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• 17 April 2013

• News: Slideshow: When the PC is obsolete, how will you do this, and this, and this?

  Last week, the PC industry was rocked by news that Q1 computer shipments had declined by as much as 14 percent, year on year. Analysts cite various factors, but they put most of the blame on a consumer shift toward tablets and other mobile devices.

• News: Outgoing Intel CEO knocks Windows 8, predicts $200 touch PCs this year

  Intel's outgoing CEO took a few parting shots at Microsoft's Windows 8 Tuesday as he explained a slump in both revenue and profits for the first quarter.

• How-Tos: How to use Synergy to control multiple computers with one keyboard and mouse

  Instead of buying a KVM, we explain how you can control several computers, even with different operating systems, from one keyboard and mouse using the free Synergy software

• News: Microsoft may backtrack on Start button in Windows 8

  Microsoft may recant its Windows 8 design theology, bloggers reported Tuesday, by offering Windows 8 users an option to bypass the "Modern" UI and by restoring the Start button and menu to the beleaguered operating system.

• 15 April 2013

• News: Don't blame Windows 8 for PC slowdown; Apple hit, too

  Don't blame Windows 8 for plummeting PC sales, a retail analyst at NPD Group said today.

• Opinion: All PCs great and small: how competition and collaboration is driving tech innovation

  A strange set of competitive and interdependent business relationships is driving innovation in PCs, laptops, smartphones and tablets. And for the consumer that's mostly good news.

• How-Tos: How to delete or remove Windows 8 apps for PC, laptop and tablet

  If you're running Windows 8 then you'll have no doubt tried out a few Modern UI apps. Not all of them are worth keeping so here's how to delete Windows 8 apps you don't like.

• 12 April 2013

• News: Windows XP's looming retirement won't shake PC business out of sales funk

  But Microsoft is likely to reap more revenue from the disappearance of XP than will system builders, as many customers will do in-place upgrades to Windows 7 on current hardware.

• 11 April 2013

• News: Wall Street Beat: Weak PC sales rain on tech stocks' parade

  Just as tech stocks were starting to rise this week, dismal PC sales reports for the first quarter burst the very short-lived bubble, causing shares of IT companies to fall back to earth Thursday.

• News: Microsoft's stock slides after dismal PC shipment reports

  Microsoft's stock took a beating in trading today after a pair of research firms said PC shipments in the first quarter were down as much as 14% from the year before.

• News: Products with faster USB speeds to reach market in 2014

  Products based on a USB specification that will double the data transfer rates between host devices and peripherals will reach the market in late 2014, the standards-setting organization said on Thursday.

• News: Windows 8 takes blame for 'brutal' PC sales slide

  Microsoft's Windows 8 took another knock Wednesday as research firm IDC laid much of the blame for the first quarter's historically-horrible PC numbers at the feet of the beleaguered operating system.

• 10 April 2013

• News: Struggling PC makers and Windows 8 push PC market into free fall

  A "perfect storm" of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC market into a free fall during the first quarter this year, IDC said.

• 08 April 2013

• News: Dell's Alienware X51 on Ubuntu may aim for Steam Box status

  Dell could be angling for "Steam box" status with the Alienware X51, a living room-friendly, small form factor gaming desktop that is now available with the Ubuntu Linux operating system preinstalled.

• News: Microsoft tempts XP laggards with $84 upgrade discount

  Microsoft today kicked off a new promotion aimed at Windows XP customers, who have just one year to ditch the 12-year-old OS before it's retired from support.

• 05 April 2013

• News: 12 Must-Do PC Tasks

  Computers may have become a lot more user-friendly over the past decade, but they're still far from perfect--PCs require a certain amount of configuration and maintenance to operate at their full potential. Unfortunately, because we humans are also far from perfect, we frequently don't put in the work we should, and we end up with a slower, sloppier, less secure machine as a result.

• How-Tos: Give computer mouse the correct level of accuracy; laser mouse or optical mouse?

  Our Helproom Editor explains how to ensure your PC or laptop's mouse has the correct level of accuracy.

• How-Tos: How to retrieve VPN settings from an old PC or laptop to make your new PC work for you

  Our Helproom Editor explains how to get back all the VPN settings you had on your old PC or laptop.

• How-Tos: What monitor cable should I use? Connecting PC to monitor

  Our Helproom Editor offers advice to those people who are looking to connect their PC or Mac to a display.

• 04 April 2013

• News: Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190 review: Call it a full-figured micro PC

  Compared with Intel's diminutive NUC and Sapphire's slim and sexy Edge VS8, you might think of Lenovo's IdeaCentre Q190 as a full-figured micro PC. It's not the smallest such model, but it boasts a ton of ports, it has enough interior space to move air over its components, and it has a Blu-ray drive option. If you're looking for a home-theater PC, those are important features.

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