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Intel regains market share from AMD in notebook, desktop PCs

Mercury Research confirmed that Intel took back a small amount of market share in the desktop and mobile PC space during the fourth quarter of 2020.

Google updates Chrome OS with security, smart display and personalisation features

Windows 10 has always offered robust personalisation options, but Google’s Chrome OS is catching up.

Intel's next CEO Pat Gelsinger promises a return to greatness

Future CEO Pat Gelsinger spoke during the vendor's fourth-quarter 2020 conference call, outlining his plans to return Intel to greatness.

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.

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.

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