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PC demand bolsters HP earnings
HP Inc has reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and raised its full-year profit forecast, helped by strong demand for its notebooks and desktops.
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2-in-1 tablets tempt Aussie enterprise buyers
2-in-1 tablets accounted for over 40 per cent of total Australian tablet sales during the second half of 2017, according to Telsyte.
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Global device shipments set to hit 2.32B units in 2018
Worldwide shipments of PCs, tablets and mobile phones are expected to reach 2.32 billion this year, according to Gartner.
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Aegis Aged Care Group beefs up resident care with cloud adoption
Perth-based Aegis Aged Care Group is looking to the cloud to improve resident care and safety.
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Tablets tipped to give way to touch PCs
Telsyte has predicted that the local market will be hit by an incoming wave of touchscreen desktops devices.
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Global tablet market finally picks up
After two years of decline, the global tablet market is starting to flourish with projections in 2017, highlighting moderate demand for 2-in-1s, Windows tablets, and enterprise sales.
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Acer puts liquid cooling in its Switch Alpha 12 tablet
One wouldn't typically imagine liquid cooling in a tablet, but Acer has pulled it off with its latest Switch Alpha 12.
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Intel's tablet adventure looking more like its netbook disaster
Intel's rise and fall in tablets are starting to resemble the company's misadventures in netbooks less than a decade ago.
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Windows tablet growth puts shine on Microsoft's enterprise prospects
Enterprises will increasingly look to Windows and Android as the number of workers equipped with tablets grows over the next three years.
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Laptops, tablets could pack more DDR4 memory with Samsung breakthrough
Samsung wants to cram faster and more power-efficient DDR4 DRAM in laptops and hybrids with new memory chips it introduced on Monday.
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The world's first Ubuntu tablet opens preorders, converging PCs and mobile devices
Canonical's first convergence device is here with the ability to switch between a desktop and mobile device, similar to Microsoft's Lumia 950 and 950XL.
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Tablet shipments down, but detachables catch on
The saving grace for the declining tablet market is detachable devices, also called 2-in-1s, that can serve as both a laptop and a separate slate-style tablet.
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CES 2016: Top 10 trends
Top trends from the show floor at the Consumer Electronics Show 2016 in Las Vegas, according to analyst Ovum.
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HP exits low-cost tablet market in product shakeup
HP is scrapping its low-end tablet lineup to focus on detachables, hybrids and business tablets.
