Report: Dell to be in buyout talks with Private-Equity firms

According to Bloomberg, Dell is in talks with a private-equity firms over buyout talks.  This after the company has weathered sluggish PC sales for years. “The company is discussing going private with TPG Capital andSilver Lake, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. The discussions could […]

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Lenovo to release 27-inch Windows Tablet starting at $1,699.00

“Dismayed that family members are spread out over the house, each with a separate PC or tablet? Lenovo has something it believes will get them back together: a PC the size of a coffee table that works like a gigantic tablet and lets four people use it at once,” Peter Svensson reports for The Associated Press. “At […]

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Dell exec warns Microsoft about Windows RT Branding confusing customers

According to a report from AppleInsider.com, a top executive from Dell warned Microsoft that its branding of Windows RT would confuse customers because a Windows RT computer is not able to run standard Windows applications. “Jefferey Clarke, vice chairman at Dell and president of its PC business, said at the Dell World conference last week […]

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Tim Bajarin: "Windows 8 is 'welcome to the past' instead of 'welcome to the future.'

“Due to scheduling conflicts I could not be in NYC yesterday for the Windows 8 launch but watched it intently as it was streamed around the world from Microsoft’s Web site. But what I saw was both impressive as well as confounding for many reasons,” Tim Bajarin writes for TechPinions. “Let me start with the […]

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