Excited about Dell’s upcoming Windows 8 tablet? No, me neither. But you might be when you see what the company is planning. According to this leaked slide, one of its first tablets will be a 10.1-inch device named the Latitude 10, which looks to be a much-improved version of the Latitude ST. In addition to

HP is gearing up to shed 27,000 employees from its global workforce in an effort to save around $3.5 billion. Those savings will then be invested into growth areas like cloud storage technology, according to Sky News. The cuts will account for around 8% of HP’s workforce of almost 350,000 people, so there’s little surprise

We’ve recommended VLC on more than one occasion, and for good reasons. It’s the swiss army knife of the video playback world. It supports more formats and codecs then we can count, installs quickly, and is updated frequently. With the upcoming release of Windows 8 however, it will start offering a new killer feature most

Figures like this never cease to amaze me. According to ad network and data analytics firm Chitika, Apple’s iPad accounts for 94.64 percent of all tablet Web traffic. The second closest, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, represented only 1.22 percent. That’s like going to a buffet but only eating a bread crumb. Way to eat all the

Windows 8 is set to become the operating system’s biggest overhaul since Windows 3.1, and from what we’ve already heard in recent months, it’s going to be terrific. While it will be easy to make a decision on upgrading, then, the difficulty will be choosing which version of Windows 8 you’re going to purchase. There

PC vendors are reportedly under “great pressure” to produce Windows 8 notebooks and ultrabooks that will prove to be too expensive for the majority of the market. Microsoft’s decision to promote the new operating system’s touch-friendly approach and the cost of the software itself are said to be pushing PC prices “out of the mainstream

Windows 8 isn’t expected to drop until the end of 2012, but HP may already be preparing to shop around one tablet equipped with Microsoft’s upcoming OS. An internal slide — cleverly titled “The Right Business Touch” — acquired by Neowin — reveals what appears to be a device quite clearly aimed at the enterprise

At E3 2012, Microsoft is expected take the wraps off of a new music service code named “Woodstock.” This new music streaming service will help Microsoft continue its transition away from the Zune marketplace. The service will not only be available for use on the Xbox 360, but on Windows 8, iOS, Android and any computer with

Yet again, Apple managed to beat Wall Street’s consensus estimates by selling over 35 million iPhones and almost 12 million iPads last quarter. In all, the Cupertino company’s revenues topped $39 billion. No big deal. Naturally, once brass tacks was out of the way, folks were anxious to pick the brain of Apple CEO Tim

Microsoft has officially announced that the Windows 8 Release Preview is on track to be released in the first week of June. Speaking at the Windows 8 Developer Days conference in Japan, the company let all of those in attendance know that a near-final version of the highly anticipated OS is on its way. While

Purchasing tech always causes a little anxiety. Shelling out a ton of cash for a shiny thing that will soon head to the obsolescence pile is rough, particularly for tech geeks and early adopters. It takes nerves of steel to jump right in there, but you know you need the upgrade, so you summon your

Intel is reportedly preparing to unveil its first string of Ivy Bridge processors on Monday, April 23. The quad-core chips, which emphasize graphics and multimedia processing strengths, will be available for both mobile and desktop devices, CNET said. Dual-core chips are expected to land later this year and will be used in Intel-based ultrabooks. Many of

Microsoft on Monday officially unveiled the SKUs for its Windows 8 operating system. The firm said it will release both Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro for x86 and 64-bit architectures and will also launch Windows RT for Windows on ARM (WOA) machines. “For many consumers, Windows 8 will be the right choice,” the company

Splashtop, a popular remote desktop client company that already provides remote access to Mac and PC via Android and iOS devices, has released a new application that will allow users to experience Microsoft’s brand new Windows 8 operating system on an iPad. There are requirements to get the app running, however. Once you download the Win8

A leaked Microsoft product roadmap has hit the Internet, offering a glimpse of the company’s plans for a few noteworthy products: Internet Explorer 10 is scheduled to arrive in mid-2012, along with a beta of Office 15. The final version of Office is being planned for an early 2013 debut. Windows Phone, of course, is

Technology research firm Gartner reported on Tuesday that there will be 665 million tablets in use by 2016, and 45 percent of them are expected to be Apple devices. The projection is based off of declining PC sales. Gartner also expects that 118.9 million tablets will be sold this year. Even though tablet market continues

Jon R. is back to tackle more questions and queries from Buffalo readers, viewers and fans! In this episode, Jon shares a bunch of mobile-focused consumer tech advice surrounding the Samsung Galaxy S line, including the infamous Galaxy S3, as well as the HTC One X and more. Jon also provides an insider’s look at

Jon R. is back to tackle more questions and queries from Buffalo readers, viewers and fans! In this episode, Jon shares his opinions on Windows 8 tablets and on next generation iPod Touches. He also provides some smartphone consumer advice for Android and iOS devices on various US networks. All this and more in this

A Windows Phone Apollo device equipped with LTE is supposedly headed to Sprint this fall, with Qualcomm’s MSM8960 Snapdragon chip “confirmed” to be on board. According to SprintFeed, there is no OEM attached to the project, though Nokia has been heavily linked to bring the device to life, echoing a similar report from earlier this

Jon R. is back to tackle more questions and queries from Buffalo readers, viewers and fans! In this episode, Jon shares his thoughts on the Nokia Lumia 900, his longing for Ice Cream Sandwich on the Samsung Galaxy Note, his opinions on the HTC One X and much more! Do You Think Windows 8 Will

Microsoft is planning to launch its brand new Windows 8 operating system “around October,” Bloomberg said on Monday. The Redmond-based firm is planning to complete building the OS in April and hopes to have devices powered by both ARM and Intel chips on the market at the time of launch. Microsoft will reportedly have 40 Intel-powered

Noah K. is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! What is this about Nokia working on a tablet potentially powered by Windows 8? There’s also been talks about when the Lumia 900 will hit shelves in the U.S. Apparently, it won’t be long before the long awaited Samsung Galaxy S3 (and

Speaking with Reuters recently, Dell’s chief commercial officer Steve Felice said that his company still believes there’s room to compete with Apple in the tablet arena. Felice said that Dell has found the beta version of Microsoft’s brand new Windows 8 operating system to be promising, and we’re not surprised. The new OS allows users to interact

This month, it’s been all iPad-a-palooza on the tech webs. With its launch now upon us, some might even forget that there are other tablet options. The Android platform springs to mind, and indeed there are some entries worthy of your consideration. But if you’re the patient type, there’s also another competitor that will be

According to TheVerge, Lenovo is aiming to be the first to market with a Windows 8 tablet. An admirable goal, except for the fact that Michael Dell, founder of Dell, promised an enterprise Windows 8 slate on the exact day Windows 8 is shipped. The source didn’t share any juicy details other than to say