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Lenovo's 27-inch IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC can be used as a standard, if gigantic, desktop computer.

Gamesindustry International reports that Microsoft filed for a patent application that described a TV achievement system.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) San Francisco, Rajab 14, 1434, May 24, 2013, SPA -- Days after it unveiled the newest version of its Xbox gaming system, Microsoft has been cleared of violating a wireless patent in current versions of the popular console.

Talking to the tax man. Apple CEO Tim Cook went to Washington , D.C. this week to address a bi-partisan Senate subcommittee that criticized the company for using tax loopholes and keeping the majority of its cash overseas to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes.

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The Mac vs. PC war rages on this week, as Microsoft released not one, but two video advertisements panning Apple's iPad and Siri.

Leave it to the glitziest mall in Indy to land a rock star performance like this.

As detailed on the Windows Blog , the Sculpt Mouse has a touch-sensitive blue strip on its side that takes you to the start screen when touched.

Microsoft's Windows Phone has inched its way ahead of BlackBerry and is still miles behind Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems.

LINUX DISTRIBUTION Mageia launched its third and latest release Mageia 3 a few days ago, and that's now available to download directly from the Mageia website and many of the well known mirrors like kernel.org and many university supported mirrors via either Bittorrent, http or ftp.

CEO Steve Ballmer pledges heavy investment in China as part of the deal to set up a cloud shop within the country Seeking to pad its billion -dollar Azure business with yuan, yen, and dollarydoos , Microsoft will invest hundreds of millions of dollars to expand its hybrid cloud platform to China, Japan, and Australia.

A Google security expert who has clashed with Microsoft in the past over how it discloses Windows security flaws is at it again.

For years, Bill Gates was the richest man in the world, buoyed by his stake in Microsoft Corporation .

TV, as we've known it for decades, has become an antiquated medium. Anyone who's knowledgeable in tech will agree that consumers are changing their viewing habits - away from live cable and satellite television, towards mobile devices and online services.

Microsoft has turned the tables on Apple's iconic "Siri" ads. The ones where famous and not-so-famous people ask their iPhones questions and the mechanical female voice provides almost human responses.

At the Microsoft Research D.C. TechFair, the software giant displayed some of its most cutting-edge innovations.

Human interaction with computers could improve with the new Kinect for Windows sensor, which will be better at recognizing gestures, motion and voice.

In a key hire, Jawbone said today that it had hired Mindy Mount, a top corporate VP at Microsoft, as its president.

Though the Windows 8 user interface still sits in the "generally designed for touch" category, Microsoft isn't being shy about continuing to push their hardware line with clickables like the Sculpt Comfort Mouse and the Sculpt Mobile Mouse this week.

A few weeks back I upgraded my laptop to Windows 8. One of the first things that I did was install the Hyper-V Manager and I pinned it to my taskbar.