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Hewlett-Packard: we're shifting resources from PCs to tablets

February 27th, 2013 - Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman may have stated the obvious when she said today that HP is transferring its attention to tablets.

Bill Gates bullish on robots and speech, has WinFS regrets

February 12th, 2013 - In his first AMA on Reddit, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates called WinFS the Microsoft product he most wished had made it to market. 1

Intel to wind down desktop circuit-board business

January 24th, 2013 - The chipmaker has said that it will leave the traditional desktop PC circuit-board business. As a result, the venerable tower PC will likely begin to fade. 10

Unboxing the TRS-80 Color Computer 2

January 3rd, 2013 - Grab your rose-tinted glasses and get your data cassettes ready as CNET Australia's Seamus Byrne unboxes the not-so-classic 1980s home computer, the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 2. 18

Faster Wi-Fi tech rumoured to be arriving on Macs in 2013

January 3rd, 2013 - A speedier version of 802.11 Wi-Fi is said to be in the works for future versions of Apple's Macs that use technology from Broadcom.

Intel's NUC goes on sale in Australia

December 4th, 2012 - Intel's Next Unit of Computing, a tiny 4.5x4.4-inch PC, has hit the shops.

Apple files another patent, this time wireless charging

December 4th, 2012 - Apple would patent its mother if it could. Still, here's another paper that the company has filed, this time about wireless charging.