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• 26 October 2012

• News: Apple to open Palo Alto store on Saturday

  Apple plans to open a retail store in downtown Palo Alto, California, on Saturday. The new store, less than two blocks from Apple's existing location, appears set to share the all-glass front common on Apple retail outlets but was still covered in black sheeting on Friday morning.

• News: Wall Street Beat: Tech shares tread water in wake of mixed earnings

  Tech stocks were flat Friday afternoon after earnings announcements from IT vendors this week and a government economic report offered glimpses of good news, but not enough to dispel the pall that hangs over the technology market.

• News: Windows 8 not likely to restart ailing PC market

  Microsoft's launch of Windows 8 amid great fanfare yesterday left many users wondering whether the new operating system can prove a big boost to the ailing PC market.

• News: Analyst: New iMac to help Apple recover from disastrous Q4 desktop sales

  Apple's new iMac could help boost the company's poor desktop sales, an analyst has said.

• News: Dell appoints A/NZ channel boss

  Technology giant, [[xref:http://www.arnnet.com.au/tag/dell|Dell|All on Dell]], has promoted Peter Murphy to the role of Australia and New Zealand commercial channel business general manager.

• 25 October 2012

• News: Fourth-quarter revenue, profit up for Apple on iPhone, iPad sales

  Apple ended its 2012 fiscal year with a solid quarter that saw growth for the iPhone and iPad as well as flat Mac sales amid a challenging market for PC makers.

• News: Apple sells 27 million iPhones but misses profit forecast

  Apple sold 27 million iPhones and 14 million iPads in the last quarter of 2012, swelling its revenue by 27 percent, but its profits fell short of what analysts had been expecting.

• News: Microsoft launches Windows 8

  Microsoft has officially launched Windows 8, its latest operating system for desktop PCs, laptops and tablets.

• News: Lab Tested: 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro benefits from flash storage

  Tuesday was a very busy day for Apple and we in the Macworld Lab were ecstatic to see the Mac so well represented. Luckily, we didn't have to wait long to get our hands on a new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display.

• 24 October 2012

• News: Apple updates Mac mini

  Apple has updated its Mac mini, and the new model is due to begin shipping today.

• News: Apple's new 13in MacBook Pro with Retina display UK pricing and tech specs

  Apple has introduced a 13in MacBook Pro with Retina display, which will be available to buy today, starting at £1,449.

• News: Apple's new iMac line-up tech specs and UK pricing

  Apple has launched a new line-up of its iMac, with a brand new, 80 per cent thinner design. Here, you can find out all of the tech specs and pricing of the new models.

• News: HP's Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid will cost from $850

  Hewlett-Packard's Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid will cost from US$849.99 when it starts shipping in the U.S on Nov. 14, the company revealed on Wednesday.

• News: Apple adds Retina to 13-in. MacBook Pro, makes iMac customers wait

  Along with the long-rumored iPad Mini, Apple yesterday also refreshed its two best-selling Macs, the 13-in. MacBook Pro and the iMac.

• News: Dell delivers full Windows 8 line-up

  Dell has jumped feet first into the Windows 8 era of computing with a redesigned portfolio of business and consumer PCs.

• 23 October 2012

• News: Apple unveils Fusion Drive for new iMac and Mac mini

  Among its numerous announcements on Tuesday, Apple introduced its new Fusion Drive technology. The Fusion Drive, which is available as an option for the new iMac and both Mac minimodels, is a hybrid drive that merges a 128GB flash drive with a hard drive--all into a single volume.

• News: Apple slims down iMac in latest update

  At Tuesday's Apple Special Event, the company introduced a redesigned iMac that Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller called, "the most beautiful Mac we have ever made."

• News: Apple updates Mac mini with faster processors and storage

  While Apple introduced major upgrades to its iMac and MacBook Pro lines at Tuesday's media event, the company also refreshed the Mac mini, offering faster processors and storage options.

• News: Summary: Slimmer iPads and iMacs highlight avalanche of Apple updates

  Prior to Tuesday's press event, Apple promised that it had "a little more" to show us. That "little more" turned out to be quite a bit, as the company released a smaller version of its iPad tablet, introduced a new generation of regular-sized iPads, and rolled out new iMac, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini models.

• News: Microsoft dropping physical box sales of Windows 8 in China

  Microsoft will not sell Windows 8 as a physical boxed product in China and instead will only distribute the OS through downloads and pre-installs on devices, in a move that could help the company drive consumers away from pirated copies of its products.

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