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New iPad 3 Beware: Windows 8 Gearing for October Debut

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According to a new Bloomberg report citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, Microsoft plans to wrap up its Windows 8 this summer, just in time for PCs and tablets with the new OS to go on sale around October. The sources wished to remain unnamed due to confidentiality issues.
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Intel eyes Internet-based TV service: WSJ

Chipmaker Intel Corp is developing an Internet-based TV service for consumers and has been promoting it with media companies, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the effort.
Buffett backed China car maker scraps dividend; profit dives

Technology Buybacks: IBM, HP, Qualcomm, Intel But Not Apple

Top-tier technology companies including Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) and Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT), among others, all buy back shares. Qualcomm and Applied Materials have just refreshed their buyback programs and hiked their dividends, too.
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Technology Focus: PCs? Not Dead Yet By Any Means

Mark Twain would have been amused by the remarks of new Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook last week when he announced the post-PC era. As Twain observed after reading his obituary, The report of my death was an exaggeration.
A woman takes a photo of ultrabooks at the Intel booth during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

Intel Launches High-End Server Chip for the Cloud

Intel Corp took the wraps off its newest Xeon server chip on Tuesday, seeking to capitalize on an explosion of Internet traffic sparked by Web-based cloud computing, social networking and growing smartphone and tablet computer use.
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Windows 8 Remote Kill Switch: A Hacker's Delight?

The most significant update to Microsoft's flagship product--the Windows operating system--in years is surrounded by controversy because of a backdoor feature the company included its latest version: Reports of a kill switch that allows Microsoft to deactive or delete apps in Windows 8 has many technologists worried about whether it will tempt hackers to use the feature for malicious purposes, assuming they'll gain access to it.

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