios on June 18, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.  The new Surface tablet utilizes a 10.6 inch screen with a cover that contains a full multitouch keyboard. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Tech Report: Microsoft’s Surface Pro Tablet Falls Flat

Microsoft’s highly-anticipated Surface Pro tablet goes on sale starting on Saturday, but our tech analyst tested the product explains why he didn’t fall in love.

2013/02/07

Apple Unveils Updated iPad In San Francisco

Tech Report: Apple’s Expected iPad Mini To Compete With Microsoft’s Surface

Apple is holding a press event next Tuesday where it’s highly expected to introduce a miniature iPad, but not to be outdone, Microsoft is set to release its Surface tablet at the end of October.

2012/10/17

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Tech Report: Hewlett Packard’s Envy x2—Half Tablet, Half Laptop

The ShowStoppers Digital Holidays event in New York is currently previewing some of the tech items that will be released between now and the holidays.

2012/09/12

Kindle Fire (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Tech Report: Amazon Unveils New Kindle Tablets, E-Readers

KCBS Technology Analyst Larry Magid said the world’s largest Internet retailer is looking to get a bigger share of the booming tablet market.

2012/09/07

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State Educators Applaud No Child Left Offline Initiative To Expand Technology In The Classroom

As part of his No Child Left Offline initiative, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has created a task force which he said recommends the expansion of technology in the classroom.

2012/08/17

Microsoft Windows 7 runs on a Fujitsu tablet computer (Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images)

Tech Report: New Microsoft Office Suite Integrates Cloud Computing, Tablets

Microsoft unveiled an updated version of its popular Office Suite at a presentation at San Francisco’s Metreon Monday that integrates social media and cloud computing.

2012/07/17

The Microsoft tablet Surface is unveiled during a news conference at Milk Studios on June 18, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.  The new Surface tablet utilizes a 10.6 inch screen with a cover that contains a full multitouch keyboard. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Tech Report: Microsoft & Apple Set To Release New Operating Systems

Our technology analyst says Windows 8, coming in October is great for tablets, but not so much for his laptop and Apple’s new OS is due out later this month.

2012/07/10

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison (Stephen Lam/Getty Images)

Oracle CEO Mulled Expansion Into Smartphones

Larry Ellison acknowledged Oracle’s interest in diversifying beyond its main business of database software while testifying Tuesday on the second day of a trial pitting two high-tech bellwethers.

2012/04/17

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