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  • Bigger dose of tablet PCs on the way

    Poor battery life, slow processors and high costs slowed the uptake of tablet PCs but a new and more intuitive OS coupled with improved hardware could change all that. Additional reading: Mobile Computing Guide

  • Ballmer era: Easy does it

    In the five years since Bill Gates surprised the technology world by announcing he would give up his title as chief executive at Microsoft, has the company changed?

  • Gates still has unfinished business

    Boosting adoption of voice-control and multitouch tech are among the items on the agenda of Microsoft's chairman, even as he moves closer to a part-time role.

  • Vista looks to get tablets on write track

    Microsoft tunes Windows Vista to help tablet PCs make better sense of your scribbles and scrawls.

  • Gates touts Office furnishings

    Microsoft on Tuesday released what its executives touted as one of the most significant product updates in the company's history: a fresh version of Office with extensive new hooks into corporate computing systems.

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  • Microsoft wants to lead technology march

    Commentary: Bill Gates is beating the drum for tablets, Smart Display, and Web services - purchased with his US$5bn research budget. The question is: do we want to follow, and can we afford to?

  • DIY Tablet PC

    Lust after a Tablet, but just can't afford one? Check out our guide to upgrading what you've got, and, in the worst case, outright faking it.

  • Microsoft looks to decipher user scribblings

    Analysis: Microsoft is looking for a better way to make sense of your chicken scratch.

  • Windows faces new competition: Itself

    In the past year, Microsoft appears to have done just what it asked a court not to make it do: fragment Windows.

  • Tablet PCs: The story so far

    Tablet PCs have yet to achieve serious market penetration, but now could be a good time to buy one. Why not check out our recent coverage in this developing area?

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