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NComputing Launches Chromebook CX110 and Chrome app

by Isaac Oburu

Today NComputing launches the , giving U.S. schools the ability to easily run Windows applications on their Chromebooks. More than half of all computers used in U.S. K-12 schools are Chromebooks, and now NComputing …

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NComputing Brings Windows to Chrome

by Tom Allen

NComputing’s new Chromebook, the CX110, features the ability to run Windows programs on the Chrome OS. When used with vSpace Server and the vSpace Client for Chromebook (downloadable from the Chrome store), users will …

Microsoft Outlines Intelligence Vision and Announces New Innovations for Windows 10

by Isaac Oburu

Wednesday at Build 2016, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Windows and Devices Group, talked to thousands of developers about the work Microsoft Corp. is doing to help them …

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Microsoft Identifies the Future of Windows at Build

by Tom Allen

The Microsoft Build conference was held at the end of March. Although originally a low-key event for developers, the setting has evolved to follow more of an Apple-like vibe, as Microsoft showcases its latest …

HDR Coming for DirectX

by Tom Allen

Microsoft announced that it will implement HDR support in the DirectX 12 API at GDC 2016. A timescale was not provided or details of what will be included.

Microsoft Widens Windows 10 Availability

by Tom Allen

Windows 10 Mobile is now available for older Lumia phones. Only phones that will receive an upgrade to the user experience – i.e., installing Windows 10 will not slow them down – are eligible. …

Analogix Responsible for Acer’s Jade Primo Docking

by Tom Allen

We have seen Acer’s Display Dock and Jade Primo working together several times: first at IFA 2015 (Acer Looks to Gamers, Chromebooks and “PC Phone”), and most recently at MWC and CeBIT. The Dock …

2015 Was ‘Last Year’ for Double-Digit Phone Growth

by Tom Allen

2015 is likely to have been the last year of double-digit smartphone growth, IDC has forecast. 2015 shipments were up 10.4% YoY, to 1.44 billion units. Although projections for 2016 are higher (1.5 billion …

Acer Extends Android to Premium Jade Line

by Tom Allen

Acer clearly sees Windows as a business proposition, and at MWC was reinforcing that feeling with new offers on the Liquid Jade Primo smartphone (Acer Looks to Gamers, Chromebooks and “PC Phone”). We saw …

Lenovo™ Launches New Travel-ready Windows® 10 Tablet and YOGA™ Laptops

by Isaac Oburu

Lenovo introduced two new consumer Windows 10 PCs: YOGA 710 and 5101 convertible laptops and the ideapad MIIX 310 2-in-1 detachable tablet. We recognize consumers’ need to work on multiple devices for different tasks. …

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Panasonic’s Tiny Tablets Are Smallest Toughpads Yet

by Tom Allen

Panasonic was showing off its connected IoT products, as well as a rugged smartphone in the Toughpad line. Although officially described as a tablet, the device is 4.7″, supports dual SIM cards and can …

Huawei Lays Down Productivity Gauntlet

by Tom Allen

Huawei showed off a new convertible tablet to challenge productivity devices like the Surface Book and iPad Pro, and called the Mate Book. It will be available in a range of prices, set by …