[unable to retrieve full-text content] IDC: PC shipments slumped as 2011 endedInfoWorldThe decline persisted even after the company stated it would not spin out the hardware division after all. HP, still the world's biggest PC maker, sold about 15 million PCs worldwide in the past three months. Lenovo, the second largest, … and more »

LAS VEGAS: Dell Inc intends to launch its first consumer tablet computer in late 2012, marking its entry into a hotly contested and increasingly crowded arena that has already claimed arch-foe Hewlett Packard. The once-dominant corporation founded by Michael Dell has seen a growing crop of tablets and smartphones entice consumers away from PCs. But ...Read More

The little computer in a USB/HDMI stick evolves a little more. Last year we reported on a product called Cotton Candy from FXI Tech that contains a dual-core ARM A9-based Samsung Exynos processor capable of outputting to a PC via USB or TV via HDMI. When we first saw it, it was running Android 2.3 ...Read More

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Spong Razer unveils the weirdest gaming tablet concept ever – Project FionaPocket GamerPlus, gaming on a computer is dumb anyways – its just too hard to keep the hardware up to spec to play relevant games. Gaming is what my XBox360 and Nintendo Wii are for. Back to my point ...Read More

The few bits of genuine news in Microsoft’s CES keynote on Monday all concerned Kinect, the company’s natural user interface sensor. CEO Steve Ballmer announced that 18 million devices had been sold since launch, either as standalone units or bundled with Xbox 360. There are a smattering of Xbox content deals with Fox and others, ...Read More