PC market soars, driving Intel's revenue and profits unexpectedly higher
Intel reported strong profits and revenue for the fourth quarter of 2020, driven by record pandemic-fuelled PC sales of 33 per cent.
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Qualcomm buys CPU start-up Nuvia to beef up PC, smartphone performance
Qualcomm has purchased Nuvia, an Arm CPU start-up, and will use the company's technology to beef up its smartphone and PC CPUs.
Intel CEO considers bringing in outside help to aid manufacturing
Intel open to the idea of bringing in a third-party chip manufacturing line within the business to improve processor manufacturing.
Microsoft Edge can now auto-generate passwords, but only via phone
Microsoft unveils a preview version of its Authenticator app for iOS and Android, which then generates the passwords that can be synced with Edge.
Google buys Neverware to turn old PCs into Chromebooks
Google has bought Neverware, and will make its CloudReady technology to add ChromeOS to older PC hardware part of ChromeOS in the future.
Microsoft publishes long-awaited 64-bit emulator for Windows on Arm
Microsoft is finally bringing Windows on ARM closer to parity with traditional X86 processors.
Notebook PC sales balloon, with 26% growth expected in Q4
Think the PC is dead? Not right now. In fact, notebook PC sales are expected to grow by a whopping 26.4 per cent during the fourth quarter.
Microsoft tweaks Productivity Score, removing employee names to preserve privacy
When users saw a Microsoft tool marked "Productivity Score" that was tied to their names, they freaked out. So Microsoft made changes.
The Windows Feature Experience Pack is a curated collection for beta testers
Microsoft has introduced the Windows Feature Experience Pack to test ideas separately from the Windows 10 build releases.
AMD's notebook PC share soars to an all-time high
Driven by sales of AMD's mobile Ryzen 4000, Intel's chief competitor has captured more share in the notebook market than at any time in history.
Windows Insider build 20246 removes features amid roadmap questions
Microsoft has removed, not added, features within the latest Windows 10 Insider update, version 20246. Just part of the process, or a sign of slowing development?
Intel: Tiger Lake notebook PC demand has doubled since April
Intel continued its topsy-turvy 2020 by reporting stronger demand for its Tiger Lake CPUs than the company originally anticipated.
Windows 10 October 2020 Update now available to all
Microsoft's Windows 10 October 2020 Update is available to all now, either to download manually or wait until it's pushed to your PC.
Intel sells faltering SSD business to SK Hynix for $9B
Intel, one of the biggest names in the flash storage and SSD business, has sold all of its SSD operations to SK Hynix.
Unexpected Office web apps in Windows 10's Start menu said to be a bug
A source close to Microsoft said that Office apps that unexpectedly appeared in the Windows Start menu were due to a bug that's being fixed.
